Your tax bill should never be news to you. If it is, nobody has been looking at your numbers.
Nasir Rasheed, Director
Does your tax accountant in Milton Keynes tell you the tax bill before it lands?
Tax accountant in Milton Keynes for established limited companies whose directors want the corporation tax number, the VAT scheme and the dividend position checked before the decisions get made.
Most directors I meet hear their corporation tax figure the week it is due. By then the VAT scheme has been wrong for two years and the salary and dividend split has not moved since incorporation. Here is what changes when someone checks.
Nexus Tax and Accounting Solutions is a Milton Keynes tax accountant for established limited companies, run by Nasir Rasheed MAAT AATQB. One monthly fee covers accounts, corporation tax, VAT, bookkeeping, payroll and the director’s self assessment, with VAT scheme review, salary and dividend planning and a corporation tax forecast a month ahead included.
Accredited and certified
- Nasir Rasheed MAAT AATQB
- Established 2024
- Three new clients a month
- Milton Keynes · UK-wide remote
What you get with Nexus
Your corporation tax figure, a month early
You see the bill and your dividend headroom before the year end, so the cash is set aside in time.
A VAT scheme picked for your real costs
Standard, flat rate or cash accounting, chosen on what you actually spend and reviewed when the business changes.
Salary and dividends checked every year
The split is tested against your profit and your plans, instead of sitting where it was set on day one.
The three decisions that cost Milton Keynes directors the most
Each of these came up in a first conversation with a director who already had an accountant.
- Tax bill
“I got the corporation tax figure nine days before the deadline. The cash was already committed to a van we needed.”
He paid HMRC and put the van back a quarter. The number existed months earlier and nobody sent it.
- VAT
“We have been on standard VAT since the day we registered. Almost all our costs are overseas software, so box four is empty.”
Nobody had compared the schemes against those costs. Every quarter spent on the wrong one is money you do not get back.
- Dividends
“I took a dividend in March because the bank balance looked healthy. In July I found out the profit did not cover it.”
That is an overdrawn director’s loan account and tax on top. A forecast in February would have priced the dividend properly.
- Day 90
What changes once the advice is in the room
You get the corporation tax and dividend position before the year end, so the money is there and the decision is yours. The VAT scheme is chosen for your actual costs and looked at again when they change. When you call, you speak to me, because Nexus takes three new clients a month.
Quick check · no email
If your Milton Keynes tax accountant cannot tell you whether your VAT scheme is right, what your tax bill will be before it lands, and reply this week, you have the wrong accountant
Answer these three questions about the accountant you have now.
Question 1 of 3
Could they tell you this week whether your VAT scheme is the right one for your costs?
Could they give you your corporation tax figure a month before the bill is due?
Could they come back to you on a hire or a dividend inside the same week?
No yeses means the filing is being done and the advice is not. The set-up review is where that gets fixed, starting with the VAT scheme and the pay structure.
One or two yeses is a reasonable position with a gap in it. Take the weakest of the three first; the forecast a month ahead is usually the missing one.
Three yeses and you are well served, so stay where you are. Read the guides if you want a second view on your VAT scheme before the next return.
What a filing accountant does, and what an accountant who advises does
Both file on time. Only one of them changes what you pay.
The year-end filer
Accounts and the CT600 filed accurately, usually close to the deadline.
The VAT scheme stays as it was set at registration.
Salary and dividends are recorded, not planned.
You hear the tax figure once the year is closed.
Nexus
Accounts and corporation tax prepared from books that reconcile through the year.
The VAT scheme is reviewed against your real costs and changed when it should be.
Salary and dividends are planned before you draw the money.
The corporation tax figure and your dividend headroom reach you a month ahead.
Eight questions about your own set-up
Answer these before your next year end.
- 01
Do you know your corporation tax figure for this year?
If it arrives the week it is due, you cannot plan around it.
- 02
Has anyone compared flat rate and standard VAT on your actual costs?
Low input VAT usually means the default scheme is the expensive one.
- 03
Has your salary and dividend split changed since you incorporated?
Profit moves every year. A split set once rarely still fits.
- 04
Do you know your dividend headroom today?
A bank balance is not profit, and the difference becomes a loan account.
- 05
Do your books reconcile before the year end, not after?
