FAQs
Arthur is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser and operates his own tax consultancy. He has been practising as a self-employed tax consultant since the year 2000. For about seven years before this, Arthur was also working in taxation but within established accountancy firms.
He is also the co-author of the prominent guide ‘How to Avoid Landlord Taxes’, which is now in its eleventh edition and has been purchased by thousands of tax professionals and landlords/property investors alike.
Arthur answers complex tax structural questions each month via the Property Tax Insider and Business Tax Insider monthly publications.
Through the TaxInsider.co.uk and Property-tax-portal.co.uk platforms, Arthur has successfully conducted over 1,500 individual custom tax consultations over the last 10 years.
He works mainly in an advisory capacity for accountants and UK tax-payers and typically advises on the following areas:
- Income Tax
- Corporation Tax
- Capital Gains Tax
- Inheritance Tax
- Property Tax
- Expatriate tax
- Small Business Taxation
Money Laundering Checks are required for professional services by law because the UK is a major international financial and legal centre, with a strong reputation for honesty and integrity. When we take on a new client or begin to give a new consultancy you are essentially an unknown entity and we have to ensure that we are fully compliant. Businesses like ours are attractive to money launderers - criminals who sometimes try to hide stolen money by turning it into legitimate income. Therefore, the government has introduced measures to make it more difficult for criminals to make and keep money from their crimes, to confiscate the proceeds of crime for this reason there are compulsory checks as tax consultants we must make of our clients. Being asked for identification does not mean you are under suspicion, the new identification requirements apply to all clients.
You can read a few of the glowing testimonials we get from Arthur’s services here.
If the consultation exceeds 25 minutes, then any time thereafter will be prorated at an hourly rate of £49 per hour.
The minimum cost for a consultation is £97. This means that if your consultation takes 10 minutes or 25 minutes then the cost will still be £97. The standard consultation charge is £225 per hour; it is not possible for Arthur to determine how long you will speak for at the beginning of the call. If it takes part of an hour e.g. three quarters of an hour, you will be charged pro rata, i.e. around £168.75...
This is completely fine, and the time spent on providing the written advice will be charged at £225 per hour. At the beginning of the phone call Arthur will always offer the option of providing the consultation in writing also which can be provided via e-mail in form of a summary of the phone conversation. This will need to be confirmed again at the end, as with the consultation how long this will take is often unknown but depending on the details of the phone conversation, but it can take anywhere up to 30-45 minutes.
Any follow up questions will be charged at the same rate as described above, the standard price of £225 per hour.