Accounting

Freelancer Accountants · East London

Freelancer accountants in Cyprus

Designers, developers, writers, consultants, photographers and every other kind of freelancer in Cyprus use us because the service matches how they work: online, monthly, with the records kept as they go and the tax position visible all year. Across East London the fee is the same, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

from £45/mo · fixed, per month

Next deadlines

  • Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
  • Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: quarterly updates for sole traders and landlords over £50,000 (from April 2026) and over £30,000 (from April 2027)
  • Second payment on account due
  • Companies House accounts due 9 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 30 September)

Who this is for

Freelancer Accountants for Cyprus

Freelancers and independent professionals in Cyprus: designers, developers, writers and editors, marketers, photographers and videographers, consultants, translators, musicians and performers, tutors and coaches, whether trading as a sole trader, through a limited company, or still deciding, and whether full time or alongside employment.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • Monthly bookkeeping from your bank feed with invoices and expenses captured by phone
  • Self Assessment with the self-employment pages for sole trader freelancers, or accounts, CT600 and payroll for company freelancers
  • Expense review for the costs freelancers miss: home office, equipment, software, subscriptions, training, travel
  • Payments on account and a monthly set-aside figure so the January bill is never a surprise
  • Making Tax Digital readiness and quarterly updates when your income reaches the threshold
  • A going-freelance starter session covering structure, registration, pricing for tax and what to keep

How it works

Freelancer Accountants from Cyprus, step by step

  1. Tell us your situation

    A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.

  2. Fixed fee in writing

    You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.

  3. Send records, review the draft

    Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.

  4. We file, you get the receipts

    Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.

Why IGI

What you get in Cyprus

The price for freelancer accountants is published on this page and is what a client in Cyprus pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.

Deadline-first: the dates that matter for freelancer accountants are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Cyprus client and chased before they arrive.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in Cyprus to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.

Continuity matters in freelancer accountants: the person who prepared last year's work for your Cyprus business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Cyprus comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.

You stay in control of freelancer accountants: drafts go to Cyprus clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Cyprus

Cyprus is in East London, within Newham, in the E6 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.

Nearby places we also serve for freelancer accountants
PlaceDistanceDirection
Gallions Reach0.2 miE
Thamesmead East0.5 miNE
Beckton0.6 miNW
North Woolwich0.6 miS
Royal Arsenal Riverside1 miS
East Ham South1 miN
Royal Arsenal West1 miS
Roman Road1 miNW

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Employer National Insurance

Employers pay National Insurance at 15% on each employee's earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold, following the April 2025 changes. The Employment Allowance offsets up to £10,500 of this for eligible employers, which for a small team often removes the liability entirely, but companies where the director is the only employee do not qualify.

Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment

Workplace pension compliance is part of payroll, not separate from it. Each pay period the payroll assesses who is eligible, calculates employer and employee contributions on qualifying earnings between the lower and upper thresholds, and sends the contribution file to the scheme. The minimum total is 8%, and many employers choose to contribute more as a recruitment advantage.

Dormant companies

A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.

The trading and property allowances

Not every small income needs a tax return. The trading allowance exempts the first £1,000 of self-employment or casual income and the property allowance does the same for rental income, each measured on gross receipts. They cannot be combined with rent-a-room relief on the same income, and claiming the allowance means giving up the expense deduction for that source.

Crypto records and reporting

Most crypto holders have taxable events they do not recognise, because every swap is a disposal even when no pounds change hands. The computation requires the complete transaction history from every exchange and wallet, pooled by asset with HMRC's matching rules applied. Exchange-generated tax reports are frequently wrong because they cannot see transfers between a user's own wallets.

The 60-day property CGT return

Since April 2020 a gain on UK residential property must be reported and the tax paid within 60 days of completion through HMRC's dedicated service, separately from the annual return. Non-residents must report all UK land disposals in the same window whether or not tax is due. Getting the computation right first time matters because the figure is then carried into the Self Assessment.

Record keeping

Good records are the difference between a quick enquiry and a long one. For the self-employed, five years after the filing deadline; for companies, six years from the year end; for VAT, six years. Photographs of receipts, PDF statements and software exports all count. The requirement is to keep records, not paper, and a well-organised cloud folder satisfies it.

Questions

Freelancer Accountants questions from Cyprus

Do I need to register for VAT?

Only when your taxable turnover in any rolling 12 months exceeds £90,000, or voluntarily before that. Many freelancers with business clients register voluntarily to reclaim VAT on equipment; those with consumer clients usually wait. We monitor your rolling turnover and advise before the threshold is reached.

How do you handle irregular and overseas income?

Irregular income is normal for freelancers and the monthly summary shows the year-to-date position so lean months are planned for. Overseas clients are invoiced without UK VAT in most cases, and any foreign tax withheld can usually be credited against your UK liability. Both are handled within the package.

Should I be a sole trader or a limited company?

At profits under roughly £30,000 to £40,000 a sole trader is simpler and the tax saving from a company is small after the extra compliance cost. Above that, or where clients prefer to contract with a company or liability is a concern, incorporation can make sense. Our free comparison tool gives a first view and the starter session a definitive one.

What is the annual-only option?

For £229 a year we prepare your year-end accounts and Self Assessment from the records you keep yourself, whether in software or a spreadsheet. It suits freelancers with modest transaction volumes who are organised. If the records arrive as a shoebox, the sole trader accounts shoebox fee applies instead.

What does the £45 sole trader package include?

Monthly bookkeeping from your bank feed with receipts captured by phone, a monthly summary showing profit and the tax accruing, your Self Assessment with the self-employment pages prepared and filed, payments on account calculated, and deadline tracking. Software is in your name and billed to you separately.

What does the £79 company package include?

Monthly bookkeeping, director payroll with RTI submissions, dividend paperwork, the annual statutory accounts and CT600 filed with Companies House and HMRC, the confirmation statement filed (Companies House £50 fee separate), and deadline tracking. Your personal Self Assessment is added at the published £129 if needed.

Do you have an office in Cyprus?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Cyprus and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for freelancer accountants is the same in Cyprus as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Is freelancer accountants in Cyprus really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Cyprus pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.

One message from Cyprus, one fixed price

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

WhatsApp for a fixed quote