PAYE compliance review audit checklist

If you receive a letter telling you that HMRC wants to carry out a compliance review of your payroll records, use our checklist in advance of HMRC’s visit to review your records so that there are no surprises on the day.

Self-assessment checklist

The tax return filing deadline is 31 January following the end of each tax year. Use our checklist to reduce the chances of making any errors.

Statement of employment particulars checklist

Our checklist contains a table which sets out all the employment particulars that must be included in a written statement from 6 April 2020.

Unincorporated business trading loss relief claim

If you’ve made a loss in your sole trade or partnership, you can claim relief for it against tax payable on your other income for that year or the year before. If any loss remains you can claim relief against your capital gains in the year of the loss or the previous year.

VAT invoice checklist

VAT regulations require that all registered businesses issue invoices which contain various pieces of information and details.

What HMRC is likely to ask

There’s a pretty standard set of questions that the inspector will ask at interview. These are mostly designed to undermine the records you’ve kept and so allow them to make a demand for tax on missing income/profits or over-claimed expenses. So how should you prepare for such an interview?