How much does bookkeeping cost sole traders?

Name: How much does bookkeeping cost sole traders?
Uploaded: 2026-10-17T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Description: Bookkeeping can cost a sole trader nothing with free software, or about £40 a month or more for a firm. October 2026 prices and how to work out the yearly cost.

Facts last checked 15 October 2026

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How much does bookkeeping cost sole traders? Doing it yourself costs from nothing to about £19 a month plus VAT for software. Paying a firm costs more: in October 2026, packages that included bookkeeping were listed at about £40 a month or more. Yes. Most sole traders can. From your Making Tax Digital start date the records must be digital, but some software on the GOV.UK finder has a free version. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.

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