The accounting practice playbook

It depends on the year. A landlord whose only qualifying income is £40,000 of rent was under the £50,000 test for 2024 to 2025, so did not have to join in April 2026. Because £40,000 is over the £30,000 test for 2025 to 2026, HMRC's guidance says Making Tax Digital applies from 6 April 2027. A practice should answer this on its own site.

Through GOV.UK One Login or through an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, also called a Companies House authorised agent. New directors verify on appointment or within 14 days, depending on their situation. Existing directors give their personal code with the company's next confirmation statement. If your practice is an authorised agent, say so on your website.

It is not harmful in itself, but it does little for you, because the same articles appear on many other practices' sites. Keep them if clients find them useful. Put your effort into content only you could write: sector pages, plain explanations of rule changes and guides built from the questions your team answers every week.

Decide how you want to be known, then make every listing match. If you keep your local brand, say clearly that you are part of the group. If you move to the group name, update your website, Google Business Profile and directories, and explain the change on your site so clients and assistants can connect the old name to the new one.