Other sources of advice

Advice from professional tax advisors

We are not able to recommend individual accountants but do suggest that you find an accredited accountant through institutions such as the Institute for  Chartered Accountants, England and Wales (http://www.icaew.com), the Chartered Institute of Taxation (http://www.tax.org.uk), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland www.icas.org.uk, or the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland www.icai.ie .

Advice from the voluntary sector

A good source for finding advice across a range of problems in England and Wales is to be found on the website of the Community Legal Services: http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/

In Scotland the equivalent service is provided by the Scottish Legal Aid Board: http://www.slab.org.uk/

In Northern Ireland the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission website is a good place to start: http://www.nilsc.org.uk/

Citizens Advice have bureaux across the UK and their website has lots of useful information on it: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

Tax Help for Older People (TOPs) specialises in helping older people on low incomes who cannot afford to pay for professional advice: ) http://www.taxvol.org.uk/

Advisers may like to look at the revenuebenefits website http://www.revenuebenefits.org.uk/, especially the tax credit section http://www.revenuebenefits.org.uk/tax-credits/. This website is designed for advisers and deals with benefits which are administered by HM Revenue and Customs.  There is also the rightsnet website at  http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/ (welfare rights and social welfare) which features a discussion forum at http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums.