Advisory & Complex Accounting Services
ATA provides complex accounting services for businesses whose requirements go beyond routine bookkeeping and annual compliance. We help business owners understand difficult accounting, tax and financial issues, improve visibility over their numbers and make informed decisions.
Areas We Can Assist With
- Director’s Loan Accounts & s455 reviews
- Management accounts and cash-flow forecasting
- VAT reviews and historical corrections
- Bookkeeping clean-up and reconstruction
- Intercompany and multi-entity accounting
- Funding readiness and financial information
- Year-end accounting and tax planning
- Finance systems and process improvement
Complex Accounting Services for Businesses with More Challenging Needs
Complex transactions, historic bookkeeping problems, director balances, cash-flow pressures, changing business structures and multi-entity arrangements can require a deeper review of the underlying records. ATA works with owner-managed businesses, limited companies, property businesses and growing SMEs across London and the UK to understand the position first, identify the accounting and tax issues involved and establish a practical way forward.
Accounting and advisory support beyond routine compliance
Our complex accounting services are designed for assignments where the financial position requires investigation, professional judgement, reconstruction, modelling or a more detailed review than would normally be included within standard bookkeeping and year-end compliance work.
Director’s Loan Accounts & s455
Review director withdrawals, repayments, dividends and outstanding balances to establish the accounting position and identify potential Corporation Tax implications. You can also review the GOV.UK guidance on director’s loans .
Management Accounts & Forecasting
Periodic management reporting, profitability reviews, budgeting and cash-flow forecasting to help directors understand performance and future funding requirements.
VAT Reviews & Historical Corrections
Review VAT treatment, registration positions, historic transactions and accounting records where the VAT position needs to be clarified, reconstructed or corrected.
Bookkeeping Clean-Up & Reconstruction
Reconcile historic records, investigate unexplained balances, correct accounting entries and rebuild records where bookkeeping has fallen behind or become unreliable.
Business Structure Reviews
Provide accounting and tax input where owners are considering different trading arrangements, additional entities or changes to an existing structure.
Intercompany & Multi-Entity Accounting
Reconcile transactions and loan balances between connected businesses and improve financial reporting across multiple companies or related entities.
Funding Readiness & Lender Support
Prepare management information, forecasts and supporting accounting schedules that may be needed when approaching lenders or finance providers.
Year-End Tax & Accounting Reviews
Review profits, director balances, dividends, expenditure and expected Corporation Tax liabilities before the accounting year is finalised.
Property & Landlord Accounting
Accounting support where property companies, financing arrangements, related entities or multiple properties require a more detailed review.
Finance Systems & Process Improvement
Review bookkeeping systems, bank feeds, reporting processes and finance workflows to improve efficiency, financial control and the reliability of accounting information.
HMRC Compliance Support
Assist with accounting records, reconciliations and supporting information required in connection with routine HMRC queries, corrections and compliance matters.
Complex Accounting Reviews
Where the accounting position is unclear, ATA can review the underlying transactions and records before defining the appropriate scope, accounting treatment and next steps.
We assess the position before recommending the solution
Complex accounting matters cannot always be accurately priced or resolved from an initial email or telephone conversation.
We first establish what has happened, what records are available, the potential accounting or tax implications and the extent of the work required.
Once the position is sufficiently understood, ATA can define the scope of work and provide an appropriate fee proposal.
From accounting problem to structured resolution
The objective is to understand the underlying accounting issue rather than simply treat the symptoms appearing in the accounts.
Initial Discussion
Tell us what has happened, what concerns you have and what outcome you are trying to achieve.
Accounting Review
We assess the available records, transactions and areas requiring further investigation.
Scope & Fee
We confirm what ATA can undertake, the likely complexity and the proposed pricing basis.
Implementation
We complete the agreed work and help establish a clearer and more reliable accounting position going forward.
Complex assignments are priced individually
Advisory and complex accounting assignments are priced according to the nature, complexity, urgency and scope of the work involved. Unlike routine compliance work, some assignments may require additional investigation, technical analysis, reconstruction of accounting records or input from other specialist professional advisers.
Where specialist legal, tax, insolvency, valuation or other professional advice is required, this may increase the overall cost of the assignment. ATA will aim to identify the need for such specialist input as early as reasonably possible.
Before substantial work is undertaken, we will discuss the issues identified with you, including the potential risks, expected benefits, available options and likely scope of the work.
Where possible, we will provide a clear fee or agreed pricing basis before proceeding. If the scope changes, further investigation becomes necessary or additional specialist input is required, this will be discussed with you before material additional work is undertaken.
Working with specialist advisers where required
Certain assignments may involve matters requiring legal, insolvency, regulated financial, valuation or highly specialist tax advice. Where appropriate, ATA can identify the accounting implications, prepare the relevant financial information and work alongside the client’s legal, tax or other professional advisers.
Need complex accounting services for a matter that requires a closer look?
Tell us about the situation first. We will assess whether ATA can assist, determine the likely scope of work and provide a proposal before proceeding.