• Price £10+VAT per month

If you wish to register for VAT (including flat rate VAT) we can do this and prepare the regular returns for only £10 per month.Flat rate VAT can simplify VAT administration and yield a cash surplus. Below the flat rate threshold, you charge your clients the standard rate of 20% VAT but are only required to make a return to HMRC at the flat rate value, which varies according to industry, but is around 14% on average. You get to keep the difference!

• Price £15+VAT per month

Why do you need protection from HMRC? HM Revenue & Customs are more determined than ever to increase the tax yield from tax payers. So, with the increasingly complex tax environment and HMRC's more sophisticated methods of checking for non-compliance, it's essential that you are able to defend yourself in a tax investigation.Ship Shape Accounting has teamed up with tax specialists CCH to provide the Premier Protection service, a low cost comprehensive protection from the potentially large professional fees involved in an investigation (even where the Contractor is found to owe HMRC nothing) and even indemnity from HMRC IR35 fines should the worst happen. Claims through this popular service increased by 10% last year.

The Premier Protection Service has been especially created to deal with HMRC's new powers and protect you against the unexpected costs of an investigation. Furthermore, if we become involved from the start of any investigation you are far more likely to escape paying extra tax or penalties. The service covers:

• HMRC Full Enquiries
• HMRC Aspect Enquiries
• HMRC non-written approaches
• Construction Industry Scheme reviews
• National Minimum Wage checks
• Employer Compliance reviews

The Premier Protection service will pay reasonable costs for us to review potential risks identified by HMRC from the start of an enquiry, for as long as it takes to resolve the situation, up to £100,000 per HMRC investigation. This includes their checks into your Tax Return, PAYE, P11D, NIC and VAT affairs.

• Price £175+VAT per review

Any individual contracting through their own limited company must consider whether they could be caught by intermediaries anti-avoidance legislation ("IR35"). HMRC test for this by removing the contractor's company from the worker/client relationship and deciding whether the individual would have been an employee of the end client. If this is found to be true, the contractor's limited company will need to operate the deemed payment calculation for future and historical periods when IR35 applied, often resulting in a significant liability for the company.

Our IR35 contract review service provides a simple and cost effective way of ensuring compliance with HMRC's requirements. A properly drafted written contract for services helps strengthen your position if your IR35 status is ever questioned by HMRC. If you are working under a client's contract we can also review that for the purposes of IR35 legislation. In either case a contract review demonstrates to HMRC that the company has taken its tax obligations seriously and has made the effort to determine whether or not IR35 legislation applies.

• Price 1.5% of contract value

Any clients using Ship Shape Accounting and taking our fee protection and contract review service can also choose to take out a separate peace of mind guarantee that you are protected from any associated National Insurance bill should we be unable to defend the HMRC IR35 status dispute.A copy of the contract should be forwarded for our specialists to review provide a written report, highlighting areas of concern and suggesting ways to improve the contract. Our specialists deal with employer related tax/national insurance issues on a daily basis and have many years' experience in providing support in this area to businesses. The fixed fee service also means that you know exactly how much the service will cost.

• Price £20+VAT per month

Since 2013 it has been a legal requirement to submit PAYE information to HMRC in real time, on or before payment date. HMRC need to be informed so they can collect taxes straightaway instead of waiting for a self-assessment at year end.

Administration of RTI can be complex and there are penalties if RTI is missed so it's a weight off your mind to have Ship Shape take care of this for up to two staff on your behalf.

• Price £100+VAT each

In order to process a visa application the UK Border Agency may request a signed letter from a Qualified Accountant plus certified documents such as dividend vouchers and payslips. We can provide these for a small administration fee.

Tide has a raft of tools to make running a small business easier including a unique sign-up via mobile that provides a UK sort code and account number in just 5 minutes. It leaves other high street banks in its tracks!

The Tide invoice assistant allows you to upload any invoice from a supplier and Tide will read it to prepare a payment for you – no typing required! You can also create and send customised invoices from Tide. Soon they will even chase them for you, so you get paid quicker.

Finally, Tide integrates fully with Ship Shape Accounting's other service partner, Xero, to ensure an end to end service.

Ship Shape has agreed a special deal for its clients to receive free banking from Tide for three months (up to 100 transactions).

Use the Contact form below to request more information on Tide business banking.

Ship Shape Accounting has partnered with Xero to offer the world's finest online accounting software to our clients.

Put simply, it is the perfect tool to allow contractors to manage their Limited Company finances and here's why:

• Accurate - Your accounts are always up-to-date and it is linked to your bank account so it automatically updates your transactions daily
• Accessible - Available to access 24/7, anywhere and on any device (mobile, tablet or PC)
• Control - A complete overview of your accounts in an instant on one dashboard screen
• Simple - It is beautifully designed software and very easy to use
• Organised - It is a virtual filing cabinet, keeping all your documents securely and in one place and all your major tax deadlines are tracked
• Powerful - We as your accountant can be far more proactive in giving advice because we can see how your accounts are shaping up at all times
• Time Saving - Log your expenses simply and upload receipts via a smartphone camera in seconds (no more shoe boxes). Raise invoices and track payments
• Secure - Cloud is the most secure way of keeping your data – constantly backed up in data centres resembling nuclear bunkers and using banking industry levels of encryption. No more latte on the laptop worries

We can help you embrace cloud accounting every step of the way and you can trial the software for free for 30 days with absolutely no obligation or the need to put in your credit card details.

Watch Xero demo   |   Free 30 day trial