How much does expert tax advice cost?

Our Expert Tax Advice Helpline is £50 plus VAT per 15 minutes via phone or email. For more complex queries requiring specialist expertise, written Tax Consultancy Services are charged at £390 plus VAT per hour.

What is included in the Expert Tax Advice Helpline?

The Expert Tax Advice Helpline provides quick, verbal telephone or email guidance for simple tax queries. It is an ideal solution for short questions that do not require in-depth consultancy or written reports.

What is included in Tax Consultancy Services?

Tax Consultancy Services cover more complex issues, such as written reports, second opinions, drafting tax documents, HMRC filing support, transaction advice, or designing a share option scheme. These are usually charged on a fixed fee basis at £390 plus VAT per hour.

What should I expect before receiving advice?

Before providing verbal or written tax advice, clients must sign our Terms & Conditions of business via DocuSign. Once signed, David Craddock will confirm fees or fixed charges, then begin work on your query.

Expert Tax Advice for Individuals and Businesses

Q: How will I know how much I will be charged?

For short verbal advice, the time spent on the call is agreed at the end and charged accordingly. For more complex work, David will provide a fee estimate or a fixed fee quotation. Invoices are issued by email, with payment due within 7 days by bank transfer.

Navigating the complexities of tax regulations requires expert tax advice. At David Craddock Consultancy, we provide tailored solutions to help individuals and businesses optimise their tax strategies and ensure HMRC compliance.

UK tax experts not only help you stay compliant with HMRC regulations but also identify opportunities to minimise your tax liabilities and enhance your overall financial health. By leveraging their knowledge and experience, you can make informed decisions that protect your assets and pave the way for future growth.

Specialist Tax Advice: Share Schemes & Incentives

David Craddock provides tailored, expert tax advice to:

Entrepreneurs
Businesses
Individuals

He specialises in a wide range of tax matters, particularly those related to:

Employment incentives
Employee share schemes

How Our Tax Helpline Can Help

For those quick questions and queries relating to tax that you would like immediate answers to, David has vast knowledge and expertise to be able to put your mind at ease and find the solutions to the questions.

Why Choose David Craddock Consultancy for Expert Tax Advice?

Navigating the complexities of tax law requires expertise and foresight. Our expert tax advice ensures you not only comply with current regulations but also optimise your financial position.

We provide expert tax advice to clients across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, and surrounding areas.

Expert Tax Advice We offer:

Personalised strategies tailored to your unique financial situation
Proactive planning to minimise liabilities and maximise savings
Guidance on navigating HMRC compliance checks and audits

Meet David Craddock

David Craddock is a leading UK and international expert in employee share ownership and reward management, with over 30 years’ experience advising companies of all sizes.

✅ Credentials & Publications

Author of Tolley’s Guide to Employee Share Schemes, ICSA Handbook, and Croner Essentials
Regular contributor to Tax Journal and Croner Pay & Benefits

🌍 Global Expertise

Founder of David Craddock Consultancy Services (est. 1997)
Worked in 30+ countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa
Clients include multinational corporations and SMEs

🎤 Speaker & Lecturer

Speaker at ESOP Centre, ProShare, and Institute of Directors
Lecturer for the ICSA and European Centre for Employee Ownership

⚖️ Specialist Areas

Share schemes (EMI, EOT, SIP, SAYE)
Share valuations & restructurings
HMRC negotiations & tribunal advocacy

🎓 Education & Memberships

Oxford University, PPE (MA & BA)
Fellow, ESOP Institute
Member, IoD, IPA, and FTA

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📞 Book a consultation with our tax expert – fast answers, no obligation.

“David can assist in resolving challenges by HMRC and can also provide support on reporting requirements and assistance with HMRC negotiations relating to share schemes. Whether you need advice as a company or as an individual, we can help you with filing your tax return and disclosing your share scheme entitlement.”

David offers expert tax advice on all tax issues relating to the following employment-related share schemes:

Employee Ownership Trusts (EOT’s) ♦ Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI’s)

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) ♦ Share Incentive Plans (SIP) ♦ SAYE Share Option Plans

David also offers specialist Tax Advice relating to the following subjects:

Trusts ♦ Share Valuations ♦ Employee Benefits

♦ Employee Related Shares ♦ Private Client Tax Matters

Common FAQs on our Expert Tax Advice

How Much Does It Cost?

Expert Tax Advice Helpline

A verbal telephone advice helpline service that offers a quick and simple solution, ideal for those simple tax queries and questions that you may have.

Tax Advice Helpline phone/email (£50 plus VAT per 15 minutes)

Tax Consultancy Services

If the tax advice requires more than a quick call and proves to be more complex and requires specialist expertise, we may agree a fixed fee. For example, this could be a fixed fee for writing a report, second opinions, drafting complex tax documents, transaction and filing support to HMRC, researching a particular tax issue or designing a share option scheme.

Tax Consultancy Services Written Advice (£390 plus VAT per hour)

What to Expect?

David Craddock is always happy to have a short, informal chat to explore the details of your issue.

Before providing the verbal or written tax advice, we require you to please sign our ‘Terms & Conditions of business’, which we will email to you via DocuSign.

Once we have received your signed ‘Terms & Conditions of business’, David will then countersign the agreement, and you will receive a copy for your records.

David will then be able to start the work for you. he will call you to discuss the rate of time charge or the agreed fixed fee.

How Will I Know How Much I Will Be Charged?

If it is a short verbal tax advice that David has provided, at the end of your call, David will agree on the amount of time spent on the phone with you and charge you accordingly.

If the query is more complex and requires specialist expertise, David will provide an estimate of fees or, in many cases, quote a fixed fee for specific work and advice.

Finally, our accounts team will forward the invoice to you by email.

*Please note our payment terms are within 7 days of the date of the invoice, payable by bank transfer.

Next Step’s

Book a consultation with our tax expert – fast answers, no obligation, using the form below, and David will reply to you as soon as possible.

Testimonials

“David is extremely experienced in all tax aspects of employee reward and equity schemes and is best placed to help you”

“Throughout our dealings with David over the past seven years we have found him to be courteous, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable in application of share schemes and the taxation associated with them. We would not hesitate in recommend his services in this beneficial, but sometimes complex, area of employee ownership and rewards.”