We’ll get you up to date with HMRC

Professional clearance is a process accountants follow when taking on a new client from another accountant. It involves requesting information from the other accountant, which often takes months. We’re taking a different approach. Our starting point is to assume the worst, and that we’ll never get a response from your accountant. At inniAccounts, we request professional clearance as soon as you appoint us, so whilst your data is being migrated by our tech team there is no delay. In most cases, we’ll be able to act as your accountant 14 days after we request professional clearance.

If your year end occurs in the future, we will cover this when you join us. However, if your year end has passed, it’s not a problem, our accountants can do this for you (fees apply).

Usually, moving to another accountant can take months. With our express migration service, migrations from SJD and Nixon Williams currently take between 2 and 4 weeks, depending on the quality of the records available. Migration from other accountants follows our standard migration process, and currently takes around 2-4 months.

When you pay an accountant monthly, and then leave, they are normally obligated to prepare your previous accounts, even though you’re no longer paying a monthly fee. This means you can switch accountant at any time, and your old accountant will complete any work you’ve paid for.

There’s no need to wait until the end of your accounting year to switch. We’ll import your historical data, so it’s straightforward for you to migrate, any time you like.

If your old accountant won’t, or can’t, file your outstanding accounts – including overdue accounts – it’s not a problem. Our accountants can do this for you (fees apply).

Sometimes, outgoing accountants can become unresponsive when clients leave, and when they do respond data is inconsistent or missing. It can take months to resolve issues.

We’re taking a different approach. Our starting point is to assume the worst, and that we’ll never get a response from your accountant. We’ve modified our own disaster recovery and quality processes to allow you to migrate without waiting for your previous accountant to send over your records. Should the worst happen and they never arrive or they’re of poor quality, it’s not a problem – we’ll rebuild them from the source information you provide.