Draper Accountants Ltd

14/05/2026

Eventful day at yesterday filled with CPD lectures, freebies, plus a lovely catch up with fellow AAT and MAC members.

AAT Accountex

01/04/2026

Today marks our 17th year since we begun trading! 🥳

26/03/2026

Enjoyable day at the Iris Connect event in London

IRIS Software Group

26/02/2026

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Behind every strong member community is a dedicated group working to support it 💪🏼

Our Members' Advisory Council (MAC) recently came together to share ideas, perspectives and feed in on important member issues, and collaborate on ways to enhance support for AAT members.

MAC members play a vital role in ensuring the member voice is heard and reflected in our work. We're grateful for their time, expertise and commitment to strengthen our community 💚

26/02/2026

With just over a month until for Income Tax begins, if you need assistance please contact us via: https://draperaccountants.co.uk/contact/

We are a small family run company based in Leatherhead, Surrey.

Contacting us is easy. Simply use one of the following to get in touch and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We have DDA compliant disabled access.

26/11/2025

Our summary of today's Autumn Budget:

- The minimum wage for 18-20 year olds will increase from £10 to £10.85 per hour and for over 21 year olds from £12.21 to £12.71 an hour.
- 2% hike in tax rates on dividend, property and savings income.
- The transfer of the 100% relief allowance between spouses allowed.
- Income tax and National Insurance thresholds in England and Wales will remain frozen until 2031 (Scotland sets its own bands and rates).
- New 'mansion tax' which will be an annual charge of £2,500 for properties worth more than £2m and £7,500 for properties worth more than £5m - to be collected along with council tax.
- A cap on salary sacrifice into a pension scheme introduced at £2,000 with contributions above this being taxed the same way as other employee pension contributions - to come into effect in 2029.
- Remote gaming duty to be raised from 21% to 40% and online betting from 15% to 25%. No changes to in-person gambling or horse racing. Bingo duty to be abolished in April 2026.
- Voluntary Class-2 NIC payments abolished for people living aboard.
- From April 2027, system will be reformed. The full £20k allowance will remain, where £8k will be designated to investment. Over 65s will keep the full £20k cash allowance.
- New powers given to to pursue the promotors of Tax Avoidance Schemes
- New electric vehicle excise duty announced at 3p per mile for electric cars and 1.5p for plug-in hybrids.
- Permanently lower tax rates for more than 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties. This will be funded through higher rates on properties worth £500,000 or more.
- Funding for training of under-25 apprenticeships completely free for small and medium sized enterprises.
- A new 40% first year allowance for Companies for expenditure.
- People only in receipt of the basic or new state pension do not have to pay small amounts of tax through simple assessment from April 2027.
- 100% relief on Capital Gains Tax on business sales made to Employee Ownership Trusts will be reduced to 50%
- All payments from the Infected Blood Scheme exempt from Inheritance tax.
- The two-child benefit cap will be scrapped from April 2026.

14/11/2025

Director of Draper Accountants Limited Brittany Draper FMAAT (Fellow) has joined the AAT Members' Advisory Council as of October 2025.

AAT "This new body will amplify the membership voice within AAT's governance structure, ensuring our community stays at the very heart of AAT's development." https://www.aat.org.uk/about/what-we-do/governance/members-advisory-council

The Members' Advisory Council provides a voice for AAT membership, and feeds back to the Trustee Board on matters of wider concern affecting the membership.

11/10/2025

⚠️ Warning!

We're aware of scam emails copying our recent communications about identity verification requirements under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

✅ Our genuine emails come from: [email protected]
❌ If you receive a suspicious email claiming to be from Companies House - do not click any links

Find out what to do if you think you've received a scam email: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reporting-scams-pretending-to-be-from-companies-house

28/08/2025

From April 2026 Companies will no longer be able to file accounts using the and free-to-use service. Compatible software will need to be used instead.

Please feel free to contact us if you need our assistance with your Company accounts due to these up coming changes.

Contacting us is easy. Simply use one of the following to get in touch and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We have DDA compliant disabled access.

08/07/2025

"From January 2026, people who own crypto – like Bitcoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin – must give personal details to every crypto service provider they use to make sure they are paying the right tax. Those who don’t comply risk a £300 fine from HMRC."

https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenue-customs-hmrc/pressreleases/crypto-bros-being-forced-to-pay-fair-share-of-tax-3395840

New rules will help unmask anyone evading tax due on their crypto profits UK crypto holders must provide personal details to crypto service providers from...