Tax & Compliance for Breeders and Pet Professionals
Expert tax services tailored for breeders and pet professionals who want to succeed while staying compliant with HMRC.
Our Journey
We are experienced Accountants for dog breeders, and pet services. Our goal is to simplify your life and take away your headaches. Our founder is a 5* Licenced breeder and will help you with her expertise.
When Jana first ventured into dog breeding, she encountered the same HMRC compliance challenges that many breeders face today. Navigating self-assessment, digital record-keeping, and achieving a 5* licence required a steep learning curve.
Through persistence and a systematic approach, she mastered these processes, enabling her to focus more on her passion for dogs. Now, she draws on these insights to assist other breeders, making tax compliance and HMRC regulations more manageable so they can concentrate on what they love most.
Here is what you need to know:
Making tax digital for Sole Traders is coming, which means keeping on top of more legislation and deadlines, using cloud accounting software and submitting your tax returns quarterly. It may sound far, but keeping on top of things and staying legal may save you lots of time and sleepless nights.
Getting an accountant on board means YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THIS—no more worrying about overpaying taxes and wasting your time. Instead, we can take all that off your plate, advise you on maximising your profit, and make your life much easier.
Specialised Services for Breeders and Pet Services
Tax Essential Package
Perfect if you are just starting or got those dreaded letters from HRMC.
- HMRC Registration Service
- Support with Self-Assessment Tax Return
- Record-keeping setup to ensure compliance
Compliance & Growth Package
Ideal for established breeders and pet service businesses aiming to scale.
- Comprehensive HMRC compliance audits
- Assistance with Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements
- Setup of Xero Cloud Accounting Software.
- Payroll & Bookkeeping
- Self-Assessment or Corporation Tax Return.
- Monthly / Quarterly management accounts
5-Star Breeder Package
For those striving for excellence with a 5-star licence.
- Everything in Compliance & Growth package, plus
- Guidance on obtaining or maintaining a 5-star breeder licence
- Quarterly compliance reviews to ensure ongoing adherence
- Advanced tax planning strategies for high-income breeders
Are you ready to ensure your breeding business is fully compliant and positioned for growth? Book a Free Consultation today to discover how we can support your tax and compliance needs!
We can also help you with:
Breeding Licence Pack
Personalised Breeding licence pack, updated in 2022.
Includes xx documents, everything for higher standard points.
- Breeding records
- Daily routines for breeding dogs and puppies
- Cleaning Schedules
- Feeding plans
- Risk Assessment
- Behaviour and training plans
- Quarantine and isolation policies
- Infection and contagious diseases
- Breeding records
- Health, medication and infection records & procedures
- Puppy & whelping records & procedures
- Health & Welfare plans
- Socialisation plans for breeding dogs and puppies
- Protection from pain, injury and disease plan
- Stud, sales receipt templates
New Owner Puppy Pack
Personalised updated pack for new parents will help you reach higher standard points for your breeding licence.
- Sales Contract
- Puppy Birth certificate
- Puppy socialisation guide
- Puppy socialisation checklist
- Feeding guide
- How to feed your puppy
- Harmful foods
- Kibble vs Raw foods
- Treats & enrichment
- Exercise guide
- Health and Welfare guide
- Worming
- Fleas and tics
- Vaccination & vet checks
- Weather & keeping your puppy safe
Self-Assessment Tax Return Deadlines & Tips
- The Financial year runs from 6th April to 5th April
Right now you need to declare your income from 6th April 2023 to 5th April 2024
- The deadline to submit your Self-Assessment Tax return and pay outstanding tax is 31st January 2025
- You must register for Self-Assessment, if your turnover (sales) were over £1000. That's before you take any expenses out.
- Making tax Digital is coming in April 2026. Read more, Plus, using cloud accounting
- Some expenses are disallowable, and some can only be claimed as a part - Read more
- If you owe more than £1000 on tax, you will have to make 2 tax payments. 1st payment on account is 31st January and second payment on account is 31st July.
- If you use part of home to run your business some of the time, you can claim working from home allowance.- Read More
- You can only claim expenses, that are wholly and exclusively for business. Dual use expenses like your phone need to be apportioned.
- There are ways to legally lower your tax liability, for example paying into the pension.
If you are approaching the higher rate tax payer threshold, we can put you in touch with our Financial Adviser to see what would be the best call of action.
Testimonials
Rea Moores Creates
Starting up my own business I had no idea how much would be involved in preparing the tax at the end of the tax year and how much time bookkeeping would take. Fortunately Jana was at hand to help me. She guided me through all the steps needed for her to submit the documents to the tax office, answered all the questions I asked, and put me at ease. I would recommend brush up accounting to anyone that needed this service.
QualClean Ltd
I have engaged Jana as the permanent accountant for QualClean Ltd as my accountant of 7 years advised me, he was retiring.
In the last 12-18 months I have become a little disorganised due to workload, illness and several other external factors. This has resulted in me not staying on top of my accounting, bookkeeping and invoice payment chasing.
In less than 2 months, Jana has very efficiently organised me and has set me up with a whole new system to aid my efficiency. Moreover she has been really proactive in pointing out issues in my bookkeeping and most importantly, my invoice chasing. This has resulted in recovering monies that I had no idea I was missing!
I thank Jana for her highly fastidious approach and care and I have no hesitation in recommending her to colleagues and friends.
Nikki Ayton
Brush Up Accounting was recommended to me by a mutual friend and Jana has been like a breath of fresh air. I needed someone approachable, professional and experienced and I got all three.
Jana was excellent at communicating with me and she has always got back to me within 24 hours (if not sooner). She has made an onerous task a lot simpler by explaining the process step by step.
I highly recommend working with Brush Up Accounting.
