Martin Cook is a Chartered Accountant and owner and Managing Director of Martin Cook Accounting Services Ltd ("MCAS"). Martin graduated from Glasgow University as a Bachelor of Accountancy (B.Acc.) in 1989 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA) with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) in 1993. Martin has been providing quality advice to clients since 2001 and in 2009 decided to specialise in accounts and tax services for contractors and consultants.
By specialising, our knowledge of our contractor clients continues to grow enabling us to continually improve the value we deliver.
By specialising, our knowledge of our contractor clients continues to grow enabling us to continually improve the value we deliver.
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MCAS is an accounting practice specialising in accounts and tax advice for contractors and consultants who often work in the Oil & Gas and IT industries.
Our mission is to deliver a personal service, provided by a Chartered Accountant (CA), and to help our clients minimise their tax costs and keep what they earn.
Our contractor clients are based largely in Scotland and the North East of England - from Aberdeen to York, Inverness to Newcastle, Glasgow to Middlesbrough, and Edinburgh to Grangemouth.
Our mission is to deliver a personal service, provided by a Chartered Accountant (CA), and to help our clients minimise their tax costs and keep what they earn.
Our contractor clients are based largely in Scotland and the North East of England - from Aberdeen to York, Inverness to Newcastle, Glasgow to Middlesbrough, and Edinburgh to Grangemouth.
Our fixed price package is designed specifically for contractors and consultants.
The package has been developed to take care of your basic accounting and tax compliance requirements but also includes extra "perks" to ensure we deliver value to you.
Remember this is a personal service delivered by a Chartered Accountant.
All we require you to do is send us your bank statements, sales invoices, and expenses every month along with any correspondence from HMRC and Companies House - we will take care of the rest.
The package has been developed to take care of your basic accounting and tax compliance requirements but also includes extra "perks" to ensure we deliver value to you.
Remember this is a personal service delivered by a Chartered Accountant.
All we require you to do is send us your bank statements, sales invoices, and expenses every month along with any correspondence from HMRC and Companies House - we will take care of the rest.
As a firm of Chartered Accountants the main part of our business will always be accounting and tax compliance work.
In order to deliver value to our clients it is essential to deliver this service proactively and personally.
At MCAS we are not a call centre!
Whatever decisions a contractor makes in terms of his accounts and tax planning, it is essential that the tax and commercial risks are considered.
Decisions should not be based solely on financial return.
The main risk a contractor will face is legislation called IR35.
In order to deliver value to our clients it is essential to deliver this service proactively and personally.
At MCAS we are not a call centre!
Whatever decisions a contractor makes in terms of his accounts and tax planning, it is essential that the tax and commercial risks are considered.
Decisions should not be based solely on financial return.
The main risk a contractor will face is legislation called IR35.
The Limited Company, with proper tax planning, can be a very efficient vehicle for a contractor to organise his accounting and tax planning affairs.
We will discuss this option fully with you when we meet for your free, no obligation consultation.
The overall objective of course is to maximise the contractors earnings and minimise the tax cost.
You work hard for your cash and it is MCAS role to ensure you keep what you earn.
We will discuss this option fully with you when we meet for your free, no obligation consultation.
The overall objective of course is to maximise the contractors earnings and minimise the tax cost.
You work hard for your cash and it is MCAS role to ensure you keep what you earn.
The intention of this section is to highlight some areas where the contractor may be able to claim business expenses from his/her Limited Company.
We prefer to err on the side of caution - it is not our job to expose our contractor clients to tax risk!
A worker (contractor) is deemed not to have a permanent workplace for up to 2 years and therefore it may be possible to claim the costs of travelling to the workplace.
It is possible to reclaim 5 or 10 per day for meals when away from home depending on circumstances.
We prefer to err on the side of caution - it is not our job to expose our contractor clients to tax risk!
A worker (contractor) is deemed not to have a permanent workplace for up to 2 years and therefore it may be possible to claim the costs of travelling to the workplace.
It is possible to reclaim 5 or 10 per day for meals when away from home depending on circumstances.
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