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Heed and your accountant
Your accountant prepares your returns and advises on your position, usually around the deadlines. Heed works between those meetings: it spots the rule changes, tells you when a rule that affects you changes, explains it in plain English, and lists the questions to bring to your accountant. It does not replace advice. It helps the advice arrive in time.
Reviewed 17 October 2026
- Annual reviewJanuary
- Return filed31 January
- A change in October waits for January.
With Heed
- Matched changeOctoberUK savings tax rises to 22%, 42% and 47% from 6 April 2027
- Questions for your accountant, ready3
- Annual review, with the year's changes in handJanuary
An example. The changes in it are real ones from Heed's feed.
Job by job.
| The job | Your accountant alone | Heed |
|---|---|---|
| 01What it does | Advises, prepares and files | Watches, matches and explains |
| 02When you hear about a change | At the next meeting or deadline | When Heed has checked it against the official source |
| 03Several countries | Often one adviser per country | Every country in your profile in one feed |
| 04Residency days | From your records, at year end | Counted as you go, warned before the line |
| 05Responsibility | Professional advice you can rely on | Information, not advice |
- 01What it does
- Heed: Watches, matches and explains
- Your accountant alone: Advises, prepares and files
- 02When you hear about a change
- Heed: When Heed has checked it against the official source
- Your accountant alone: At the next meeting or deadline
- 03Several countries
- Heed: Every country in your profile in one feed
- Your accountant alone: Often one adviser per country
- 04Residency days
- Heed: Counted as you go, warned before the line
- Your accountant alone: From your records, at year end
- 05Responsibility
- Heed: Information, not advice
- Your accountant alone: Professional advice you can rely on
Which one, when.
When your accountant alone is enough
- 01Your affairs sit in one country and your accountant watches it closely all year.
How they work together
Bring Heed's briefs to your accountant: each says what changed, why it may affect you, and what to ask. Firms can run Heed for their whole book on the Advisor plan.
Questions
What people ask.
Straight answers. Heed is intelligence, not advice.
If your income, assets or residency sit in more than one country, usually yes: treaties, credits and filings in each place interact. Heed watches the rules between your meetings and lists what to ask, so the time you pay an adviser for goes on decisions.
Most advisers prefer a client who arrives with the right question. Heed's briefs are written to be forwarded: what changed, the official source, and the questions to ask.
If your accountant's firm uses Heed, it can manage you as a client and share a read-only or full login with you. Otherwise you can send a brief or a PDF export.