Accountants for hairdressers and beauty salons

Salons use several models side by side: employed stylists, self-employed stylists who pay a commission and chair or room renters who run their own business. HMRC looks at control, who sets prices and hours, who supplies tools and who carries financial risk, not at what the contract says.

We review each person's real arrangement, write the right paperwork and set up payroll or invoicing accordingly.

• Status reviewed for each person
• Contracts matched to the reality
• Payroll or invoicing set up

A colour service uses product by the gram, and retail stock sits on the shelf. We cost treatments including consumables, so each service price covers what goes into it, and we track retail stock separately from consumables.

A monthly view of revenue per chair and per treatment shows which services earn their space.

• Treatment costing
• Retail stock separate from consumables
• Revenue per chair

Booking deposits and gift vouchers are paid before the service is delivered, so they are recognised when the service is done, with the right VAT timing. Cash and card takings are reconciled daily, and tips are recorded and passed on in line with the law.

A salon can pass the VAT threshold quickly when busy, so we watch the rolling twelve-month figure.

• Deposits and vouchers treated correctly
• Daily takings reconciled
• VAT threshold monitored monthly