One monthly fee covers 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 review, salary and dividend planning and a corporation tax forecast a month before the bill. Capital gains tax returns are charged separately.

Plenty of accountants file on time and do little else. The question is whether anyone has checked your VAT scheme, reconciled your CIS deductions and told you the corporation tax figure before your year end. If all three are covered, stay where you are. If not, the set-up review shows what the gap is costing.

No. Software is reviewed as part of the set-up review, and Nasir tells you whether it suits your invoicing, CIS records and VAT returns. If it is doing the job, nothing moves. If a change would save time or give you better records, you get the reason before anything happens.

Nexus handles the handover. Professional clearance is requested and records are collected, so you are not chasing your old firm yourself. You then get the set-up review and a first-year timetable of filing dates. There is no separate charge for the handover, and most owners only have to confirm the change in writing.

The CIS suffered is reconciled against contractor payment and deduction statements each month, then offset through the company’s payroll scheme or reclaimed. That turns the deduction into money back rather than a figure sitting unclaimed. It also feeds the corporation tax forecast, so what you owe and what you are owed sit in one picture.

When profits are steady and high enough that the tax and structure position outweighs the extra filing. Nexus runs the comparison on your own figures: sole trader against limited company, the VAT scheme that suits your costs, and a salary and dividend plan. If the numbers do not support the move, you are told that.