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I operate an advice service in VAT, other taxation, financial reporting and company secretarial matters. Please telephone or send an e-mail (see home page for details) and I will reply as soon as possible.

My charges are usually £30 plus VAT for an enquiry which can be completed with less than half an hour's work. I will always send you a e-mail confirming my advice, even if I have also spoken to you. For more complex work I will give you an indication of the charges at the outset. I regularly visit clients who require an in-depth review of their VAT procedures.

Here are some examples of matters with which I have helped clients recently:

VAT: A UK company buying goods from a supplier in Ireland via an agent and selling them onwards to an Irish customer. The goods never left Ireland.

VAT: A trader on the flat rate scheme making supplies of services to overseas clients.

VAT: An exporter supplying goods to an overseas buyer who has a UK VAT registration.

VAT: A charity commissioning an extension to a day centre.

VAT: Successfully overturning an assessment for £120,000 after a company had been misled by HMRC in its treatment of partial exemption.

Tax: A high-earning individual requiring advice as to his maximum pension contribution in 2010/11.

Tax: An individual reclaiming overpaid tax after pension premiums were taxed incorrectly.

Tax: A company paying a termination payment and needing to know whether this qualified for exemption from income tax.

Tax: A charity with substantial trading activities seeking exemption from corporation tax.

Financial reporting: Preparation of the first IFRS accounts for an AIM-listed company.

Financial reporting: A private subsidiary of a listed parent needing to know how to account for the costs of acquiring another company.

Financial reporting: An importer using forward commodity contracts for the purchase of its stock and wanting to know how to adopt hedge accounting.

Financial reporting: A UK subsidiary of a German listed parent; the subsidiary has been told to move from UK GAAP to IFRS.

Company secretarial: Advising a company about statutory information to be included on its letterheads and e-mails.

Company secretarial: A director engaging in a property transaction with his own company and needing to know whether members' approval should be obtained.