Accounting Software Support · South East London
Accounting software setup & support in Shortlands
If your Shortlands 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 East 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 Shortlands
Sole traders and small companies in Shortlands 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 Shortlands, step by step
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.
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.
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.
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
The IGI way of working, in Shortlands
The price for accounting software support is published on this page and is what a client in Shortlands 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 Shortlands client and chased before they arrive.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Shortlands 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 Shortlands business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
The output for Shortlands 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 Shortlands, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.
Local facts
About Shortlands
Shortlands is in South East London, within Bromley, in the BR2 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.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Bromley Town | 0.7 mi | E |
| Bromley, South East London | 0.7 mi | E |
| Bromley North | 0.9 mi | E |
| Copers Cope | 0.9 mi | NW |
| Bromley South | 0.9 mi | SE |
| Park Langley | 1 mi | SW |
| Beckenham | 1 mi | W |
| Sundridge, Bromley | 1 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Crypto records and reporting
HMRC treats cryptoassets as property. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto or gifting it are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, and staking and lending rewards are income. Gains are computed under pooling rules with same-day and 30-day matching. From 2026 HMRC receives data from exchanges worldwide under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, so unreported activity is increasingly visible.
The 60-day property CGT return
Selling UK residential property that was not your main home for the whole period of ownership triggers a separate Capital Gains Tax return, due within 60 days of completion along with payment of the tax. This is in addition to the annual Self Assessment. The gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depending on your income band, after the £3,000 annual exempt amount.
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.
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
Since April 2025 employer National Insurance has been 15% on earnings above a £5,000 secondary threshold, a substantial increase for small employers. The Employment Allowance rose to £10,500 at the same time to soften it for the smallest businesses. Directors deciding their own salary weigh this cost against the Corporation Tax deduction a salary provides.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.
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.
Questions
Accounting Software Support questions from Shortlands
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 have an office in Shortlands?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Shortlands 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 Shortlands as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is accounting software support in Shortlands really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Shortlands 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 Shortlands, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.