I have a friend who is not happy with he's accountant because he's accountant doesn't claim anymore on he's expenses. he's words were "i'm sure i can claim for a lot more"
Are all clients expecting you to claim more for them?
Certainly all my clients know I will do as much as I can to make sure they pay as little tax as possible with regards expenses, short of breaking the law that is.
I haven't had anyone push me, a few have tried to sneak through receipts for clothes and sandwiches, but I don't think they are attempting to break the law, just unsure of what they can claim. Once I tell them I have no issues.
Ive had that before too Kris; Client of mine owns a beauty business, does things like nails, eyebrows, etc, high class stuff. Well going through the files and receipts for the year I came up with one such receipt that had their name on... upon futher investigation it was a treatment for THEM, and tried to slip it in there! lol.
'Oh sorry that shouldn't be there' was the reply i got.. :) lolit was only a couple hundered quid but still something that shouldn't be claimed for.
As I work with clients on R&D claims it's quite a simple one - "I can offer you a tax credit or refund based on the amount you have spent on R&D activites in the past 2 years"
