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Who we are

Run by practitioners, for practitioners.

We started Second Line Advisory because we kept seeing the same thing: good small practices turning away work, or struggling with it, simply because they didn't have the right specialist on hand.

Idrees Muhammad

Idrees Muhammad

Tax and review work
  • CTA
  • FCCA
  • Tax Strategy
  • Finance Advisory
  • Coaching
  • CFO

CTA-qualified tax adviser and experienced accountancy practice owner, based in Aldershot, specialising in UK taxation, complex VAT, corporate restructuring and strategic business advisory. Brings practical experience advising SMEs and supporting businesses through financial and tax challenges. Oversees every piece of tax and review work.

Maqsood Ali

Maqsood Ali

Practice operations, systems and AI
  • Operations
  • Strategy
  • Transformation
  • Pricing

IIT-trained engineer with experience at Schlumberger and BP, alongside senior operational leadership roles including country manager. Leads the "for your practice" work: workflow design, MTD processes, practical AI and websites, including the workflow system built for a UK accountancy practice.

The network

Behind us is a pool of CTA-qualified consultants specialising in Corporate Tax, Income Tax, Inheritance Tax, VAT and International Taxation, plus finance and operations specialists we have worked with for years on our own clients' problems. Second Line Advisory turns those relationships into a service any practice can use, with clear terms, one point of contact and accountability for the result.

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