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Self employed? Manage Self Assessment the easy way

QuickBooks Self Employed is the specialist software for sole traders, freelancers & self-employed workers who need to submit a Self Assessment tax return. Track your income and expenses from one place, sort personal from business finances and have everything in order when it’s tax time.

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Support for you and your business during the evolving COVID-19 situation – Learn more

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

The Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will support self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships) who have lost income due to coronavirus (COVID-19). This scheme will allow you to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of your trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for the next 3 months.

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QuickBooks is trusted by 4.5 million self-employed & small businesses around the world

Be ready for HMRC

Always stay on top of the tax you owe — we’ll crunch the numbers for you as you go along, so there are no nasty surprises. Get a detailed breakdown of the figures you need, ready for your self-employed tax return.

Everything in one place

Manage all your income and expenses in QuickBooks with easy tracking that shows you what’s due when. Access your accounts on any device and understand what you’re earning from different jobs or work streams. Want a complete view of all your money in real time? Our upgraded connections bring together transactions from all your banks and credit cards.

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Claim every expense

Upload a snap of every receipt and auto-track your mileage on the mobile app. We’ll extract the data and sort your expenses into categories for you. It’s easy to manage your working from home allowance too – just enter your hours and we do the rest.

Simplify the payment process

Create and send unlimited professional invoices from any device. Keeping tabs on outstanding payments has never been easier — the tracking feature means you can see when every invoice has been opened or paid.

Manage your business on the go

Our top-rated app gives you a full view of your finances in real time. Send unlimited invoices, upload expenses and track payments any time, anywhere.

Free online chat support

Get help managing your self-employed accounting with free, personalised support from an expert. Our chat messaging service is available 8am-8pm weekdays.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does it matter if I record my income and expenses on an accrual or cash basis?

    At the moment, QuickBooks Self-Employed only works on a cash basis – recording income and expenses when you receive or pay money. QuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials and Plus all support both cash and accrual accounting (recording income and expenses when you get a bill or raise and invoice). But you can’t calculate Self Assessment on those plans.

  • Can I manage my VAT with QuickBooks?

    Not with QuickBooks Self Employed. You can track your VAT then prepare and submit your return to HMRC using any one of the QuickBooks Online plans: Simple Start, Essential and Plus. But if you’re looking for Self Assessment calculations, you’ll need to use QuickBooks Self-Employed.

  • I work in construction. Does QuickBooks have what I need?

    If you need to manage Construction Industry Scheme obligations (CIS) try our QuickBooks Online plans: Simple Start, Essentials and Plus. These plans don’t support HMRC’s Self Assessment right now.

  • Can I import data from my spreadsheets directly into QuickBooks?

    Yes. You can import Customer, Supplier, Items, and Chart of Accounts from an Excel spreadsheet in several ways.

  • I need to complete a Self Assessment. Which plan is right for me?

    You can prepare Self-Assessment tax returns in our QuickBooks Self-Employed. At the moment we only support SA103S, the self-employment form – not partnerships, property income or capital gains.

  • Can I work with my accountant in QuickBooks Self-Employed?

    Of course. It’s easy to invite them to access your QuickBooks account. Need to find an accountant? Check out our searchable directory.

  • If I need different features can I upgrade?

    You can’t instantly upgrade from QuickBooks Self-Employed to one of our QuickBooks Online products. But if you’d like to switch, just contact us and we can move your data over for you.

* If you select the Free Trial option the first months subscription to QuickBooks, starting from the date of enrolment, is free. To continue using QuickBooks after your one month trial, you'll be asked to present a valid credit card for authorisation, and you'll be charged the then current fee for the service(s) you've selected. All prices shown exclude VAT. Offer(s) are valid for new QuickBooks customers only. Offer cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers. Terms, conditions, features, pricing, service and support are subject to change without notice.

QuickBooks Making Tax Digital for VAT software is available to all QuickBooks Simple Start, Essential and Plus subscribers. Use of QuickBooks MTD for VAT software and bridging software must be aligned with HMRC's eligibility requirements and includes additional set up between the small business and HMRC.

QuickBooks MTD software currently supports Standard, Cash and Flat Rate schemes. QuickBooks Bridging Software supports Standard and Cash schemes. Annual submissions are not currently supported but will be coming soon. Businesses whose home currency is not GBP are currently not supported.

Receive a 50% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Simple Start or 50% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Essentials or 50% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Plus for the first 6 months of service, starting from date of enrolment, followed by the then current monthly price. Your account will automatically be charged on a monthly basis until you cancel. You must select the Buy Now option and will not receive a one month trial. Offer valid for new QuickBooks Online customers only. No limit on the number of subscriptions ordered. You can cancel at any time by calling 0808 168 9533. Discount cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers. Terms, conditions, features, pricing, service and support are subject to change without notice. All prices shown exclude VAT.

Receive a 50% discount off the current monthly subscription price for the first 6 months of service starting from the date you subscribe for the service. In order to obtain the discount you need to select the Buy Now option and will not receive the free one month trial offer. After the first 6 months, your account will be charged on a monthly basis at the then current price until you cancel. The above discount offer is available only to new QuickBooks Self-Employed customers and cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers.

1Standard Payroll is priced at a rate of £4/ month subscription fee + £1 per paid employee per month until you cancel. Advanced Payroll is priced at a rate of £8/ month subscription fee + £1 per paid employee per month until you cancel. All prices are exclusive of VAT. Your account will automatically be charged on a monthly basis for the subscription fee and for all payruns processed in the previous month. Offer available to all customers with an active subscription to QuickBooks Simple Start, Essentials or Plus. Terms, conditions, features, pricing, service and support are subject to change without notice.

2QuickBooks Advanced Payroll allows you to automatically submit information to the following pension providers: NEST, The Peoples Pension, Smart Pensions, Aviva and NOW:Pensions

3Mileage tracking is available on QuickBooks Self-Employed Android and iOS and the QuickBooks Online App on iOS

These terms apply to QuickBooks UK customers only. Bulk-pricing discount offer is valid only if you are signing up for more than one QuickBooks Online subscription with each order. View terms and conditions for multiple accounts pricing here. To inquire further about the bulk-pricing discount offer, please call 0808 168 4246.

*QuickBooks UK have temporarily changed our support hours due to the mandated travel and office restrictions. Please see temporary customer support opening times:

  • QuickBooks Online Phone – Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm.
  • QuickBooks Online Live Messaging – Monday to Friday 8am to 12am, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm.
  • QuickBooks Self Employed Live Messaging – Monday to Friday 7am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm.

*89% of small businesses are more successful when they’re connected to an accounting professional is based on internal research of QuickBooks customers worldwide as of December 2019. 40% of small businesses don’t currently work with ProAdvisors or bookkeepers is based on product data of QuickBooks customers worldwide as of July 2019. QuickBooks Online has 4.5M customers worldwide as of July 2019.

'The world's #1 online accounting software' based on number of paying customers and accountants worldwide, June 2016.

'Save around 8 hours a month' based on respondents new to QuickBooks; Intuit survey June 2016.

'The leading app for self employed finances' based on GooglePlay rating, Jan 2016.

'See how your business is doing in less than 30 seconds'; Intuit survey June 2016.

'Save 12 hours a month managing your finances'; Based on an October 2016 survey of active Quickbooks Self Employed subscribers who offered an opinion about how much time Quickbooks Self Employed saves them related to managing their finances.

'75% of QuickBooks Online users say working with an accountant makes their businesses run better'; Based on Intuit US customer survey 2016.