Accounts built from unreconciled books give you numbers you cannot act on.
- 06
Do you know who answers when you call your accountant?
A new account manager each year means nobody holds your history.
- 07
Is payroll and the pension running on schedule every month?
Late filings cost money that has nothing to do with trading.
- 08
Did anyone review your structure when you joined your current firm?
Most owners have never had the whole set-up looked at once.
The tax work Nexus handles for Milton Keynes companies
One monthly fee covers the filing and the advice that sits behind it.
Year-end accounts and the CT600
Prepared from books that reconcile, with the confirmation statement handled and the tax figure sent to you in advance.
Returns and a scheme review that is actually done
Standard, flat rate or cash accounting chosen for your costs, then revisited when your cost base changes.
Payroll, dividends and your self assessment
Salary and dividend planning built into the payroll routine, with the director’s return handled as part of the year.
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What a forecast a month ahead actually does for a director
This is the promise every Nexus client gets, not a one-off result.
Clients described by type. Names withheld.
What clients say
What the first ninety days with Nexus look like
Four stages, each ending with something you can see.
You know whether Nexus fits before anything moves
We talk, I look at your last accounts and returns, and you find out if this is the right practice for your business.
Your set-up is reviewed and written down
Structure, VAT scheme, salary and dividends and software, with a written list of what should change and why, even when the answer is nothing.
Your books reconcile and the routine runs
Bookkeeping, payroll and VAT settle into a schedule, and the handover from your previous accountant is finished.
You have numbers you can make decisions on
Corporation tax and dividend headroom are forecast ahead of the year end, and queries in between get a prompt reply from me.
Who Nexus is not for
Start-ups in their first year or two are better served by a firm built for that stage.
Sole traders under £150,000 in turnover are outside what Nexus takes on.
Property-only landlords and cash businesses are not a fit for this practice.
If the deciding factor is the lowest monthly figure, we will not agree.
If you run an established limited company in Milton Keynes and want the whole set-up looked at, the set-up review is the place to start.
Questions directors ask before they move
What does the monthly fee include with a tax accountant in Milton Keynes?
Year-end accounts, corporation tax, the confirmation statement, VAT returns, bookkeeping, payroll and pensions and the director’s self assessment. Proactive planning is included on a fair-use basis: VAT scheme selection, salary and dividend planning and a corporation tax forecast a month before the bill lands. The fee is scoped after Nasir has reviewed your set-up. Capital gains returns are charged separately.
We already have an accountant, so is it worth talking to you?
Only if something is missing. The three things worth testing are whether anyone has checked your VAT scheme against your real costs, whether you get the corporation tax figure before it is due, and whether you get a prompt reply. If all three are covered, stay where you are.
Do we have to move accounting software to switch?
No. Nexus works with what you already use in most cases. The software question is part of the set-up review, and if a change would make the bookkeeping routine better you will be told why. If it would only create work, nothing moves.
What happens with our current accountant if we move to Nexus?
Handover is dealt with for you. Nasir requests professional clearance, collects the records and sets the first-year timetable, so you are not chasing your old firm yourself. There is no separate charge for the handover. Most moves are done between one year end and the next without a gap in filing.
Do you only work with companies in Milton Keynes?
Milton Keynes is the home territory, including Bletchley, Newport Pagnell, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, Buckingham, Leighton Buzzard and Bedford. Nexus also works with limited companies across the UK remotely, and in-person meetings are rarely needed. The work and the advice are the same wherever the company is based.
Can a tax accountant in Milton Keynes tell me my corporation tax bill before it is due?
Yes, and that is the standard at Nexus. Corporation tax and your dividend headroom are forecast before the year end, roughly a month ahead of the bill, so the money can be set aside and you can decide about a hire, a purchase or a dividend on numbers you trust.
Three ways to take the next step
Take the two-minute quiz
It tells you whether Nexus fits your company, and if it does, the set-up review is booked with Nasir.
See if Nexus is the right fit 02 · A question firstGot one question about your VAT scheme or a dividend?
Send it to Nasir and you get an answer, not a sales call.
Ask Nasir a question 03 · Still decidingStill deciding
The guides cover VAT scheme choice, salary and dividends and what a corporation tax forecast should tell you.
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