Sutherland Black are a company of plain talking Chartered Accountants serving clients throughout Scotland. We use our accountancy and tax knowledge to assist our clients to continuously improve their productivity as well as save tax. With offices in Edinburgh, Livingston and Glasgow we can meet with you face to face yet if you are more method or it is easier, we are 100% established 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 however consist of building contractors, baby rooms, safety firms, restaurants as well as pubs to call however a couple of. Turnovers vary from ₤ 100,000 a year to ₤ 10 million a year. We have clients with 1 individual on the payroll as much as clients with 100 people on the payroll. We cater for Limited Business, Collaborations, LLPs and Sole Traders.
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 offer all the normal services like VAT returns, accounting, payroll, statutory accounts, firm tax obligation and also self-assessment. However, we specialise in helping you to enhance your service by making use of the current technology. We are Xero Gold Partners and also are experts in assisting clients migrate to cloud audit as well as automatic processing of large quantities of electronic and also paper purchases.
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 also Chartered Tax obligation Advisers, we are always looking for tax saving concepts for our clients. We can help with the very best service structure for tax effectiveness, tax saving ideas for household businesses, individual tax pointers as well as any other opportunities that we detect. We additionally have a fantastic R&D tax credit companion firm who can evaluate your business absolutely free to see if there are any types of opportunities for declaring this charitable alleviation.
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 organize a telephone call or complimentary initial conference to see if we can assist you with your issues. We can meet you by Zoom, at your properties or at our offices. We have workplaces conveniently situated in Edinburgh and Glasgow City Centres and also at Deer Park in Livingston, right by Junction 3 of the M8.
Chartered Accounting Services, Limited Companies, Self-employed, Small Businesses, Contractors, Sole Traders, Personal Tax, Bookkeeping, Buy to let / property, Landlords, Xero, Payroll, eCommerce, VAT, Tax, Quickbooks
