Outsourced Head of Tax Guides
A complete reference set on fractional and outsourced tax leadership — what it is, when a growing business needs it, how it compares to an in-house hire, and how to get tax-ready for investment or a transaction. Start with the overview, or jump to the topic you need.
Getting Your Tax Provision Right: A Mid-Market Guide to Year-End
Why the tax provision goes wrong at year-end, the deferred tax errors auditors catch, and how growing groups get it right — with worked journals, an ETR reconciliation and a disclosure note.
Read guide →Common Deferred Tax Errors and How Auditors Catch Them
The five deferred tax errors that come up most in mid-market groups — with a worked figure for each, how the auditor catches it, and how it should have been done.
Read guide →Why Tax Provisions Delay Year-End (and How to Stop It)
Why the tax provision is where your year-end close stalls, what the delay costs in filing deadlines and audit time, and how the groups that close on time avoid it.
Read guide →What Your Board Should See in the Tax Provision
The tax provision is the number boards understand least yet sign off on. What directors should actually see to discharge their responsibility knowingly.
Read guide →Tax Provisions for Groups with an Overseas Parent
What changes when your UK company reports into a US or European parent — two frameworks (IAS 12 vs US GAAP), the parent's timeline, and the reconciliation group auditors need.
Read guide →Corporate Tax Payment Dates & Cashflow: The 2026/27 Calendar
Corporation tax dates, quarterly instalment payments, VAT and PAYE — and how to turn the tax calendar into a rolling cashflow forecast.
Read guide →HMRC Tax Enquiries & Compliance Checks: What to Do
What to do when HMRC opens an enquiry — the types (COP1, COP8, COP9), Schedule 36 powers, time limits, and how to respond without making it worse.
Read guide →What Is an Outsourced Head of Tax? Complete Guide
The pillar guide — what an OHT is, what they do, when you need one, how the fractional model works, governance, and what to look for in a provider.
Read guide →Fractional Head of Tax vs In-House Hire
A transparent cost-benefit comparison with the real all-in numbers — why a fractional model beats a £230k full-time hire for most mid-market businesses.
Read guide →When Does a Business Need Tax Leadership?
The five warning signs a business has outgrown pure compliance — international expansion, transactions, growth, HMRC enquiries and board pressure.
Read guide →Tax Readiness for Private Equity & Investment
What tax due diligence examines, the findings that damage valuations, and how to get deal-ready before the buyer's advisers arrive.
Read guide →Tax Governance Framework Explained
What a tax governance framework is, why mid-market businesses now need one, and how to build it — including a tax risk register — without a tax department.
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