Business taxation

Ensuring compliance and minimising tax liabilities

At MGI Midgley Snelling LLP, we are experienced in all aspects of taxation. We also appreciate that tax can be confusing and involve some complex issues.

We provide a range of services to ensure you remain compliant with the latest legislation – including the preparation of tax computations and company tax returns – and to minimise your liabilities for income tax, corporate tax, VAT, capital gains tax, stamp duty (plus stamp duty land tax) and inheritance tax.

We can advise on:

  • Appropriate tax provisions for financial statements
  • The amount and timing of company taxation self assessment payments
  • The timing of expenditure to maximise claims for capital allowances
  • Research and development claims to minimise corporation tax liabilities
  • The tax implications of business and company acquisitions and sales

If you would like to know more about our tax services, please contact us.

Meet our experts

Tracey Wickens

Tracey advises on our UK corporate clients, from start up entrepreneurial companies, OMBs, UK subsidiaries of international groups and parents of large international groups.

Being both a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, Tracey is ideally placed to provide guidance for UK companies as they start and grow through to maturity. As a result of over 25 years’ experience in working with UK companies, Tracey has become the firm’s technical resource for Audit & Assurance matters, with knowledge spanning across many different industries and business activities.

Tracey works with her clients by developing growth strategies and tax planning for effective management of costs and profitability. This is facilitated by attending management meetings with clients, as required, to help develop their strategies and providing advice by phone and email.

Tracey has responsibility for the firm’s forensic work, which includes both business valuations and due diligence work. This includes work on business acquisitions, valuation for matrimonial matters and where there has been fraud suspected within a company.

Outside of work, Tracey is a qualified rugby referee. She also manages and coaches youth netball and plays herself. In addition, she has been known to do a bit of running too.

John Brassington

John is based in our Tax department where he specialises in providing tax advice and planning for personal tax clients and ensuring all personal tax compliance requirements are met. With his many years of experience John is in an ideal position to advise our clients on the tax implications of their affairs, offering tax planning opportunities to structure their tax more efficiently.

John ‘s experience stretches across many of the direct tax areas and he is involved in helping clients with not only their personal tax, but also with partnerships, corporate and trust tax needs.

With the ever changing tax legislation John has found that his in depth knowledge of his clients helps him be a trusted reference point in their tax affairs.

Away from the office, John is willing to watch almost any sport, although he says his days of actually taking part in sporting activities are long behind him.