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A plasterer skimming a wall in a terraced house under renovation.

Accounts for
the trades.

Quotes, invoices, CIS and the bank — sorted from the van in the time it takes to drink a brew.

Start free 14 days of Professional, no card.
Then free on Starter, or £12 a month.

Most accounting software is built for accountants. TradeTally is built around how a trade business runs — a quote, a job, materials, a few days' labour, an invoice, and a main contractor who keeps back 20% for CIS.

To start
£0
Professional
£12/mo
Free trial
14 days

Whatever the trade.

A roofer laying slates on a terraced house roof, wet roofs and chimneys behind.
Roofing
A plumber soldering a copper pipe joint under a kitchen sink.
Plumbing & heating
An electrician working on a consumer unit under the stairs by head torch.
Electrical

Builders, joiners, plasterers, roofers, sparks, plumbers, decorators, groundworkers — sole traders and limited companies, CIS or not.

A job, start to finish.

An electrician sitting in the open door of her van, checking her phone.
Between jobs.

  1. MondayQuote from the driveway

    Price the job, labour and materials on separate lines, and send the customer a link. When they say yes, it turns into an invoice in one tap.

  2. ThursdayInvoice when it's done

    Hours, materials and subbies land on the job as you go, so you see what it actually made before you send the bill. Customers can pay by card from the invoice.

  3. FridayPaid, and matched to the bank

    Import a statement from any UK bank. Payments are matched to invoices — part payments too — and regular costs follow your rules. Try it:

    In your books £10,848To match 3
    GREENWAY HOMES LTDINV-0410 after 20% CIS+6,240.00
    MARSH DEVELOPMENTSINV-0411 after 20% CIS+1,920.00
    FUEL STATION A38Rule: fuel, 20% VAT−68.40

  4. JanuaryYour tax return, already added up

    Sole traders get their Self Assessment figures box by box, with an estimate of the tax and National Insurance to put aside. VAT-registered? Boxes 1 to 9 are worked out each quarter.

CIS isn't a discount.

It's tax paid on your behalf. Most software treats it like money off the bill, and your figures stop adding up. TradeTally takes it off the labour only — never materials or VAT — and counts it towards your tax bill.

  • Mark a customer as a CIS contractor once; every invoice follows.
  • Domestic reverse charge applied, with HMRC's wording on the invoice.
  • Paying your own subbies? Their deductions and your monthly CIS300 figures, done.
InvoiceINV-0410

Greenway Homes Ltd
Plot 14, Meadow Rise

Roof carcass — labour RC4,800.00
Timber & fixings RC2,400.00
Total7,200.00
Less CIS at 20% on labour−960.00
Amount payable£6,240.00

Reverse charge: customer to account to HMRC for the VAT of £1,440.00.

Receipts tucked on a van dashboard next to a tape measure and a coffee.
The filing system, before.

Get the receipts off the dashboard.

Take a photo when you pay, pick what it was for, and it's filed — against the job if you like. Paid with your own card? That's recorded too, so you can claim it back from the business.

At the end of the year every receipt is already in the right box on your tax return.

A joiner planing an oak board at a workbench covered in shavings.
Oak, by the board foot. Worth knowing what it cost.

Know which jobs actually pay.

Every quote, invoice, receipt, hour and subbie payment can sit on a job. You see the margin while the work's still on, not when the accountant rings in March.

Invoiced£8,400.00
Materials−£2,115.40
Subcontractors−£1,600.00
Kitchen, 22 Elm Grove£4,684.60

What's included.

FeatureWhat it doesPlan
Quotes & invoicesLabour and materials split on every line; quotes convert to invoices; part payments recorded.Starter: 2 invoices a month
Price listYour day rates and regular materials, added to a quote in one tap.Starter
Bank reconciliationCSV import from any UK bank, invoice matching, rules for regular costs, no duplicates.Starter
Expenses & receiptsPhoto receipts, categories, spending on your own card.Starter
Self AssessmentSA103 figures and a tax and Class 4 NI estimate, cash or accruals basis.Starter
VATBoxes 1–9 each quarter, reverse charge included. You submit through your MTD software.Starter
Profit & lossFor the business or one job, against last year, exports to CSV for your accountant.Starter
CISDeductions taken from you and made by you, subbie verification status, CIS300 figures.Professional
Card paymentsA Pay button on invoices through your own Stripe account; the invoice marks itself paid.Professional
Unlimited invoicingAs many invoices and quotes as the work needs.Professional

Two plans. No setup fees, no contracts.

Starter

£0

For getting going, or the odd job on the side.

  • 2 invoices a month, unlimited quotes
  • Bank import and reconciliation
  • Expenses with receipt photos
  • Self Assessment and VAT figures
Start on Starter

Professional

£12a month

Cancel any time.

  • Unlimited invoices and quotes
  • CIS both ways, with CIS300 figures
  • Card payments through your own Stripe
  • Everything in Starter
Try it free for 14 days

Questions people ask.

I already have a TradeTally account. Do I need a new one?

No. Sign in with the same email and password, or with Google if that's how you signed up. Your plan, customers and invoices are all there.

Does it file my VAT return with HMRC?

Not yet. TradeTally works out boxes 1 to 9 from your records. You or your accountant submit them through MTD bridging software, then mark the quarter as filed in TradeTally to lock it.

Does it connect to my bank automatically?

Today you import a CSV statement from your online banking — every UK bank offers one. Importing the same lines twice is safe; duplicates are skipped.

I'm a subcontractor and a contractor. Does that work?

Yes. Deductions contractors take from you are tracked from your invoices. Payments you make to your own subbies work out the deduction from their verification status and give you each month's CIS300 figures.

What happens when my trial ends?

Nothing is charged — we never asked for a card. You move to the free Starter plan and keep all your data. Upgrade whenever you like.

Can my accountant get my figures?

Reports and VAT returns export to CSV, every invoice has a printable copy, and you can download everything TradeTally holds at any time.

Evenings are for the sofa, not the shoebox of receipts.

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