I see how you want QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) to work for your tax needs. I'm here to outline and help you with how can this be beneficial for you, JSSE.

QuickBooks Self-Employed is compliant with VAT-registered individuals under the MTD framework. This allows you to keep records digitally 

so you can organize your financial data throughout the year.

Aside from that, the software helps you categorise your income and expenses according to HMRC guidelines, calculate estimated tax liability, and fill in the details in the Self Assessment tax return form. 

If you're looking for software that will directly file your taxes, you can upgrade to QuickBooks Online (QBO). This offers more robust business features suitable to manage more complex tax scenarios such as VAT, payroll taxes, and detailed financial reporting. 

For additional reference about the categories, please check these articles:

• About SA103F Categories
• Categories in QuickBooks Self-Employed

Additionally, to gain insights into common expenses eligible for tax deductions and how they should be presented during the self-assessment, you can check out this detailed article: Allowable and Disallowable Expenses Explained.

Feel free to get back to us if you have any other questions about your taxes. We'll always be right here to further assist you.

Hello Maria,

You don't seem to have read my message. At least your answer doesn't not relate to the content of my message or offer anything helpful or constructive in relation to it.

Please read the message above and respond with something that connects to what the message says.

QuickBooks representatives have already confirmed in other threads that QBSE is NOT accepted by HMRC if they request to see Self Employed Business Accounts - it is also NOT accepted by HMRC for Making Tax Digital.

I am aware that QBSE can be used as a Tax Return Aid - but it is not an effective Accounting Tool - which is what it is falsely advertised and marketed as. 

Intuit / Quickbooks should either stop advertising this product as Accounting Software and be transparent and honest about the Software's limitations in their marketing - or provide customers with an actual Accounting Software as advertised which would be accepted by HMRC and acceptable for MTD.

Real Accounting software would require categories that match the business - these should be customisable by users.

Please provide real Accounting software - or stop falsely advertising QBSE as Accounting Software - it is currently just a Tax Return Aid - NOT effective or proper Accounting Software.