We generally provide fee estimates upfront which will be based on the expected time to complete the project. Each assignment will be fully scoped and agreed with you in advance.

Our team will tailor their support to your needs. Generally clients will seek support throughout the year and this leads to better outcomes and timely advice. We also ensure clients are kept informed of relevant changes in legislation via our newsletters and seminars.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) may apply to property sales by individuals, at a rate 24% (a lower rate of 18% can apply for basic rate taxpayers).

The sale of residential properties must be reported to HMRC within 60 days of completion along with the payment of any resulting CGT. Sales of commercial properties are reported to HMRC as part of the seller’s Self Assessment return for the year, with the CGT due by 31 January after the tax year-end.

Where a company sells a property, this should be included in the company’s regular annual tax return, with Corporation Tax applying at the usual rates (typically 25%).

We can provide guidance on the broad nature of the tax issues of relevance to international businesses, including how a foreign tax liability can arise due to tax residence, withholding tax and similar matters. However, we are UK chartered accountants tax advisors, so we cannot advise in detail on foreign tax frameworks.

For these cases, we are a member of DFK International, ranked as the sixth largest international association globally in the 2025 IAB World Survey. DFK is a global alliance of accounting firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, working closely together across over 430 offices in over 85 countries. For those clients requiring specialist international advice, we can provide a referral to a suitable partner firm, with whom we can work closely to ensure that your overall affairs are appropriately managed.

For a seller, as the business owner begins to plan for an exit, we can provide guidance on the available options – which could include a trade sale, a management buyout or sale to an employee ownership trust, as just a few examples. It may be necessary first to restructure the business operations/ownership into a suitable form for a sale, e.g., removing redundant group companies, consolidating trading operations or extracting non-trade assets.

In many cases, it will be appropriate to apply to HMRC for their advance agreement regarding the tax treatment of certain aspects of a potential transaction (in particular, where anti-avoidance could apply), which we can prepare and manage for our client.

Typically we will work closely with our client’s solicitor and once any clearance has been obtained, we will review the formal documentation for the transaction from a tax and accounting perspective to ensure that there are no unexpected tax risks. Sellers may be dealing with due diligence enquiries from their buyer and if any concerns are identified, we will work with the buyer’s adviser to seek a mutually acceptable outcome.

For a buyer, we may assist with due diligence on a potential target company, then again we will work with solicitors to ensure that legal documentation does not include any unexpected tax traps.

In all cases, we will work with our client, any third-party buyer/seller and other advisers to progress with the transaction work as quickly and efficiently as possible. Where there is a specific target date in mind we will try to work towards this, but please be aware that as the end of each tax year approaches this often becomes a busy time, both for ourselves and for HMRC.