About QA FinTax — Accountants & Tax Advisors in Glasgow
QA FinTax is the trading name of QA Business Consultancy UK Ltd, a firm of accountants and tax advisors based in Glasgow city centre and serving clients across the UK. The firm is registered in Scotland (SC782494) and is licensed and regulated by the Institute of Financial Accountants.
We work with sole traders, limited companies, landlords and contractors — from first registration through to year-end accounts, tax planning and payroll. Below is who we are, how we work, and everything you would reasonably want to check before handing someone your books.
QA FinTax at a Glance
Every item here is on the public record and can be checked independently at Companies House, the ICO register or with the IFA.
- Trading name
- QA FinTax
- Registered company
- QA Business Consultancy UK Ltd
- Company number
- SC782494 (registered in Scotland)
- Regulated by
- Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
- Anti-money-laundering supervision
- Via the IFA, an HMRC-recognised supervisory body
- ICO data protection register
- ZB695102
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Held
- Office
- Suite 2/3, 2nd Floor, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP
- Areas served
- Glasgow and the surrounding area, plus remote clients UK-wide
- Accounting software
- Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent, with Dext and Hubdoc for receipts
Who We Are
QA FinTax is a firm of accountants and tax advisors working from an office on West George Street in Glasgow city centre. We look after the accounts and tax affairs of limited company directors, sole traders, contractors and property landlords — the owner-managed end of the market, where the person we advise is usually the person who carries the risk.
The practice was built around a straightforward complaint people kept making about their previous accountant: they only heard from them once a year, the bill was never the number they expected, and nobody explained what the figures meant. So we work to a fixed fee agreed in advance, keep your records current through the year on cloud software, and raise things while you can still do something about them.
Being based in Scotland matters more than it sounds. Scotland sets its own income tax rates and bands, and they are not the same as the rest of the UK — a detail that routinely trips up advisers working from English figures. We apply the Scottish rates as a matter of course for clients who are Scottish taxpayers.
Licensed & Regulated Firm
- Regulated by the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
- HMRC-recognised Anti-Money Laundering Supervision
- Registered in Scotland — SC782494
- ICO Data Protection Registration ZB695102
- Professional indemnity insurance held
To make accounting and tax straightforward for the people who own the business — clear advice in plain English, a fixed fee agreed in advance, and no deadline you find out about too late.
That is the whole of it. Most people do not want an accountant — they want to stop worrying about tax and get on with running the business. Everything we do is pointed at that outcome.
Our Business Values
Six commitments you can hold us to. They are written as things we will or will not do, because a value you cannot be measured against is just decoration.
Plain English, always
If we cannot explain a piece of tax advice in a sentence you would repeat to a business partner, we have not finished explaining it. You will not get a letter full of section references and no recommendation.
Proactive, not reactive
We track your thresholds and deadlines through the year — VAT registration, the higher-rate band, the dividend allowance — and raise them while you can still act, rather than reporting them after year end when nothing can be changed.
A fee agreed before we start
You get a fixed monthly or annual fee quoted up front. No hourly billing, no charge for picking up the phone, and no invoice at year end that you did not see coming.
You deal with a qualified accountant
The person who reviews your accounts is the person who answers your email. Work is not passed down to an unqualified junior or outsourced offshore without your knowledge.
Your data stays yours
We are registered with the ICO (ZB695102) and handle your records under UK GDPR. Documents move through secure cloud portals, not as email attachments, and we never sell or share your data.
We will tell you no
There is a line between tax planning and tax avoidance, and we stay on the right side of it. If a scheme you have been offered will not survive an HMRC enquiry, we will say so — even when that is not what you were hoping to hear.
Why Choose QA FinTax?
Every accountant says they are trusted and professional. Here are the specific, checkable reasons instead.
A regulated firm, on the public record
Licensed and regulated by the Institute of Financial Accountants, supervised for anti-money-laundering, registered at Companies House under SC782494 and with the ICO under ZB695102. Every one of those is independently checkable — you do not have to take our word for any of it.
A real Glasgow office, and remote when you prefer
We are on West George Street in the city centre, so you can sit across a desk from the person doing your accounts. Most clients run entirely by video and secure portal, and clients outside Glasgow are served the same way UK-wide.
Fixed fees, quoted before any work starts
A monthly or annual figure agreed up front, covering the work you actually need. Questions during the year are included, because an accountant you avoid calling is an accountant who cannot help you.
Specialist knowledge, not general practice
We publish detailed guidance on the areas we work in every day — Section 24, CIS, R&D relief, Making Tax Digital, Scottish income tax bands — and keep it current with each Finance Act rather than letting it go stale.
Scottish tax handled correctly
Scotland sets its own income tax rates and bands, which differ from the rest of the UK and catch out advisers who work to English figures. We apply the Scottish rates as a matter of routine for clients who are Scottish taxpayers.
Cloud-first, so nothing is a mystery
Xero, QuickBooks or FreeAgent with automated receipt capture, so your position is current when you look at it. You keep full access and ownership of your data — if you ever leave, it leaves with you.
Who We Work With
We deliberately do not try to be all things to everyone. These are the situations we handle every week.
We also work by sector — see our specialist accounting by industry pages, or browse all services and fixed-fee packages.
How We Work
From first call to filed accounts, this is exactly what happens — including the part most people dread, which is leaving their current accountant.
- 1
A free first conversation
A 20–30 minute call, in the office or by video, to understand your setup: what you run, how you are paid, where the current pain is. You leave with a fixed quote. There is no obligation and we do not chase you afterwards.
- 2
We handle the handover
If you already have an accountant, we write to them for professional clearance and collect your records. You do not have to have an awkward conversation or chase paperwork — switching is mostly our admin, not yours.
- 3
Set-up and a monthly rhythm
We get your bookkeeping onto Xero, QuickBooks or FreeAgent, connect receipt capture, and agree what lands when. From then on, records are kept current through the year instead of reconstructed in a panic each January.
- 4
Year end, then the planning conversation
We prepare and file your accounts and returns ahead of the deadline. Then we have the more valuable conversation: what the numbers say, and what to change before the next year end while there is still time to act.
What Our Clients Say
"The QA team migrated our legacy bookkeeping to Xero and structured a hybrid salary-dividend model that saved our agency over £8,400 in corporation tax in year one. Absolute experts."
Frequently Asked Questions About QA FinTax
Talk to a Glasgow accountant — free, no obligation
Twenty minutes on the phone or across a desk at our West George Street office. You will get a straight answer and a fixed quote, and we will not chase you afterwards.