Taxes6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Stop the tax bill being a surprise
Deadlines, estimated amounts, and a calendar reminder beat a frantic April.
Put every known filing and payment date on one calendar for the next 12 months.
Next to each date, write a rough amount based on last year or your adviser estimate, then update after each quarter.
Two weeks before each deadline, check the tax pot against the estimate. If it is short, you still have time to adjust spend or drawings.
Keep receipts and bookkeeping current enough that the estimate is not fiction. Perfect books are optional; timely books are not.
Surprise bills usually mean the money was earned and spent without being labelled. Labelling is the fix.
