Established in 1985, the firm 'John Savage Accountancy' has now been in business for approximately 25 years, including a period of incorporation.

In November 1985, John Savage BSc(Hons) AFA FIAB started his accountancy business following a period of nearly ten years employed by Customs & Excise in the field of Value Added Tax. This gained him considerable experience with this complicated form of taxation, in which he also gained experience of investigation techniques, appeal work and VAT law. During 1985 he quit this employment in order to form his own VAT business. Following his qualifying as an accountant, John's services expanded to include all forms of accountancy and tax advice, specifically geared to small businesses, companies and private individuals.

In 1994 he qualified as a Fellow of the International Association of Book-keepers, and in 1995 was also admitted as an Associate of the Institute of Financial Accountants.

In addition to his normal accountancy services offered, and having had investigation experience whilst employed by HM Customs and Excise, and more recent experience of defending investigations and in-depth VAT inspections whilst practicing as an accountant, John likes to specialise in assisting those unfortunate people selected for a tax enquiry.

The firm is supervised under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 by the Institute of Financial Accountants.

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