What we do

Robins & Co is a local Chartered Certified accountancy practice that specializes in helping small businesses ith all their accountancy and taxation needs. With 20 years experience we pride ourselves on offering a friendly, personal service and expert advice to small businesses on financial problems, and helping our clients expand their businesses to make them even more successful.

Services: Bookkeeping

By us completing your bookkeeping, this releases your time to work on your business, and ensures your bookkeeping is done properly.

With Robins & Co completing your bookkeeping, we can make VAT inspections less of a worry and tax enquiries run more smoothly.

We offer training so you can keep your books and records in a suitable manner to give you the information you require.

Services: Business Monitor

Business Monitor is an accounting service for small and medium sized business.

Through our Business Monitor package, and in partnership with you, Robins & Co will provide you with a managed accounting service through which your annual accounts will be produced accurately, on time, in compliance with statutory requirements and painlessly!

In order to achieve this we will update you with quarterly ‘Business Reviews’ on your accounting position. In return you will provide us with the information necessary for us to provide this service. We will also offer constructive ideas to increase profits and to grow your business.

Business Monitor will enable you to:

• Make tactical decisions about your business during the year
• Keep up to date about changes and pending changes in regulations and legislations that may affect your business
• Estimate your tax liability and make provision for it
  
  and above all…
• get through the accounting year with no unpleasant surprises

Services: Financial Accounts

Every business needs to produce annual accounts for either HMRC or under the Companies Act.

Your year end accounts concentrate on the business as a whole and at Robins & Co we will prepare the accounts to minimise your tax liabilities.

Together we learn to understand your business so we can improve profits and reduce costs by advising you on your business.

Services: Payroll

For many smaller or medium sized business the need to employ staff and set up a payroll scheme can be time consuming and a burden. PAYE regulations require compliance.

Once again a fixed fee for a 12 month period means no hidden charges. Knowing your payroll costs for the year again emphasises the cost effectiveness and management of accounts.

Services: Tax Returns

SELF ASSESSMENT TAX RETURNS

Self assessment tax returns can be difficult to complete correctly. The enquiry powers and penalties of HRMC have increased significantly in recent years so we can ensure you meet all the requirements.

Again, Robins & Co give you piece of mind to ensure these are correct.

We advise you of your tax liabilities and we can help in reducing your liability by looking at suitable tax planning opportunities.

TAX INVESTIGATION SERVICE

HMRC are developing more initiatives for tax compliance and over the past couple of years we have seen Inspectors become increasingly more aggressive as they are being targeted to produce higher yields from the enquiry work they undertake. HMRC’s powers have been significantly increased during this time and, worryingly, Inspectors are now attempting to go back up to 20 years when calculating any additional tax due.

Consequently, the length of investigations is escalating and our professional fees defending you could run into thousands of pounds.

Robins & Co offer a Tax Investigations Service which is designed to reimburse our fees in the event you are investigated by the Revenue. For a small fee you can subscribe to this service which will cover our professional fees.

The service also includes access to a free 24-hour telephone Business, Legal Advice Line, and includes a pre-dispute cover which covers our fees for PAYE compliance, visits and VAT inspections. This means Robins & Co can attend VAT inspections and PAYE compliance visits with no extra cost to your and having the huge benefit of us being there at the visit.

CORPORATION TAX SELF ASSESSMENT

Corporation tax self assessment returns are complex to complete and, if deadlines are missed,
penalties can mount up.

Robins & Co will complete all the computations required to ensure you meet all your company’s tax requirements. We will tell you the company’s tax liabilities and remind you when they are due.

Services: VAT

Our VAT services

VAT compliance is becoming more and more complex. Therefore, if we produce your VAT returns from doing your bookkeeping, you can ensure your returns are correct. We can complete the returns from your bookkeeping to give you piece of mind.

We can help with the following:

Applying for Registration
Give advice on appropriate VAT schemes
VAT planning
Dealing with VAT inspections

VAT SCHEMES

We review the VAT scheme you are currently on to ensure you are on the correct schemes. If you are on the correct scheme, you can make a pre-fit out of being VAT registered.

V1 VAT
VAT1614A
VAT427
VAT431 (1-4)
VAT600A
VAT600FRS
VAT652
VAT68
VAT7
VAT FACTSHEETS
BAD DEBT RELIEF
INTRODUCTION TO VAT
VAT ANNUAL AC SCHEME
VAT – CASH ACCOUNTING
VAT – FLAT RATE SCHEME

HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS

Robins & Co are certified Xero software suppliers offering easy Xero intergration and ongoing support to your business. Login anytime, anywhere on your iPhone or android, Windows or Mac to this simple and smart cloud based accounting package.

We understand that changing the way you do book keeping or changing accounting packages can be a daunting prospect, so here at Robins and Co we help you through the process step by step. Whether you simply keep your accounts on an Microsoft spreadsheet, use Sage or Quickbooks, we can set up your Xero account and import all your data into Xero for you. We help you with automating feeds from your bank, help you to design your invoice templates and train you on all the features that Xero can offer.

If you would like more information on using Xero, just call us on 0800 7810349 or email us now. If you are a Xero user already you can log into Xero here