Affordable, Expert Property Accountants
As a private landlord or property investor, you’re operating in an increasingly complex sector. We understand that being a landlord can be very stressful! Legislative changes are coming thick and fast and complying with new regulations, including those relating to energy efficiency or safety requirements such as fitting carbon monoxide detectors in your properties, can be an unwanted but necessary headache.
Other challenges can soon mount up. Maybe you’re having to deal with problem tenants and paying to repair property damage, or late rent payments mean you’re having to pay a mortgage out of your own funds. This can all add up to place an increased demand on your time, not to mention increased cost.
That’s why it’s more crucial than ever to have an expert landlord accountant by your side, one that understands the unique challenges presented by this sector and can free up your time by taking care of all your accounting needs, allowing you to focus on your business.
So if you’re looking for a property accountant, your search stops here. Take advantage of unlimited expert advice from your own personal accountant without fear of additional fees – it’s all included as part of the Gorilla Accounting service.
The pricing of our buy-to-let landlord accounting services couldn’t be simpler. Our bands are based on the number of properties in your portfolio and whether you’re operating as an individual entity or as a limited company.
Get in touch for more information and find out how we can help you manage your finances.
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Properties
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Personal
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Limited
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1-2
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£45 (+VAT)
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£45 (+VAT)
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3
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£45 (+VAT)
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£65 (+VAT)
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4
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£55 (+VAT)
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£75 (+VAT)
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5+
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POA
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POA
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Accounting For Buy-to-Let Landlords and Property Owners
Whether you’re about to take your first plunge into property investment, or you’ve already built up a large portfolio, Gorilla Accounting will help you to successfully manage your buy-to-let finances.
Our expert property accountants have combined our straightforward approach to accounting with a simple, transparent pricing structure to ensure that landlords can easily overcome the common financial hurdles of tax management and company incorporation within this sector.
On top of our buy-to-let clients receiving our full range of accountancy services, our landlord accountants will oversee the smooth running of your monthly revenue activity whilst delivering a free financial health check on your property investments. We’ll also provide you with capital gains tax advice.
Get in touch with Gorilla Accounting or read on to learn more about the range of fantastic benefits that we offer buy-to-let landlords and property owners.
Who Are Our Clients?
At Gorilla Accounting, we work with both residential and commercial landlords and, as expert property accountants, we help people with a wide variety of portfolio sizes. To ensure you get the best value, we have a tiered pricing structure depending how many properties you own, and we also tailor our services to your specific needs.
Whether you have a single property or own several and are looking to keep investing to build your portfolio, you’ll continue to benefit from our accounting packages as our service scales with you.
Residential Buy-to-Let Landlords
As buy-to-let accountants, we often work with individuals who own between 10 to 15 residential properties, but this doesn’t mean we can’t help if your portfolio is smaller or bigger than this. Our expert team of landlord accountants have vast experience managing accounts of all sizes, so let us know if you receive enough rental income to make a profit, as you will have to declare it to HMRC.
We’re also on hand to help if you’d like to buy property and develop it into rental accommodation – we’ll take care of all tax and accounting requirements and ensure that you’re submitting the correct documentation to the Government, as well as paying the right amount of tax. Of course, we’ll also ensure you stay compliant with legislation that affects you, such as Making Tax Digital and Capital Gains Tax.
Commercial Landlords
Many of our clients invest in commercial properties instead of residential. If this is your situation, you can be confident that we’ll help you manage your portfolio just as efficiently and effectively.
So, if you own a single shop, for example, and have bought another building as a new opportunity, let us know. Gorilla Accounting can easily help you stay on top of your finances so that you’re always compliant with HMRC rules.
Our commercial property accountants offer advice on issues unique to commercial landlords including business rates and stamp duty land tax. We can also advise on the best way to set up your business – for instance, whether operating as a sole trader or incorporating as a limited company is best for your situation. You can rest assured that you’re getting the best advice as part of the accounting service you receive.
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How Our Landlord Accountancy Services Can Help You
There are many things to consider when you’re a landlord. Things can quickly become overwhelming even if you already have an existing portfolio.
The day-to-day running of your business can take up a lot of your time, so the last thing you want is to have to focus on managing your accounts as well. Not to mention how daunting it can be to ensure all your documentation and tax returns are correct when submitting to HMRC. The last thing you want is any penalties or fines.
This is where Gorilla Accounting comes in. As expert accountants for residential and commercial landlords, we offer unlimited support and advice every step of the way. For example, you’ll want to decide which of your properties is your main residence if you own more than one home, and you must also handle the sale of any property correctly, which means taking tax into account too.
If you’ve invested in property to rent it out, you must pay income tax, and Making Tax Digital will impact you as well. All of this and more needs to be carefully considered to ensure compliance.
Gorilla Accounting will provide you with the advice you need regarding property, whether you’re thinking of buying more, disposing of an existing property or expanding into another store. In addition, if you’re interested in forming a limited company or need accountants for tax returns, you can count on us to deliver the best advice and service.
What is Included in Your Fee?
