E.         CORPORATION TAX

We will prepare, in respect of each accounting period of the company, a computation for corporation tax purposes adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the Taxes Acts.  We will also prepare the corporation tax return (form CT600) required under the Corporation Tax Self Assessment regulations.  The corporation tax return, together with the supporting corporation tax  computations, will be sent to you for approval and signature prior to submission to the Inspector of Taxes.

It should be recognised that in law a taxpayer cannot contract out of his fiscal responsibilities and that computations and return forms are prepared by us as agent for the company.  You are legally responsible for making correct returns and for payment of tax on time.  If we ask you for information to complete the tax return and it is not provided within the time-scale requested, so that the preparation and submission of the return are delayed, we accept no responsibility for any penalty or interest that may arise.

We will advise you of the corporation tax payments to which the company will be liable, together with the due date of payment.  You must inform us immediately if the company pays or receives any interest or makes any other payment, or transfers any asset to any shareholder.

Where necessary we will deal with any queries raised by the Inspector of Taxes and negotiate with the Revenue on any question of taxation interest or penalties which may arise.

To enable us to carry out our work you agree:

(a)        to make a full disclosure to us of all sources of income, charges, allowances and capital transactions and to provide full information necessary for dealing with the company’s affairs.  We will rely on the information and documents being true, correct and complete;

(b)        to respond quickly and fully to our requests for information and to other communications from us;

(c)        to provide us with information in sufficient time for the company’s self-assessment tax return to be completed and submitted by the due date.  In order to do this, we need to receive all relevant information within 5 months of the company’s period end each year;  and

(d)        to forward to us on receipt copies of all statements of account, letters and other communications received from HM Revenue & Customs to enable us to deal with them as may be necessary within the statutory time limits.

You agree that we can approach such third parties as may be appropriate for information that we consider necessary to deal with your affairs and undertake to authorise such third parties to communicate directly with us.

HMRC will send you an agent authorisation code, which expires within 30 days of issue. Please send this to us as soon as you receive it.  In practice, HM Revenue & Customs will treat this as authority to correspond with us, in which case they will not correspond with you except to the extent that they are formally required to do so.  However, this authority does not apply to all HM Revenue & Customs correspondence, and even where it does, HM Revenue & Customs sometimes overlook it.  You should therefore always send us the originals or copies of all communications you receive from HM Revenue & Customs.

We will be pleased to advise on any other taxation matters that may be referred to us and would strongly encourage you to approach us before entering into any complex or unusual transactions in order that we can assess their tax implications.