Welcome to Bird Luckin

A leading independent firm of chartered accountants and tax specialists, based in two prime locations, just thirty minutes from London, in Essex, Chelmsford and Stansted

Why choose Bird Luckin

Tax and Compliance

Despite commitments by successive governments to simplify tax and compliance regulations for both businesses and individuals, it’s clear that the current mountain of red tape, form filling and bureaucracy can be time consuming and costly to negotiate.

Bird Luckin can reduce this burden by cutting through the red tape, making sure you meet the necessary compliance regulations and identifying opportunities for you to minimise your liabilities.

Our team’s expertise covers the whole range of tax and compliance issues, from audit, business and personal tax planning, to tax and VAT investigations, retirement strategies and remuneration planning. The current regulatory regime uses financial penalties to deter businesses and individuals from failing in their compliance commitments, and Bird Luckin can help you to make sure you meet all the compliance requirements.

But we can go much further. By getting to know you, and understanding your business aims and objectives, we can identify planning opportunities across a wide range of compliance issues and tax areas (including income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and property taxes) to help you maximise your own financial situation as well as your business potential. 

Contact Jenny Cook at our Chelmsford office on 01245 254241 or jennycook@bird-luckin.co.uk to find out how we can help you.

Audits

We can prepare accounts and perform audits for all types of business including sole traders, partnerships, and limited liability companies, in any sector of the economy.

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Accounts Preparation

How often do you speak to or see your accountants? Are they really interested in your well-being and that of your business?

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VAT

VAT can be the bane of everyone affected by it. The complex regime of regulations imposes a tremendous administrative burden on businesses.

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Tax Investigations

The current tough economy has resulted in many businesses being unable to continue trading. The knock-on effect impacts those businesses with whom they do business.

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Business Tax Compliance

The Companies Act requires companies to submit various documents within strict time limits.

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Business Tax planning

It is often said that, "Failing to plan is planning to fail."

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Self Assessment

The term “self-assessment” is proving to be one of the great misnomers of all time. Many taxpayers struggle to understand the complex tax returns and complete them correctly. In the first year of the regime alone, 775,000 taxpayers received £100 penalties for failing to submit their returns on time, and some 400,000 incurred further penalties because their returns were still outstanding six months later!

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Inheritance Tax (IHT)

Inheritance tax (IHT) - often referred to as 'death duties' - is a capital tax that is potentially payable when someone dies, but which may also be due on certain lifetime gifts above specific limits. It is charged on the net value of a person's estate, which is essentially the value of their assets less their liabilities, and can also be charged on gifts made during a person's lifetime.

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Personal Tax Planning

Maximising personal wealth requires a pro-active approach to taxation planning.
How tax is treated in a transaction can decide the success or failure of that transaction

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Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

If you are considering expanding your business through a merger or acquisition, we strongly recommend you seek appropriate professional advice and assistance to ensure your interests are best represented in any transaction.

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Retirement Strategies

Everyone hopes to maintain the same standard of living in retirement as they presently enjoy while working, but to achieve this requires considerable forward planning.

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Remuneration Planning

We can conduct a full tax review of your business and determine the most efficient tax structure for you.

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Property Tax

Making a Will is one of the most fundamental aspects of estate planning, yet many people do not appreciate its importance.

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Trusts and Executorships

Trusts are extremely useful instruments for tax planning purposes.

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