About
Sutherland Black are a firm of plain talking Chartered Accountants serving customers throughout Scotland. We utilize our accountancy and tax knowledge to assist our customers to frequently boost their productivity as well as conserve tax. With workplaces in Edinburgh, Livingston and also Glasgow we can meet you in person however if you are additional means or it is easier, we are 100% set up for remote working.
We set up Sutherland Black 14 years ago to provide great jargon free advice with fast and friendly service to Scottish businesses. We know that clients hate surprise accounting bills so after a free initial meeting we agree a fixed price agreement and clients pay by monthly Direct Debit. Clients can then call or meet with us safe in the knowledge that they are not incurring more fees by the minute.
Our customers are different but consist of builders, baby rooms, security firms, restaurants as well as pubs to name but a few. Turn overs differ from ₤ 100,000 a year to ₤ 10 million a year. We have clients with 1 individual on the payroll approximately clients with 100 individuals on the payroll. We provide for Minimal Firms, Collaborations, LLPs and Sole Investors.
If you are starting a new business, we can advise on the best structure for starting up and if you choose to set up as a Limited Company, we can set up the Company for you free of charge and apply for a business bank account for you. If you are a contractor, we can advise on IR35 as well as taking care of all your statutory requirements.
We supply all the common solutions like VAT returns, bookkeeping, payroll, statutory accounts, company tax obligation as well as self-assessment. Nonetheless, we specialise in helping you to simplify your business using the most up to date modern technology. We are Xero Gold Allies and also are specialists in helping customers migrate to cloud accountancy as well as automatic handling of huge amounts of digital and also paper transactions.
Running a profitable business involves having great information about your business at your fingertips so we use Xero along with other cutting-edge tools to provide you with up-to-date management information however often you want it. We can talk to you about the business rations and KPIs that you should be focussing on to drive your business forward.
As we are likewise Chartered Tax Advisers, we are constantly in search of tax saving ideas for our clients. We can help with the best business framework for tax obligation effectiveness, tax saving ideas for household businesses, individual tax suggestions in addition to any other opportunities that we identify. We additionally have a fantastic R&D tax obligation credit score partner firm who can assess your service absolutely free to see if there are any types of possibilities for asserting this generous relief.
We have a long track record of successfully assisting clients with HMRC enquiries from minor aspect enquiries to COP9 criminal investigations. We have had some great results for clients giving them peace of mind by communicating with HMRC on their behalf. Many of the enquiries we have dealt with have resulted in HMRC withdrawing their penalties and our clients’ businesses going from strength to strength.
Get in touch to set up a phone call or free initial meeting to see if we can assist you with your problems. We can meet you by Zoom, at your facilities or at our offices. We have workplaces comfortably located in Edinburgh and Glasgow City Centres and also at Deer Park in Livingston, right by Junction 3 of the M8.
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