Not only do we keep our prices low (and dependent on the number of properties you own), but we offer a comprehensive range of accounting services designed to make your life easier for a low monthly fee with no hidden surprises.
Full access to FreeAgent Bookkeeping Tool
FreeAgent accounting software is included in your monthly fee – its functionality and comprehensive automation increases efficiency and makes accounting a breeze.
Preparation & Submission of Financial Statements
We’ll help you prepare and submit all your financial paperwork accurately and on time.
Preparation & Submission of Corporation Tax Return
If you operate as a limited company, you must submit a corporation tax return, which we can help with – we also ensure that all information on the return is accurate.
Preparation & Submission of Quarterly VAT Returns
If you require it, we can help with your VAT returns. You don’t have to register for VAT if your annual VAT taxable turnover is under £85,000, but you may register voluntarily if you wish.
Preparation & Submission of Payroll
As your business grows, you’re likely to hire staff to help. It can be challenging having to deal with payroll, but this is where Gorilla Accounting comes in. As part of your fee, we can help you prepare and submit payroll for up to 2 employees.
Preparation & Submission of P11d
We can help with your P11d form which details expenses and benefits paid to company directors and staff who haven’t been subject to PAYE.
Preparation of One Self-Assessment Tax Return
When starting out in the buy-to-let industry, a sole trader model is preferable because it allows landlords to figure out whether they want to continue down that path. Sole Traders must submit a self-assessment tax return to HMRC, which we can help you with. We’ll make sure all information is pertinent, correct and sent in a timely manner.
Assistance With HMRC Records Checks
HMRC may check on how you keep your records. If they decide to do this, you will usually be contacted by letter. It’s important that you keep records accurately in order to submit your tax returns correctly and pay the right amount of tax and avoid any issues or penalties. If you’ve been contacted for a records check, we can help ensure that your paperwork is in order.
Preparation of Companies House Confirmation Statements
Limited companies must file confirmation statements at least once a year. Gorilla Accounting can assist by preparing the statements for you ensuring the information about your company is up-to-date.
Assistance with Share Issues or Transfers and Changes of Particulars
Dealing with share issues, transfers and changes of particulars can be very time consuming, especially if you’ve never done it before. You can count on us to handle it for you.
Dividend and Board Minute Documentation
As owner of your limited company, you’re entitled to draw dividends from your business. When companies distribute dividends, they need to produce board meeting minutes as well – if you’re unsure about what to do, we can help.
Same-Day Response Under Our Client Service Guarantee
Because we understand that you’re busy and, sometimes, you need a quick answer to an urgent question, we guarantee a same day reply if you contact us before 3pm. This will help you to make business decisions faster as you won’t have to wait days to get the required information.
Your Own Dedicated Accountant
Each business is unique and has its own specific requirements. Therefore, we offer our clients their very own dedicated accountant. They will know everything there is to know about your financial circumstances and buy-to-let business and will always give you expert specialist advice.
Unlimited Support
As a Gorilla Accounting client, you can contact us anytime you want and at your convenience via telephone, email, video call or face-to-face meeting.
Embracing Technology
At Gorilla Accounting, we’re huge advocates of making technology work for both our clients and for ourselves. As well as investing heavily in our internal systems, we are FreeAgent Platinum Partners and offer their market leading accountancy software to our clients at no extra cost as part of our all-inclusive accountancy package.
FreeAgent is an award-winning cloud bookkeeping tool designed for landlords like you. It’s trusted by over 100,000 small business owners, is fully MTD-compliant and offers a 24/7 real-time overview of your accounts. It enables you to make significant improvements in efficiency thanks to comprehensive automation and great functionality that simplifies admin tasks.
Key FreeAgent features include:
- Insightful real-time reporting gives you a clear picture of the financial health of your business
- Automated invoicing and payment reminders
- Simple on-the-go tracking of expenses, costs and mileage
- Payment gateway integration so you can be quickly and easily paid online
- Simple reconciliation with your bank through automated feed imports and categorisation
Personal Service
There’s nothing worse than having an urgent financial query regarding your property business, only to get bogged down in lengthy email turnaround times, a bottomless pit of FAQs or generic contact forms.
Our client service guarantee ensures that you will always get a fast response from us. If you contact us with a query before 3pm on any working day, we will respond that very same day or we’ll issue you with a £50 compensation payment.
At Gorilla Accounting, we take a holistic approach to client management by allocating each of our clients their own personal accountant who they work with throughout their time with us. They’ll quickly become familiar with the unique financial circumstances of your buy-to-let business, and you’ll get to know them on a first name basis.
Although we embrace technology to the fullest degree, this doesn’t mean that we shun the huge benefits of face to face, telephone, and e-mail interaction. As well as having a direct dial contact telephone number and e-mail address for your own personal accountant, you’ll also be able to arrange meetings with them via video call or in person for a more personalised service.
What’s more is that all this unlimited support is included as part of your monthly fee, ensuring that you get great service and are never stung by hidden charges or additional hourly fees no matter how many times you contact your accountant.