Accounting

Accounting Software Support · South London

Accounting software setup & support in North Cheam

If your North Cheam business is moving to Making Tax Digital, changing platforms, or staring at a reconciliation that has not balanced for a year, this is the service. We set up, migrate, clean up and train, for clients across South London, entirely online, with the fee agreed before we start and the work recorded so you can replay it.

from £99 · fixed, one-off

Next deadlines

  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
  • MTD quarterly update deadline (7 August, 7 November, 7 February, 7 May)
  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month

Who this is for

Accounting Software Support for North Cheam

Sole traders and small companies in North Cheam starting with cloud accounting for the first time, businesses moving between platforms or off spreadsheets for Making Tax Digital, owners whose software file has become unreliable after years of unreconciled entries, and teams who need to be taught to use the system they already have.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • Platform recommendation based on your business, VAT position, MTD obligations and budget, not on commission
  • Chart of accounts tailored to your trade, with VAT codes, bank feeds and opening balances configured
  • Migration from another platform or spreadsheets with historical transactions, customers, suppliers and balances carried over
  • File cleanup: duplicates removed, bank reconciled, suspense cleared, VAT returns reconciled to what was filed
  • Automations configured: receipt capture, recurring invoices, payment reminders, bank rules
  • Recorded 90-minute training session for you or your team, with a written quick-reference afterwards

How it works

Accounting Software Support from North Cheam, 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 North Cheam

The price for accounting software support is published on this page and is what a client in North Cheam pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.

Deadline-first: the dates that matter for accounting software support are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every North Cheam client and chased before they arrive.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in North Cheam 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 accounting software support: the person who prepared last year's work for your North Cheam business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

The output for North Cheam clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for accounting software support.

Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For accounting software support in North Cheam, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.

Local facts

About North Cheam

North Cheam is in South London, within Sutton, in the SM3 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 accounting software support
PlaceDistanceDirection
Nonsuch0.5 miW
Stonecot0.7 miNE
Sutton West0.9 miSE
Cheam1.0 miS
Worcester Park1 miNW
Sutton Common, Sutton1 miE
Sutton Green, Sutton1 miE
Sutton North1 miE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Switching accountants

You can switch accountant at any point in the year. The new firm requests clearance and your records from the old one, which cannot withhold your own documents though it may hold its own working papers until its fees are settled. Agent authorisations with HMRC and Companies House are transferred, and the next deadline is picked up without a gap.

Closing a company

Voluntary strike-off is available only to solvent companies. One that owes money it cannot pay needs a creditors' voluntary liquidation through a licensed insolvency practitioner, and directors who dissolve an insolvent company face personal consequences. For a solvent company the process takes three to four months from filing the DS01, with notice to creditors and shareholders within seven days.

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

Record keeping is a legal obligation with a penalty of up to £3,000 for failure, but its real value is in making every other filing cheaper and more defensible. Keep invoices, receipts, bank statements, mileage logs and any HMRC correspondence, digitally if you like, for five years after the relevant filing deadline for individuals and six years for companies and VAT.

Allowable expenses

An expense is allowable against trading profit if it is incurred wholly and exclusively for the business. Materials, business travel other than ordinary commuting, a proportion of home running costs, software, insurance, professional fees, bank charges and protective clothing qualify. Client entertainment, ordinary clothing, fines and the private share of mixed-use costs do not.

Employer National Insurance

The cost of an employee is more than the salary. Employer National Insurance at 15% above £5,000 a year, the 3% minimum pension contribution, holiday pay, equipment and management time all come on top. The Employment Allowance of £10,500 reduces the National Insurance for most employers with more than one person on the payroll.

Questions

Accounting Software Support questions from North Cheam

Can you fix VAT returns that were filed from the software wrongly?

Yes. We reconcile each filed return to the transactions, identify the errors, and correct them in the software and, where required, with HMRC through the next return or a formal error correction. The cleanup fee covers the software work; any HMRC correction is quoted separately before we start.

What if I want to do my own bookkeeping after setup?

That is exactly what the setup and training are for. Many clients keep their own books in the software we set up and come to us only for the year-end accounts and tax return, which is cheaper for them. We configure bank rules and automations so the routine work is mostly matching, not typing.

How long does setup or migration take?

A new setup is usually complete within three working days of receiving your details and last accounts. A migration takes one to two weeks depending on the volume of history and the state of the old data. A cleanup depends on how broken the file is, and we give you a timeline with the fixed quote.

Do I need Making Tax Digital-compatible software?

If you are VAT registered, yes, already. If you are a sole trader or landlord with qualifying income over £50,000, yes, since April 2026, with lower thresholds following. Every platform we set up is MTD-compatible and we authorise it with HMRC as part of the setup.

Will the setup make my year-end cheaper?

Usually, yes. Our own limited company and sole trader accounts fees assume reconciled records, and a properly set up file produces them. Accounts prepared from a tidy software file take days; accounts rebuilt from a broken one take weeks and cost more. The setup fee is typically recovered in the first year-end.

Can you connect my online shop or payment processor?

Yes. Marketplace and e-commerce platforms, card processors and payment gateways can be integrated so that sales, fees and payouts post automatically and reconcile to the bank. Getting the fee and VAT treatment right on these integrations is where most e-commerce files go wrong, and we configure it as part of the setup.

Do you have an office in North Cheam?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve North Cheam 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 accounting software support is the same in North Cheam as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Is accounting software support in North Cheam really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in North Cheam 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 North Cheam, 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