HRBS are fixed fee accountants.
Keith Silman, our MD and driving force, is highly experienced and after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in 1990, has had senior manager/director roles in regional and international accountancy practices, a well-known high-street ladies fashion retail group, multi-million pound SMEs and has also been an EU approved mentor/advisor to Yorkshire businesses. His approach is hands-on and he will help you understand how to run your business and take control of its (and your) future ... and, as an added bonus, save tax and NIC whilst you do so. Click here for a FREE fixed fee, no obligation, quotation or call Keith on 01226 379000 to find out how HRBS can help you. Our passion at HRBS is to support and develop new and small businesses. Aspects particularly important in the current economic climate, include managing growth, controlling debtors and creditors and, above all, cashflow.Fees
Every week we have new clients come to us because they are fed up with their old accountants. Common complaints are that they were passed to an inexperienced, unqualified junior clerk, or the person responsible for their accounts changed every year. They have chosen HRBS for better pro-active advice, personal service and as an added benefit, lower fees (over 30% lower for some). Our offices are based in rural Yorkshire and by using email and online services wherever possible we save money and pass these cost savings onto our clients, as well as being more environmentally friendly, which benefits everyone. Click here for client testimonials (pdf opens in new window).Our fees are very competitive. All accounting and taxation work is done by a qualified and highly experienced accountant, and not delegated to unqualified staff nor subcontracted as is increasingly the case with many accounting practices. You are therefore guaranteed a consistent, personal service from an accountant who takes an interest in you and your business.
Our goal is to provide a high quality service at a reasonable price, within budget and without any surprises. We introduced fixed fees and a service menu several years ago as a natural extension of our support to our clients. There are no hidden extras in our pricing structure and we agree all fees in advance.
Sample fees are:
- Sole trader accounts and self assessment tax return - from £475.00 .
- Partnership accounts and self assessment tax returns - from £615.00 (includes 3 tax returns).
- One-person limited company - from £720.00 (includes a full set of shareholder accounts, abbreviated accounts for Companies House, corporation tax return, dividend/personal tax review in February prior to tax year end and the director's personal self assessment tax return).
- Start-up companies - from £995.00 (includes FREE company formation plus registration with HMRC, PAYE scheme registration, VAT registration/transfer of existing registration, payroll for 1 director (worth £120.00 pa), full set of shareholder accounts, abbreviated accounts for Companies House, corporation tax return, dividend/personal tax review in February prior to tax year end and the director's personal self assessment tax return - excludes book-keeping).
(All costs quoted exclude VAT).
Our fee guide is here (opens in new window).
Payments are spread over the year by monthly/quarterly standing order.
We are authorised by HMRC to provide the full range of accounting, taxation, payroll and company formation services.
In 2007, HMRC (formerly Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise) introduced Money Laundering Regulations that mean only authorised businesses such as ourselves can legally provide accounting, book-keeping, payroll, VAT, company formation, company secretarial and registered office services. Click here for a FREE fixed fee, no obligation, quotation or call Keith on 01226 379000.Our quotation includes a quarterly review of your accounts.
Unlike many other accountants, we want to support our clients and welcome regular contact. The monthly/quarterly review of your business and how it is performing lets us suggest areas where you may cut costs (for example free banking), improve profitability and also keep up with tax and VAT laws. For our many limited company owner-director clients we regularly review the most tax effective way of extracting profits from the business.Regular reviews of your accounting records saves us time when preparing your year end accounts. Our investment in reviewing your accounts saves you money!
Why are our fees so reasonable?
Easy ... we are efficient, knowledgeable and experienced. HRBS is based near the Yorkshire market town of Penistone (between Sheffield, Barnsley and Huddersfield), so you are not paying for expensive city centre offices.Have an accounting or tax question? We will answer it for free.
Unlike many other accountants, our policy at HRBS is to empower our clients and we don't generally charge them for researching a query which would be of interest to our other clients. We simply treat it as an opportunity to write an article for our free business information site at tips.hrbs.biz .We service clients all over UK.
Using email, pdfs, online book-keeping and online filing, we service clients all over UK and provide a choice of online book-keeping packages. We are also Approved Quickbooks Professional Advisors and members of the Microsoft Professional Accountants Network.Click here to download a Free HRBS customised version of Microsoft Office Accounting Express.
Its easy to change your accountant.
If you are not getting the service you want from your current accountant ... change! Every week we gain new clients who have had no support from their old accountant, they have just been left to their own devices until the year end. Its then usually too late to deal with share allocation, dividends, loans to directors, payroll, VAT registration, benefits in kind, bad debts etc.Common issues new clients have had with their old accountant ...
- Did not return calls or emails.
- Did not advise on tax deductible expenses.
- No guidance on how to form the new company.
- Did not inform HMRC about new company (automatic £100.00 penalty).
- Did not explain how dividends are calculated and paid [very important].
- Did not help with benefits in kind and suggesting p11d dispensation.
- Did not help in forming PAYE scheme and suggest ways of minimising tax and National Insurance and obtaining tax free online filing incentive (£75.00 for 2009/09).
- Did not use computerised accounting systems.
- Did not monitor when VAT registration was needed.
- Did not contact them during the year.
- Did not suggest how to extract profits from their company in a tax efficient way.
- Did not suggest preparing management accounts.
- Were not pro-active.
- Were not interested!
- Used Juniors and/or unqualified staff.
- Account handler changed and did not know anything about the business.
- Did not know about VAT and Adwords [reverse charge legislation].
- Did not understand online businesses.
- Used too much jargon.
- Charged too much!
- Did not understand Adsense.
- Wore flares [joke]
Save yourself stress ... choose HRBS.
We will work with you throughout the year at no extra cost.Our charges are fixed for 12 months.
We calculate our fees based on the complexity of your business, volume of transactions and quality of your accounting records. All of our clients provide us with a copy of their accounting records so that we can prepare an individual quotation.If you choose our book-keeping service, we will agree a fee based on the expected number of transactions and you will receive a discount of upto £100.00 on the costs of preparing the year end accounts.
Fees are payable quarterly in advance and the above costs exclude VAT.
Why go anywhere else?
We are passionate about supporting new and small businesses, offer a high level of expertise and personal service ... all at a fixed annual fee.Contact us on 01226 379000 or click the online help icon above to find out more or send us an email .
Thank you for for taking the time to visit HRBS.biz . We look forward to working with you.
