What Peter does here
Peter writes and reviews the capital allowances guidance on this site. Every guide in the library carries his name because he has been through it, not because a byline makes a page look more official.
That matters more than usual on this subject. Capital allowances sits between tax and surveying, the rules have changed repeatedly since 2008, and a lot of what is written about it online is either out of date or quietly selling something. The guides here are written from the legislation and say plainly when a claim is unlikely to be worth making.
How Thom Tax works
Thom Tax establishes whether a claim exists. The free property check is the front end of that: a short set of questions about the building, what was paid for it and what has been spent on it since. Where there is something worth pursuing, specialist surveyors carry out the survey and prepare the claim.
Peter is not acting as your accountant and nothing on this site is advice about your own position. It is general guidance, and the point at which it stops being general is the point to talk to someone.
Background
Peter studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 7 June 1978.