Virtual Tax Partner ® (VtaxP ®)
At a glance
Looking for a second opinion? Or help drafting a response to HMRC?
Virtual Tax Partner® (VtaxP®) is a collective of highly experienced Chartered Tax Advisers, consultants and accounting specialists. Together, our team provides technical, problem-solving tax support to hundreds of accountants and their clients every year.
We act as your outsourced in-house tax partner: a team of experts on call, without the cost of multiple full-time hires. Every piece of advice we give is in writing, so it’s clear, evidenced and ready to stand up to scrutiny.
Why firms use VtaxP
- Depth of expertise – our team covers every area of direct and indirect tax, as well as accounting.
- Flexible support – use us ad hoc, no contracts or hidden fees.
- Cost-effective – access the skills of a wide tax team at a fraction of in-house salary costs.
- Fast resolutions – hundreds of queries solved each year, from one-off technical points to HMRC disputes.
- Trust and transparency – strict no-poaching guarantee, everything documented.
What we can do for you
- Provide clear, practical answers to tax queries.
- Review your work, give second opinions, or draft responses to HMRC.
- Plan transactions or prepare detailed guidance and crib notes for client meetings.
- Draft tax clearances and working checklists with client-ready advice notes.
- Manage investigations, negotiate Time to Pay arrangements and penalties.
- Provide corporate transaction support, company secretarial services and valuations.
- Work in the background, or alongside you with your clients.
Pricing and discounts
- Pay-as-you-go service: no membership fees, no tie-ins.
- Competitive pricing for firms of all sizes.
- Paid subscribers to rossmartin.co.uk receive 25% off VtaxP services, discounts on training, and access to our full tax guidance library and toolkits.
Why VtaxP over other options?
- Magazines & forums: slow, unreliable, often anonymous.
- VtaxP: rapid, accountable, written advice from a team of named experts.
Free your time, free your mind, and give your clients the confidence of having a whole tax team behind you.
Contact us
Getting started is simple: just go to VtaxP, post your query and sign up to the service.
We will then provide you with an estimate or quote to answer your query.
Once we have confirmed the price a member of the VtaxP team will commence work on your problem.
Overview
- The VtaxP portal is run by the technical tax team at Ross Martin Tax Consultancy Limited, a firm registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
- For legal reasons, VtaxP is a completely independent business to www.rossmartin.co.uk, although some of the VtaxP consultants also contribute to latter's content.
- You are asked to raise your queries via the VtaxP secure portal, in writing. This is not a telephone helpline. Once queries are raised they are allocated to the most suitable adviser.
Anti-money laundering
You will be asked to provide proof of ID before the VtaxP service can provide you with any advice.
VtaxP Expertise
VtaxP support covers direct and indirect tax, including:
| Direct & indirect tax | Key expertise includes |
| Appeals and Compliance |
Appeals: we can draft or advise Penalties: assisting in checking and appealing Investigations: providing background support, drafting responses, negotiation for settlement Disclosure Facilities and Opportunities: advice on timing, periods of disclosure, calculations. |
| Income Tax (Self-assessment) |
Transactions and computations Losses, claims and repayments Transactions in securities Planning Enquiries and investigations Penalties and appeals |
| PAYE & NICS |
All employee taxes including: Employment status disputes IR35 contracts Benefits and salary sacrifice Share schemes, non-tax advantaged, EMI, other tax-advantaged schemes Penalties and appeals |
| Capital Gains Tax |
Planning Development gains Computations Reliefs: from main residence to hold over SEIS and EIS Business Asset Disposal Relief and Investors' Relief Roll over and hold over relief |
| Corporation Tax |
All things including R & D and Patent Box Creative Industries Reliefs Share valuations Sale and purchase agreements, due diligence Purchase of own shares Reoganisations, demergers and groups Transaction planning Clearances Striking off SEIS and EIS advance assurance and compliance returns |
| Capital allowances |
Claims, appeals and enquiries Lost fixtures allowances Survey and valuation |
| Inheritance Tax |
Private client and estate planning Wills and probate |
| VAT |
Repayment claims Penalties and appeals Land and Property |
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Stamp Duty & Stamp Duty Land Tax and ATED |
Planning and compliance Computations Appeals and penalties |
| International taxes |
Statutory Residence Remittance basis Non-domiciles Corporate immigration and emmigration Transfer pricing Controlled foreign companies |
| Insolvency |
Directors' liability Reconstruction CVAs |
| Financial services | Pensions tax rules |
Prices
A price for every budget
VtaxP rates are very competitive and transparent. You raise a support query: we provide a quote.
This is a pay as you go service, providing written advice for your file and charged on a 15-minute unit basis.
Quoting
We will offer a fixed fee quote where possible, depending on the nature of each assignment.
You receive the support you would associate with a big tax firm without being charged London prices or being pushed into onerous contracts.
Tax Tribunals
Use our VtaxP mentoring service for a peer review of your case.
As necessary, we can assist you in making an appeal to the First Tier Tax Tribunal, or represent you or your client.