Fixed-fee pricing for UK expat tax advice
What this is likely to cost.
Most firms make you enquire before they will tell you anything. We would rather you knew roughly where you stand now so if we are not the right fit, neither of us spends a week finding out.
🔒 Fixed fee
⏱️ No hourly billing
Typical ranges
Where our fees usually land
These are ranges, your actual fee is fixed once we know what the work involves.
Assessment
UK residency assessment
£250
–
£500
Typical range, fixed before we start
Your position under the Statutory Residence Test, set out in writing so you can rely on it.
Day counts and ties reviewed
Split-year treatment assessed
A written conclusion you can keep
Most straightforward cases sit at the lower end. Complex travel patterns or contested years push it up.
Compliance
UK tax return
£750
–
£5,000
Typical range, fixed before we start
Your Self Assessment prepared and filed, including the residence pages HMRC’s own service cannot handle.
SA109 residence pages
Rental, employment and investment income
Treaty claims and reliefs applied
A single income source sits near the bottom. Multiple countries and complex portfolios sit at the top.
Planning
Leaving the UK exit plan
£1,000
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£4,000
Typical range, fixed before we start
The whole departure planned before you go — residence, timing and everything that follows you across.
Residence position established
Departure and disposals timed
The five-year return window planned
A salaried move with simple affairs sits low. Company owners and large portfolios sit high.
Planning
Moving to the UK entry plan
£1,250
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£5,000
Typical range, fixed before we start
Your arrival structured before you land, so the four-year FIG window is used properly rather than discovered late.
FIG eligibility confirmed
Arrival date and clean capital planned
First UK return and claims handled
Depends mostly on what you are bringing with you — cryptocurrency and complex business structures sit at the top.
Disclosure
Let Property Campaign
£4,000
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£10,000
Typical range, fixed before we start
Undeclared rental income disclosed to HMRC on your terms, handled from first conversation to settlement.
Years in scope established
Income and penalties computed
Disclosure and offer submitted
Driven by the number of years and properties. A few years on one flat is very different from twenty on a portfolio.
Disclosure
Worldwide Disclosure Facility
£5,000
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£15,000
Typical range, fixed before we start
Offshore income, gains and accounts brought back onside before HMRC gets there first.
Accounts and years identified
Foreign tax credits and treaty relief
Registered, filed and settled
Driven by jurisdictions, years and records. Reconstructing incomplete history is what takes the time.
How we work
Three things worth knowing before you get in touch
None of this is unusual but it is better said upfront.
01
No free consultation
We do not run introductory calls. You send us the details by email or through the client portal, we review them properly, and we come back with a fixed quote.
02
Fees are payable upfront
Once you accept the quote we raise an invoice, and work begins when it is paid. No hourly billing and no chasing at the end.
03
Records need to be usable
We work from summaries in excel or clean PDF statements. We are not able to work through hundreds of individual receipts or photographs. If your records need pulling together first, use a bookkeeper.
How our fees work
Everything on this page is a rough guide. It exists so you can see roughly what you are looking at before you get in touch.
Your actual fee is fixed once we understand the work usually after a short email exchange or the quote form.
If the scope genuinely changes, because something comes to light that was not in front of us at the start, we will agree a new figure with you before going any further. You will never open an invoice you were not expecting.
We do not bill by the hour. The quote is the number, and it is agreed before anything starts.
VAT
The ranges on this page are shown before VAT.
UK VAT is charged at the standard rate where you are UK resident.
Where you are non-resident, VAT does not generally apply to our fees.
Your quote will always state clearly whether VAT is being added.
FAQs
Fees, answered
Why not just publish a fixed price?
Because the same service can be an afternoon or a fortnight. A residency assessment for someone with a clean day count is not the same job as one for someone who has been moving between four countries for six years. Quoting a single number would mean either overcharging the simple cases or underquoting the complex ones and revisiting it later — which is exactly what we are trying to avoid.
When do I get an actual figure?
After a short email exchange or the quote form, usually within one working day. That figure is fixed. It does not move because something turned out to take longer than we expected.
What if the work turns out to be bigger than it looked?
If the scope genuinely changes — you tell us about a second property, or an earlier year that also needs correcting — we agree a new figure with you before doing anything further. You will never receive an invoice you were not expecting.
Can I book a call to discuss it first?
We do not run introductory calls. Send us the details by email or through the portal and we will come back with a fixed quote — usually within one working day. Reviewing what you have written is a better use of the time than a conversation covering the same ground, and it means the quote is based on your actual position rather than a summary of it. Once you are a client, you can speak to your adviser whenever you need to.
Is VAT included in these ranges?
No. The ranges shown are before VAT. UK VAT is charged at the standard rate where you are UK resident; it does not generally apply where you are resident outside the UK.
Are payment plans available?
For the larger disclosure cases, often yes. It is worth raising early rather than at the end.
GTC fees
Find out what yours would actually be
Tell us what you need and you will have a fixed fee, usually within one working day. No obligation, and no charge for asking.