Shopify accounting that reconciles to your bank.

When your taxable turnover passes £90,000 in any rolling 12-month period, measured on your gross sales before Shopify, Stripe or PayPal fees, not the cash that hits your bank. You can deregister if turnover falls below £88,000. We track your rolling figure and flag it before you cross, so you're never caught registering late and owing back-VAT you never charged.

Yes, import VAT (usually 20%) and potentially customs duty apply when goods enter the UK. If you're VAT-registered, postponed VAT accounting lets you declare and reclaim the import VAT on the same return rather than paying at the border and waiting to recover it, which protects your cash flow. You'll need a valid EORI number, and we make sure your courier or freight forwarder uses it correctly.

It depends on the goods. For imported consignments of £135 or less sold to UK consumers, and for overseas-seller stock already in the UK at the point of sale, the marketplace is liable to account for the VAT, not you. Goods sold through your own Shopify checkout are different: there the VAT is yours. We reconcile each channel separately so your return reflects who genuinely owes the tax on each sale.

At lower profits a sole trade is simpler and cheaper to run; once profits are sustained and you're reinvesting, a company is often more tax-efficient. Corporation Tax runs 19% up to £50,000 and 25% over £250,000, with a 26.5% marginal band between, and dividends carry their own tax rates on top of a £500 tax-free dividend allowance. We model both on your actual figures so you incorporate for the right reasons, at the right time.

If you trade as a sole trader, yes. MTD for Income Tax starts in April 2026 for qualifying income over £50,000, April 2027 over £30,000, and April 2028 over £20,000. You'll keep digital records and file quarterly updates instead of one annual return. We move your bookkeeping onto MTD-ready software now so the change is seamless when your turn comes.

UK digital platforms have reported seller income to HMRC since January 2024. Reports covering the 2025 calendar year are due by 31 January 2026. So HMRC increasingly sees marketplace and app sales directly, and it should match your declared figures. If there's a gap, we help you reconcile and, where appropriate, make a tidy disclosure before it turns into an enquiry.

Fixed monthly pricing from £129, £250 or £499 depending on the support you need, on a rolling monthly basis with no long tie-in and a 30-day money-back guarantee. You get a qualified, named accountant, replies within 72 hours, and support on Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent or Sage. No surprise bills, the price covers the e-commerce VAT, bookkeeping and accounts work your store actually needs.

No. Shopify gives you sales and payout reports, not accounts. It does not file your VAT return, produce statutory accounts, or work out your Corporation Tax or Self Assessment. Its reports also show revenue net of fees and estimate your margins, so they are a starting point for bookkeeping, never a substitute for it. We take the Shopify data, reconcile every payout back to gross sales, fees, refunds and shipping, and produce the accounts and returns HMRC actually asks for.

Both are good, and the honest answer is that the deciding factor is your reporting needs and what your Shopify accountant works in daily, not the badge on the software. What matters far more is the layer between Shopify and the ledger: we use A2X, or Link My Books depending on your volume, to split each Shopify payout back into gross sales, fees, refunds and shipping, so it posts correctly instead of as one lump sum. We set the whole stack up and run it as part of the fee, so there is nothing for you to configure or maintain.

You can while you sell on one channel, in one country, below the £90,000 VAT threshold. It gets difficult fast once refunds start offsetting future payouts, you take orders in more than one currency, you ship to the EU or US, or you run paid ads that fall under the reverse charge. Those are the points where DIY bookkeeping quietly drifts away from HMRC's rules. Most sellers who move to us had been either under-declaring VAT or overstating their profit, without realising it. That is usually the point where a specialist Shopify accountant earns their fee.