Russell Cockburn. B.Sc. (Hons) Taxation Consultant 

History

Established 1989    

23 Years in UK taxes. 15 years experience in consultancy on personal and business tax problems.

Former UK Inspector of Taxes. 

Tax effective structures and planning solutions a speciality.

Tax consultant and lecturer.

Tax author and columnist.

Tax training services for accountants & professional firms

Tax Services for;

Private Clients.

New businesses

Taxpayers under "Enquiry"  by the Revenue

Employers and payroll managers

Estates and Landowners

Professional advisers, solicitors accountants etc.

Business tax advice

Company executives

Tax Publishers

Tax Training Organisations

Tax Advice to Employers

PAYE audit control visits:-dealing with the Revenue

Taxable benefits and compliance problems-advice to executives.

P11D's - planning possibilities and pitfalls.

Benefits and tax mitigation techniques

Tax efficient remuneration packages

Compliance danger zones.

NIC compliance and traps for the unwary.

PAYE compliance and planning ideas.

Company car schemes and other benefit mitigation plans.

PAYE Audit Visits and Advice

Meeting the  Revenue officials

Dealing with technical matters

Identifying danger areas

Controlling the proceedings

Highlighting technical issues and  offering practical solutions

Advice on controversial benefit issues

Categorisation disputes and IR35 contract reviews.

 Private Client Services

Tax returns and compliance

Tax Planning services

Capital tax planning

Revenue Investigations

Will planning and inheritance tax advice

Family property ownership

Care fees

School fees

Trust and tax planning

Tax and the family home

Selling the family home

Buying Property abroad

Tax returns and compliance

Annual Tax returns

Business Tax computations

Tax Planning ideas. 

Mitigating Income tax and annual liabilities

Tax effective Investment?

Structuring your income to reduce bills

Optimum use of allowances

Tax effective borrowing structures?

Capital Tax Planning

Capital gains tax planning

Inheritance tax and estate planning

Maximizing your family wealth

Minimizing Capital Tax liabilities.

Inland Revenue Enquiries

Negotiating with the tax inspector

Representation before the Tax Commissioners

Preparation of detailed investigation reports.

Assessing the strength of the Revenue's case.

Advising you of your rights and obligations

Reviewing your tax affairs and identifying problems

Critical appraisal of Revenue challenges

Negotiating and mitigating Revenue penalties

Will Planning & Drafting

Providing for children 

Planning lifetime events

Protecting assets

Minimizing inheritance tax

Family Property Ownership

Tax effective borrowings

Optimum ownership structures

Passing ownership on to your children

Preparing for Care Fees

Tax relief for saving schemes

Loan interest relief schemes

Home income plans

Transferring assets to children?

Tax Relief & School Fees?

Tax effective saving plans

Identifying interest relief opportunities 

Can company shares be used?

Investment planning

 Owning a Holiday Home?

Who should actually own it?

Company or personal ownership

Advice on foreign legal issues

Contacts Abroad & foreign tax advice.

Using Trusts for Tax Planning

Passing on family wealth

Reducing inheritance taxes

Minimizing capital gains on sale

Protecting assets and income

Selling the family home

Main residence exemption

Permissible garden areas?

Ownership and pre-sale planning ideas?

Planning permission pitfalls

Buying Property Abroad?

Tax relief for loans

Optimum tax and ownership structure

Tax liability on foreign rentals?

Business Tax Advice

Start Ups- Structure, timing, investment relief's, tax records, employer issues.

Planning your tax bills and optimizing the self assessment system to your advantage, 

Borrowing structures, Capital Allowances and timing important investment decisions

Maximizing available tax relief's, involving the family

Choosing the best vehicle for business transactions.

Maximising plant and machinery allowances

Ensuring tax relief for repairs and renewals

Optimum timing of new projects

Maximising loss reliefs

Company and business residence issues

Controversial deductions and mitigating problems areas

Relief for travel and subsistence costs

Dealing with the Revenue

Compliance with specific regulations: e.g. Construction Industry

Advice for particular trades and professions;

Doctors & Dentists

Solicitors

Farmers

Athletes and sports

IT Consultants (IR 35 problems??)

Business Disposals

  Timing Issues

 When to sell

 How to structure the sale

Maximizing the available relief's

Maximizing taper relief

Apportionment?

Pre-sale planning steps

Off-shore options - emigration to avoid U.K. taxation?

Preparing A Company for Sale

Share ownership structures

Extracting valuable assets

Pre-sale dividends?

Offshore options?

Maximizing taper relief's?

Working from Home

Claiming for domestic expenses?

Use of home as office claims?

Tax relief for private costs?

Capital gains tax problems?

Tax Services and advice for the Executive & His company directors

Remuneration package planning

Advice on timing of bonuses

Tax/PAYE/NIC effective payment methods

Use of employee benefit trusts

Tax effective pension arrangements

Travel and subsistence payments

Working abroad?

Use of Personal Service Companies

Employed or self-employed

Associate or consultancy?

Maximising dispensations & available deductions

Joining and leaving payments

What records must be kept

Relief for professional subscriptions

Unusual benefits and payments  

Year end tax planning for companies and their director/shareholders?

Tax on Golden Handshakes

Is this a contractual payment?

Pay in lieu of notice?

Timing Issues

Documentation and evidence?

The employer's obligations

Employee Benefits

Company car ownership plans

New forms of car purchase scheme

Optimum use of tax free mileage allowances

Tax free benefit schemes