Proactive Compliance Reviews
Proactive Compliance Reviews give you regular checkpoints across your bookkeeping and tax processes, so problems are found early and fixed before they become late filings, penalties, or stressful year-end surprises. You get clear actions, prioritised next steps, and confidence that your records are ready when HMRC or Companies House deadlines land.
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What Proactive Compliance Reviews cover
These reviews focus on preventing issues, not just correcting them after the fact. Depending on how you operate, reviews can include:
- Checks that bookkeeping is complete, correctly coded, and supported by source documents
- Review of key balances (bank, VAT, PAYE, director’s loan, debtors and creditors)
- VAT return readiness checks and common error spotting (rates, partial exemption indicators, reverse charge, ecommerce VAT points)
- Payroll and CIS process checks where relevant
- Companies House and HMRC filing readiness checks for accounts, Corporation Tax, Self Assessment and Confirmation Statements
- Flagging compliance risks early, with practical fixes you can action straight away
- A short summary of findings, what to do next, and what can wait
When this service is most useful
Proactive reviews are a good fit if you:
- Are time-poor and want reassurance that everything is on track
- Have regular VAT or payroll obligations and want fewer last-minute queries
- Are growing and your transactions are becoming more complex
- Have had previous penalties, missed deadlines, or messy records at year-end
- Want predictable, calm compliance rather than reactive fire-fighting
How the review is delivered
Reviews are usually run on an agreed schedule (for example monthly or quarterly) using your cloud bookkeeping data and supporting records. You will be asked for any missing items, then your figures are checked for completeness, consistency and common compliance risks. You receive a clear list of actions, with the most important issues highlighted first.
What happens after the review
You can either implement the fixes yourself with guidance, or have the adjustments and tidy-up handled for you as part of ongoing support. Each review builds on the last, so your processes improve over time and deadlines become routine. You also create a stronger evidence trail, which helps if HMRC ever asks questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should I have a proactive compliance review?
Will this replace my year-end accounts and tax work?
What do I need to provide for the review?
Can you review my VAT return before I submit it?
What if you find errors or compliance risks?
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