Accounting Software Support · East London
Accounting software setup & support in Old Street
Accounting software support for Old Street from accountants who use every major platform daily. We know which ones suit a sole trader, a VAT-registered shop, an e-commerce seller or a small limited company, and we set them up so that the year-end accounts fall out cleanly rather than needing weeks of repair. One fixed fee per job, nothing hidden.
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 Old Street
Sole traders and small companies in Old Street 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 Old Street, step by step
Scope the job
We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.
Agree the price
The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.
Hand over the records
Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.
Approve, then we submit
You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.
Why IGI
What you get in Old Street
One fixed fee for accounting software support in Old Street, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Old Street get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to accounting software support.
No appointments, no travel across East London, no parking. Everything for accounting software support in Old Street happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
A named person handles your accounting software support from Old Street and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.
The output for Old Street 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.
Nothing is filed for Old Street until you have reviewed and approved it. You see the draft, you ask questions, you sign off, then we submit and send you the receipt.
Local facts
About Old Street
Old Street is in East London, within Hackney, in the EC2A postcode district, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch, Hackney | 0.2 mi | E |
| Finsbury | 0.4 mi | SW |
| Bunhill | 0.4 mi | W |
| Hoxton | 0.4 mi | N |
| Broadgate, City of London | 0.5 mi | S |
| Bishopsgate, City of London | 0.6 mi | S |
| Cripplegate | 0.6 mi | SW |
| Moorgate, City of London | 0.6 mi | S |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Director's loan accounts
Money taken from a company has to be something: salary, dividend, expense reimbursement or loan. If it is a loan and remains outstanding nine months after the year end, the company pays tax at the dividend higher rate on it until it is repaid. Clearing the balance with a properly declared dividend before the deadline, where reserves allow, is routine year-end work.
Salary versus dividends
The salary-and-dividend split is the central planning decision for an owner-managed company. Salary costs employer National Insurance above £5,000 but is deductible; dividends are not deductible but attract lower personal rates and no National Insurance. The optimum changes each April with the thresholds and depends on the director's other income, so it should be set deliberately every year.
Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief
Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.
The VAT registration threshold
Watching the rolling twelve-month turnover figure is one of the quiet jobs of monthly bookkeeping, because the £90,000 VAT threshold arrives silently. Crossing it brings quarterly returns, Making Tax Digital software and a decision about schemes. Crossing it late brings a bill for VAT you could not recover from customers and a penalty for failing to notify.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
MTD for Income Tax replaces one annual return with quarterly digital updates and a year-end declaration, submitted from software. The threshold is gross trading and property income, measured two years earlier, and started at £50,000 in April 2026 before falling to £30,000 in April 2027. Anyone affected needs digital record keeping in place before their start date, not after.
Late filing penalties
HMRC's penalties for a late Self Assessment return are automatic: £100 the day after 31 January, £10 a day from three months late up to £900, then the greater of £300 or 5% of the tax at six and twelve months. Interest and separate late-payment penalties apply to the tax itself. Companies House charges £150 to £1,500 for late accounts, doubling for a second consecutive year.
Payments on account
A common surprise in Self Assessment is the January payment that is far larger than expected. That is the balancing payment for the year just ended plus the first payment on account for the year ahead, which HMRC sets at half of the bill just calculated. We put the figure in your hands months ahead and tell you how to adjust it legitimately when circumstances change.
Questions
Accounting Software Support questions from Old Street
What does the £99 setup include?
Creating the file with your business details and financial year, a chart of accounts tailored to your trade, VAT scheme and codes configured, bank and card feeds connected, opening balances entered from your last accounts, invoice template branded, and the software authorised with HMRC for MTD where relevant. You come away ready to use it.
Which software do you recommend?
It depends on your business. Sole traders with simple needs suit the low-cost MTD-compatible platforms; VAT-registered businesses with stock, multiple currencies or e-commerce integrations need one of the major cloud platforms. We recommend on fit and price and we do not take commission, so the advice is not steered by referral income.
What is a file cleanup and when do I need one?
When the bank has not reconciled for months, the suspense account has a large balance, there are duplicate transactions or customers, VAT returns in the software do not match what was filed, or the balance sheet contains figures nobody can explain. From £149 we reconcile, correct and document the file so it can be relied on.
Can you move my history from my old software?
Yes. Migration from £199 brings across customers, suppliers, outstanding invoices and bills, the chart of accounts and historical transactions, typically for the current and previous financial years, with balances reconciled to the old system before it is closed. More history or very large files are quoted before we start.
Do you provide training?
Yes. The £89 session is 90 minutes by video call, recorded for you to replay, covering the tasks you actually do: raising invoices, capturing receipts, matching bank transactions, running the VAT return, reading the reports. A written quick-reference follows. Several staff can attend the same session.
Who pays for the software subscription?
You do, directly to the software company, so that the data is yours and you can change accountant without losing it. Subscriptions range from a few pounds a month for basic sole trader tools to around £35 for the fuller platforms. We will tell you if a cheaper tier is sufficient.
Is accounting software support in Old Street really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Old Street 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.
Do you have an office in Old Street?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Old Street 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 Old Street as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Fixed fees, filed on time, for Old Street
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.