Corporate tax planning

Overview

Services

Want to pay less corporate tax?

Whether you run a single company or a whole group, we’ll make sure you can retain more profit or extract more value from your business.

Corporate tax services

Corporation tax

For almost every business, corporation tax is an inevitable payment. Yet this tax payment is often the most dreaded. Our corporate tax team provide a comprehensive range of tax services for businesses.

Want to know more? Read our corporation tax factsheet.

Business tax planning

How you structure your personal and company affairs can have a massive impact on the tax your business pays. We’ll come up with a tax planning strategy for your business that makes sure you retain more profit from your business.

Tax relief for companies

Our experienced corporate tax team provide a comprehensive range of specialist tax services to owner-managed businesses. We can help to optimise tax reliefs and exemptions in a way that is tailored to your circumstances, and so ease the potential impact of turbulent economic conditions.

Corporation tax returns

Accidental mistakes on company tax returns can lead to HMRC penalties. We’ll make sure your company tax affairs are legal and accurate, right down to the last detail. We can help with with:

Business tax computations.
Completing and filing company tax returns.
Maximising allowances and reliefs from earnings.
Dealing with HMRC full and aspect enquiries.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

If you own and sell valuable items you may need to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT). This can often involve complex calculations. We’ll do the calculations for you or tell you if the asset is exempt.

R & D tax credits

R&D tax credits are the biggest corporate tax relief available to SMEs, but awareness of what counts as qualifying expenditure is low.

We’ve helped many businesses across a huge range of sectors with successful R&D claims. Read some of our R&D examples, or find out more about our how to claim R&D tax relief .

VAT

Need to argue that your product should be zero rated? Want help disputing an assessment? Or represent a specific business sector and want to challenge a VAT rule? We’re the people to have in your corner.

We’ve worked on many high profile VAT cases, claiming back literally thousands for our clients in backdated VAT refunds.

Capital allowances

Tax relief is available on some capital expenditure in the form of capital allowances. The capital allowance rules can be complex. Our tax team can help with capital allowances computations, timing of purchases and sales of capital assets.

HMRC tax investigations

All enquiries by HMRC should be taken seriously. Haines Watts Tax Investigation Team has dealt with tax investigations at all levels and know that the involvement of a specialist at the right time can be crucial.

Corporate tax saving opportunities

There are many ways to structure your tax affairs to ensure you minimise the tax your company pays. Find out more about company tax saving opportunities.

If your corporate tax issue isn’t listed above, don’t worry; whatever tax advice you need, we know that one of our corporate tax team will be able to help. Just contact your nearest office and have a chat.

What our clients say

I’ve spent a good amount of time with the Haines Watts People Services team and my experience has been outstanding. They’re so knowledgeable and are helping me massively with our business. I keep asking their advice and how to deal with things that are occurring and they’re guiding me through them like true professionals.

Sue Jones, Churches Fire Security Limited

I’ve worked with the Haines Watts team over the past year. They really understand our business and the type and calibre of people we’re looking for. They provide us with excellent support in understanding our recruitment needs, our company culture and how we wish to be positioned, as an employer of choice.

Dan Hancocks, Concredo Limited

Haines Watts skilfully tailored a program and an approach to suit our requirements and abilities of our company. This created a comfortable atmosphere for us to follow the Haines Watts process. Through this process we built the blue print that we are now using to grow the company. The workshops Haines Watts ran with us proved to be excellent value. We now have a clear vision of the future, with the tools and confidence to achieve it.

Dave Pennock, Eclipse Sprayers

Haines Watts opened my mind to looking at my business in a different way. Although successful I was at the stage where I was looking to shape my business better – I needed a little support. They gave me an informal framework for seeing how my business was performing and enabled me to talk to other owner managed businesses who have similar challenges.

Rob Quinn, Purity Productions

Haines Watts has acted as a useful mirror to our business. We’ve looked at how we operate, our strengths, and how we perceive ourselves. Whenever I ask a question, I know Haines Watts will present us with a range of scenarios and a view of the bigger picture, so we can make fully informed decisions. All information is given in plain English. As a result of Haines Watts’ support, we are heading into the next year with a renewed focus.

James Broady, Central Roofing

One of our most influential partners, Haines Watts, works closely with us, not only providing valuable financial advice, but also offering support in more complex commercial and strategic decision making. Extensive financial systems development, accounts preparation, and strategic development are only some of the services Haines Watts has provided. Recently we have worked on a new product and Haines Watts is helping us to identify the most appropriate way to commercially develop this product.

Victoria Browning, Probe Industries Limited

What’s impressed us most with Haines Watts is that, in addition to covering the usual compliance stuff, they got involved with us right from the beginning and have provided added value in terms of top quality business advice. Our regular contact and meetings generate a constant flow of communication and their personal approach has been a welcome change from the ‘big firm’ mentality we had before.

Gareth Ratcliffe, Nunwood Consulting Ltd

We have been involved with Haines Watts for some years now. They have always taken a close interest in the development and success of our business, not just in producing accounts, but also in respect of strategy and development. The Haines Watts team have a thorough understanding of our business needs. They deliver commercial and pragmatic advice in a timely, supportive and unobtrusive manner. I would have no hesitation in recommending Haines Watts.

Damien Maguire, TC Autos

I have been consistently impressed by the service provided by Haines Watts. They are professional, accurate, approachable and flexible. Michelle Cousins, our Payroll Manager at Haines Watts, has been incredible in navigating us through the complexities of payroll and HMRC issues. Her approach is supportive and flexible and always ready to adapt to our latest requirements or plan ahead and all this with a professional, positive, ‘can do’ attitude.

We are so appreciative of all the efficient hard work and support that Haines Watts has provided to our business over the years. They are always there at the end of the telephone or email for all our queries – however small and they always help us in a cheerful and professional manner. I feel confident in my work knowing Haines Watts are always at hand if needed.

Business tax

Corporate tax services

Corporation tax

Business tax planning

Tax relief for companies

Corporation tax returns

Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

R & D tax credits

VAT

Capital allowances

HMRC tax investigations

Corporate tax saving opportunities

What our clients say

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Don’t let the taxman get a large slice of
your cash.

From small beginnings... Advice on how to
grow your business.

If your cash is drying up – we can help to
improve your cashflow.

Looking to buy a business? Find out how
to make it a success.

Don’t let a lifetime of work fall at the final
hurdle. Plan your exit.

Take advantage of international markets
for your business.

There’s plenty of options, you just need to
know where to look.

Advice on how to get the most from your
business sale.

Help & advice on sowing the seeds to
grow a great business.