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Sole traders

Self-employed tax without the folklore, or the January scramble.

Registering, recording, claiming what you can, and paying what you must. From £59/month.

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Nelson · Warrington · UK-wide

From£59/month

Typical sole trader package. Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.

Why this page is not a generic homepage.

Self-employed is a tax status, not a personality. If you work for yourself as a sole trader we handle the registration, the records and the Self Assessment, including the payments on account that catch people in their second year.

Countplus acts for self employed from Nelson and Warrington, and online across the UK. Same-day reply before 4pm. A named accountant, not a rotating queue. Typical packages from £59/month, confirmed before we start.

What usually went wrong

What self employed tell us on the first call.

Every one of these is fixable. Most of them are fixable in the first month.

I did not know I had to register
The deadline is earlier than people think. Penalties start quietly.
Second-year tax shock
Payments on account feel like being billed twice. They are not, if you plan them.
A box of receipts
Allowable is a legal test, not a vibe.

What you actually get.

Everything below is in the self-employed package at £59/month. Nothing here is an upsell.

4 lines, all included

Registration
If you are not in the system yet, we put you in.
Records that take an hour
Software or a simple system. Your choice, our rules.
The return
Filed, with the July and January numbers in writing.
The limited-company question
Asked once a year, with this year’s profit.

Sole trader package

Sole trader · £30k–£90k · No VAT · Just me

£74/month

£888 a year if you stay monthly · £0 set-up

  1. Sole trader package£59
  2. +Turnover £30k–£90k£15
  3. =£74/month
  • Named accountant, same person, not a queue
  • Year-end figures + Self Assessment
  • Xero, FreeAgent, Sage or QuickBooks
  • Same-day reply before 4pm · cancel anytime
01Business type
02Turnover
03VAT
04People on payroll

If we quoted it, that is the fee. We do not pad it after a call.

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Questions from self employed

Once you have taxable self-employed income, HMRC expects you in Self Assessment by 5 October after the tax year. Do not wait for them to write.

If they genuinely work in the business, yes, at a commercial rate. If they do not, no.

Only when you cross the threshold, or when registering early is actually cheaper. We watch the rolling 12 months.

Both offices

One number. Whichever desk you land on.

01925 670289
Nelson
The Innovation Centre, Brunswick Street, BB9 0PQMap
Warrington
Ragan House, 674 Knutsford Road, WA4 1JHMap

info@countplus.co.uk
Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Same-day response before 4pm.

Write to a human

Accounts, tax or consultancy. Pick a topic.

Same-day response before 4pm on weekdays. We only use these details to reply, and never sell them. Privacy policy.

Countplus Accounting, since 2019

Get a self-employed quote in under a minute.

A monthly number in a minute, or a conversation with the person who would do the work.

Get a quote, or call the desk on 01925 670289, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Write before 4pm and a named person answers the same day.