HMRC-recognised bridging software that lets you file straight from a spreadsheet. No need to leave the spreadsheet or Excel workflow you already use. Submit VAT returns, Self Assessment, and MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates compliantly, without switching to a full accounting platform. Sole traders and businesses get the same simplicity as agents filing whole client books. Try it free ahead of the first MTD Income Tax deadline.
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Hi. I work on the growth side at AbraTax.
The thing that kept bugging us: Making Tax Digital keeps pushing people off the tool they actually want to use - a spreadsheet. HMRC already mandates digital filing for VAT, and it's now rolling out to Income Tax too, with Self Assessment folded into the same digital regime.
But loads of sole traders, businesses, and accountants still run their books in Excel and really don't want to rip that up just to satisfy a compliance rule.
So rather than build yet another full accounting platform and ask everyone to migrate, we built a bridge. You keep your spreadsheet, AbraTax handles the HMRC-recognised submission for VAT, Self Assessment, and MTD for Income Tax. That's the whole idea.
What changed most as we built it was the agent side. We started out thinking mainly about individual filers, but accountants and bookkeepers filing for whole client books turned out to have the sharpest version of the same pain, so a lot of our recent work has gone into making AbraTax handle many clients without migrating any of them onto something new.
There's a free tier to try it, and we're heading into the first MTD for Income Tax quarterly deadline now, so we'd love feedback from anyone wrestling with MTD as a sole trader, business, or agent. Happy to answer anything in the thread!
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Filed my last VAT return straight from my usual spreadsheet without exporting anything, which honestly surprised me. Such a relief for someone who ditches full accounting tools.
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@okanmawx This is the reaction we were hoping for; it shouldn't feel like a big deal to file from a spreadsheet, and the fact that it doesn't is kind of the whole point. Really glad it worked that way for you!
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Filing from a spreadsheet sounds genuinely useful for sole traders who hate switching tabs. One thing that would make it even better is a built-in error checker that flags common mistakes like mismatched totals or missing expense categories before you hit submit, since catching those in Excel is such a pain right now.
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@akarcesmes85822 This is such a good call-out, thank you. Pre-submit validation is something we've talked about internally, and hearing it from someone actually using Excel day-to-day makes the case even clearer. Mismatched totals in particular are a nightmare to catch manually. I'll make sure this gets into the right conversation on our end.
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Filing VAT right from the spreadsheet was honestly a game changer, no toggling between tabs or wrestling with clunky software. Kind of wish I'd found this months ago honestly.
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@yunustrkseddvj Honestly, that's exactly what we wanted people to feel. Sorry you didn't find it sooner, but you're here now! Really appreciate you taking the time to say this.
Filed my last VAT return straight from my usual spreadsheet without exporting anything, which honestly surprised me. Such a relief for someone who ditches full accounting tools.
@okanmawx This is the reaction we were hoping for; it shouldn't feel like a big deal to file from a spreadsheet, and the fact that it doesn't is kind of the whole point. Really glad it worked that way for you!
Filing from a spreadsheet sounds genuinely useful for sole traders who hate switching tabs. One thing that would make it even better is a built-in error checker that flags common mistakes like mismatched totals or missing expense categories before you hit submit, since catching those in Excel is such a pain right now.
@akarcesmes85822 This is such a good call-out, thank you. Pre-submit validation is something we've talked about internally, and hearing it from someone actually using Excel day-to-day makes the case even clearer. Mismatched totals in particular are a nightmare to catch manually. I'll make sure this gets into the right conversation on our end.
Filing VAT right from the spreadsheet was honestly a game changer, no toggling between tabs or wrestling with clunky software. Kind of wish I'd found this months ago honestly.
@yunustrkseddvj Honestly, that's exactly what we wanted people to feel. Sorry you didn't find it sooner, but you're here now! Really appreciate you taking the time to say this.