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IT contractor accountants look after your limited company's accounts, VAT, payroll, dividends and IR35 position, and check whether your software work qualifies for R&D tax relief. Most IT contractors fit the Complete package.
The parts of the rules that matter most for this kind of company.
Status decisions and contract wording matter more at higher rates.
Product-building developers may qualify for R&D relief.
VAT on services to non-UK customers follows the place-of-supply rules.
The parts of the job that matter most for this kind of company, and how we handle them.
Software and IT companies are among the most common claimants of R&D tax relief, because developing a new system or solving a technical uncertainty can count. Routine maintenance and using known techniques generally do not.
We help you identify the projects that qualify, write the technical narrative and keep the evidence for an enquiry.
Software businesses often sell to customers abroad, and the VAT treatment depends on where the customer is and whether they are a business. Business-to-business services are generally outside the scope of UK VAT but still have to be reported correctly, and consumer sales can bring local VAT obligations.
We set up the invoicing and VAT coding so you are right from the first sale.
Laptops, monitors and test devices can usually be written off in the year of purchase, and subscriptions, cloud hosting and tools are allowable when used for the business. Where you create valuable IP, how it is owned and how profits are taken matters for the future.
We keep the asset register, the subscriptions and the ownership documents tidy so you are ready for investment or sale.
Laptops and equipment qualify for 100% first-year relief.
What happens, and when.
Many software companies qualify and never ask.
The rules depend on the customer. We set it up correctly.
Buyers and investors ask who owns the code.
Prices exclude VAT. Final price depends on turnover and options.
Micro and new companies
£45.83a month + VAT
Trading and online businesses
£62.50a month + VAT
Growing, data-led teams
£75a month + VAT
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“The work was completed promptly, my tax return was successfully filed.”
Yes, if it seeks a genuine technological advance and resolves uncertainty. Routine development usually does not.
Tell us about your company and we will confirm your fixed fee within one working day.