What is the difference between an Accountant, Book Keeper and Tax Advisor?

There are many firms usually the larger ones who offer a complete a service, which includes an Accountancy, Book keeping and a complete Tax Service.

We will breakdown in a summary of what each role involves and in some cases roles, which overlap

What is an Accountant in Practice?

Accountants usually offer Accounts for the following:-

Sole Trader

Partnership

Limited

LLP

Charity

Also offer other services such as Company Formation, Self-Assessment Tax Return, VAT, Book keeping, Payroll and a few other task

What is a book keeper?

A book keeper usually is involved in a business on regular basis to ensure that the balances reconcile

such as Debtors/Creditors/Bank and all assets and liabilities are accounted for correctly.

Paperwork being kept in order and even more so Digitally since the introduction of "Making Tax Digital". The 

Book keeper role is much more than just balancing the numbers but probably involved in dealing with the 

payments and may also be involved in employing the staff wages.

What is a Tax Advisor?

Tax Advisors are usually ATT/CTA Qualified and they specialise in Taxes both on a National and International Level

and advise in detail on the tax planning and other more complicated Tax issues such as

Inheritance Tax

Capital Gains Tax

Trust

VAT

and many other complicated rules, which are usually assessed on a case by case basis.

We try to focus on the Accounts side so we have specialists who we outsource our Book keeping and Tax Advisory service

as we always strive and try to be confident in offering a complete service with what we know rather than try to be jack of all trades.

Overall this way of working has worked for us over the years.

Please feel free to reach out for an initial free consultation 

Tel: 0121285234

Web: www.secureaccountsltd.co.uk