Lladel is a professional actor and educator who has worked across theatre, film and self-employed roles, including courier work.

“I’ve done all sorts of self-employed driving jobs over the years, courier work, taxi driving, even delivering milk at one point. To be honest, it caused me a lot of stress.”

Lladel had previously been advised to register for VAT.

“They told me I’d get an extra 20 percent each week. Who wouldn’t want that, right?”

So he registered. But six months later, he received a letter from HMRC saying he owed £1,000.

“That money had already been spent. It was around Christmas as well. It was really stressful. I started to panic.”

Like many drivers, Lladel had followed advice without fully understanding how VAT worked. That’s when someone he met on the job told him to contact Taxflex.

“I reached out and the team just swung into action. They were quick. They explained what I needed to do and helped me deal with the issue properly.”

Not only did we help Lladel fix the immediate problem, we also guided him on how to manage his tax properly going forward.