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"I thought someone else was dealing with it."

This is what I hear most often when companies face dissolution. The director assumed the accountant was filing. The accountant thought the company secretary had it covered. The company secretar

Prevention is cheaper than restoration. Always.

Restoring a dissolved company involves applications to Companies House or the courts, legal fees, frozen bank accounts, and considerable disruption. All while your business sits in limbo and you explai

Dormant companies still have filing deadlines.

Many professionals assume that if a company isn't trading, there's nothing to file. But dormant doesn't mean obligation free. Confirmation statements and annual accounts are still required by Companies

Compliance matters. Not as a box ticking exercise, but as a fundamental protection for your business.

Companies aren't struck off without warning. They're dissolved because filings are ignored, deadlines are missed, and letters go unopened. Director

Changes to National Minimum Wage and National Insurance are expected to increase payroll costs from April 2026.

For legal practices with employees, even modest increases can impact budgets and cashflow.

Understanding how these changes affect overal

Changes to how Benefits in Kind are reported are approaching, with important milestones in 2026 and 2027.

While mandatory payrolling is not due until April 2027, employers may choose to begin payrolling Benefits in Kind from April 2026.

For busines

Running a law firm requires precision, structure and absolute compliance.

At Vaughan Chartered Accountants, we support solicitors and legal practices in Belfast with clear, accurate and reliable accounting services.

From accounts preparation to boo

Capital Gains Tax rules are set to change in April 2026, with increases to rates under Business Asset Disposal Relief.

For solicitors and legal practices, this may affect the disposal of business assets, shares or partnership interests.

Transaction

From April 2026, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax becomes mandatory for many self employed professionals and individuals with additional income streams.

For legal professionals, this may apply where income is received outside a limited company stru

If you own buy-to-let properties, the tax rules have changed and planning matters more than ever. Since April 2020, mortgage interest relief is limited to a 20% tax credit rather than being fully deductible.
From April 2025, Capital Gains Tax (CGT) o