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Preparing for your year-end audit

A statutory audit is carried out once a year and can mean a lot of work for a client, especially if there are complexities such as share-based payments, revenue recognition on stage of completion basis etc. For some companies, there is no justification to hire additional staff in just to facilitate the audit.

August 8, 2022

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Register of Overseas Entities

As part of the Government’s strategy to combat economic crime, the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) requires overseas entities that own UK land or property to declare their beneficial owners or managing officers.

August 5, 2022

Shaw Gibbs strengthen VAT offering with the appointment of Leo Donovan

Oxford-based Shaw Gibbs have strengthened their VAT consultancy offering with the appointment of Leo Donovan as Associate Director VAT.

August 2, 2022

Shaw Gibbs announce three senior promotions

Shaw Gibbs have promoted three of their senior team with effect from 1 July 2022.

July 29, 2022

Expanding in the UK

During our recent trip to the USA, I was asked a series of questions about the UK economy and what US companies should be aware of when looking to the UK for expansion. Below is a summary of the main questions which were put to me.

July 27, 2022

Take the heavy-lifting out of furlough audits

The furlough scheme reportedly cost £70bn and it is therefore unsurprising that HMRC are looking to claw back mis-claimed amounts.

July 8, 2022

The Income Tax implications of crypto-mining

With the upcoming merge of the Ethereum 2.0 update rumoured to be implemented this year, it is important to remember that there may be income tax implications for cryptoasset investors who play a role in verifying blockchain transactions.

June 21, 2022

Supplementing and upskilling your team during significant change

When we refer to ‘outsourcing’ a finance function, the meaning is construed in multiple ways depending on the audience and pre-conceptions. It is useful therefore to outline some of the ways in which the outsourcing department can assist in ‘special projects’ which fall outside of the traditional bookkeeping/data processing/returns.

June 21, 2022

Trust Registration

The original requirement for certain trusts to register on the Trust Registration Service was introduced in June 2017 as part of the UK’s implementation of the EU’s 4thAnti-Money Laundering Directive. This provided greater transparency surrounding the assets and individuals involved in such structures.

June 20, 2022

What is a non-dom and why does this matter?

Over the last few months, there has been a lot of pressure on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty as a result of their non—domiciled tax status and the suggestion that they have “avoided” paying significant amounts of UK tax as a result of dividends received from her stake in her father’s overseas IT business, none of which is taxable in the UK.

June 20, 2022

What our clients say

  • I have been a client of Shaw Gibbs since the 1960's and have always found a professional but friendly response from the partners or staff

    I have been a client of Shaw Gibbs since the 1960's and have always found a professional but friendly response from the partners or staff

    Richard Preston

  • Thank you for being such a great partner in building our business!

    Thank you for being such a great partner in building our business!

    Oege de Moor - CEO, Semmle

  • Experience, expertise and support was not only invaluable from a financing perspective, but also in assisting us to determine the future strategy.

    Experience, expertise and support was not only invaluable from a financing perspective, but also in assisting us to determine the future strategy.

    Charles Parry – John Parry Estates Ltd

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    Shaw Gibbs’ service provides timely expertise at a reasonable cost

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