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For accountants and bookkeepers

Landlord clients with the books already kept.

Your landlord clients record rent and costs as they happen, to the penny. Corrections are reversed rather than overwritten, a closed tax year stays closed, and the trial balance and SA105 figures download when you need them.

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Your client adds you with the accountant role, or sends you the download.

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The books screen with the trial balance Open the whole screen
Trial balance, profit and loss and balance sheet from one set of entries
What it prevents

What usually goes wrong before the books reach you.

  1. Numbers that changed after you filed

    A recorded entry is never edited, only reversed, and a tax year is locked when it closes. What you had in July is what’s there in January.

  2. Section 24 buried in the expenses

    Mortgage interest is kept out of expenses and stated on its own line of the SA105 figures, ready for the finance cost credit.

  3. Improvements claimed as repairs

    Your client is told at the point of entry whether a cost is a repair or an improvement, and the choice is kept with the cost.

  4. Deposits counted as income

    A deposit is held as money owed to the tenant. It can’t find its way into the rent.

  5. VAT returns quietly rewritten

    A filed return stays as filed. A correction goes in a later period, and both can be read.

  6. Being asked for a login you don’t want

    Take the accountant role on your client’s account, or ask for the trial balance and SA105 figures as a download.

Why the figures hold

Every figure traces back to an entry.

  • Recorded to the penny

    Amounts are kept in whole pence from start to finish, so nothing arrives a penny out from rounding.

  • Every entry balances

    An entry has to balance before it’s saved, and nothing changes a balance any other way.

  • Downloads now, Xero and QuickBooks soon

    Download the trial balance, the SA105 figures or the entries as a file. Syncing straight to Xero or QuickBooks is coming.

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The VAT screen with a filed return Open the whole screen
VAT returns kept as filed
Latchkey for
For landlords who manage their own lets Rent, repairs, paperwork and tax, for landlords who manage their own lets. For small letting agents Client money kept apart, owner access, payment runs and six team roles.
14 days free

Ask a client to add you. It takes a minute.

The accountant role on their account is all you need, and the download is there if you’d rather not sign in.

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