Fixed fees, agreed before anything starts.
No hourly billing, no percentage of tax saved, and no invoice that arrives larger than the conversation implied. You will know the scope and the number in writing before you decide.
The fee is set before the work is
After a free scoping call we quote a fixed fee for the work in front of us. That figure holds unless the scope genuinely changes, and if it does we tell you before doing anything, not afterwards.
We never charge a percentage of tax saved. That model rewards aggressive positions, and an aggressive position on a cross-border return is a liability you carry long after the fee is banked.
- Free initial scoping call, no obligation
- Written scope and fixed fee before work begins
- Any change to scope agreed in advance
- No percentage-of-savings billing, ever
Both returns prepared together
Where you owe filings on both sides, we do not finish one and then start the other. Figures and timing on the UK return feed directly into the credits claimable on the US side, and the order matters to the final number.
That is the whole reason this practice exists. Two competent accountants working separately in two countries routinely produce a worse combined outcome than one coordinated position.
Four steps, no surprises
The process is deliberately short. A scoping call to understand the position, a fixed fee quoted in writing, an engagement letter with a document checklist, then preparation, review and submission.
You get told what is needed, when it is needed, and what happens next. Most of the stress in cross-border filing comes from not knowing where you stand, which is a solvable problem.
- Free scoping call
- Fixed fee quoted upfront
- Engagement letter and document list
- Prepared, reviewed and filed
Related pages
- Pillar guide
Accountants for US and UK
How to choose accountants for US and UK tax: what each credential permits, how to verify it, what drives the fee, and when you do not need a specialist.
- Pillar guide
Tax specialists for US and UK
What US and UK tax specialists handle that a general accountant does not: residence tests, treaty relief, FBAR, PFICs, pensions, property and catch-up filings.
- Service
Streamlined catch-up filing
Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures: 3 years of returns, 6 years of FBARs and the non-wilful certification, with no penalty on the Foreign route.
- Service
US federal returns
Form 1040 preparation for Americans abroad: FEIE, foreign tax credits, treaty positions and every schedule your situation requires.
- Guide
Your first year abroad
First-year expat tax guide: residence tests, split-year treatment, first filings in both countries and the elections to get right.
- Glossary
FBAR: definition
The Foreign Bank Account Report — FinCEN Form 114 — and its $10,000 aggregate trigger.
Further reading
- File anyway. The penalty for not filing is the bigger one.
Both authorities separate the failure to file from the failure to pay, and they price them differently. Knowing which is which changes what you should do this week.
- Four income streams, four answers, and only one of them is expensive
Salaried hospital work is the easy part. Private practice is where an NHS doctor with American citizenship loses money, and it has nothing to do with income tax.
- One form tells HMRC you have gone. The rest of the year is the work.
The departure form is five minutes. The final year behind it involves two tax authorities, two calendars and a set of decisions best made before the removal van arrives.
Last reviewed . Thresholds and rates change annually — check figures against the current tax year before relying on them.
Want a fee for your situation?
Describe what you have and we will come back with the scope and the number in writing, at no cost.