TAX & COMPLIANCEMaya Patel
Tax & compliance editor
“A deadline missed in year one can cost more than the formation itself. I want every director to know their dates before the first invoice goes out.”
Biography
Maya covers everything a director must file and pay after incorporation: statutory accounts, Corporation Tax, the confirmation statement, PAYE, VAT and directors’ own Self Assessment. Her guides distinguish Companies House deadlines from HMRC deadlines, show the assumptions behind every calculation and flag where a company’s circumstances mean it should speak to a qualified accountant.
Maya’s background is in small-business bookkeeping and compliance, helping owner-managed companies keep records, plan for tax bills and avoid late-filing penalties. She has seen first-hand how the first year of a company, with its long first accounting period and overlapping tax periods, catches new directors out.
She built the logic behind our interactive tax and filing calendar and checks the arithmetic in every money and tax guide, including salary and dividend examples, Corporation Tax marginal relief and VAT threshold scenarios.
Maya also acts as the date and calculation checker for guidance written by other editors, so that every deadline and figure on the site is traceable to an HMRC or Companies House source.
Areas of expertise
- Corporation Tax and CT600 returns
- Statutory accounts and filing deadlines
- Director salary, dividends and loans
- PAYE, VAT and Making Tax Digital
- Late-filing penalties
Editorial responsibilities
Money and tax guides, alongside date, arithmetic and statutory-source checking for other guidance. Coverage focuses on deadlines, exclusions and the limits of general information.
Evidence checklist
- Distinguish tax deadlines from accounts deadlines
- Check arithmetic and example assumptions
- Identify situations requiring a qualified adviser
Publication and scope
Writes for Company Formation Offers on company tax and compliance. Guidance is general information, not personalised tax advice.
Example team profiles: names, portraits and biographies on these pages are illustrative for this demonstration site. Company Formation Offers is the publisher and is responsible for all content.
Assigned guides
- Choosing a business account for a limited company
- Limited company tax basics: Corporation Tax, VAT and PAYE
- Salary, dividends and director’s loans: taking money out correctly
- Company records and expenses: build good habits from day one
- VAT registration for a limited company: thresholds, schemes and first returns
- Registering as an employer and running PAYE for directors and staff
- The Corporation Tax return (CT600): periods, payments and penalties
- IR35 and off-payroll working for limited company contractors
- Employer pension contributions for company directors
- Making Tax Digital for VAT: software, records and digital links
- Declaring dividends: profits, approvals and dividend vouchers
- Overdrawn director’s loans: repayment, tax and company approvals
- Working from home as a director: expenses, equipment and rent
- Capital allowances for companies: equipment, cars and claim choices
- Corporation Tax losses: claims, carry-back and future relief
- Company cars and mileage allowances: what directors should check
- Benefits in kind and P11D reporting for a limited company
- Research and development (R&D) tax relief for limited companies
- Raising finance for a new company: realistic options and their real cost
- How to qualify for Tide's £200 reward with NEW200