When your accountancy software is axed, what should you do?

If you’re using BTC (Bright Software), PTP or Keytime (both IRIS products), you’ve probably felt that sinking feeling lately as you realise the software you’ve relied on for years is being pulled from under you.

Here’s the blunt truth: vendors don’t retire products because they love you - they retire them because they want you on a different platform. And that often means you get told to learn a completely new system at the busiest time of the year.

Budget 2025 - reaction and analysis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget on Wednesday 26 November 2025, introducing £26.1 billion in annual tax rises by 2029/30. While Labour's manifesto pledge not to increase income tax, National Insurance or VAT for "working people" remained technically intact, a raft of measures will significantly impact your clients' tax planning strategies. Here's the comprehensive update for accountants and their practices.

Companies House Same day services suspended

Due to the closure of Companies House office, the ability to fast track company registrations and certain company information has been SUSPENDED until further notice. Companies House have advised customers that any incorporation or change of name filings with the same day indicator will fail validation.

June release

With GDPR and Accountex 2018, May was an extremely busy month for everyone. But that didn’t stop our relentless schedule of improvements and product development. The June updates contains important GDPR updates to your engagement letters and a new integration with Quickbooks online.

How our latest Accounts Production updates will add zip to your practice

After picking up the trophy for best Accounts Production software at AccountingWEB’s Software Excellence awards 2017, we didn’t want to rest on our laurels. In fact, we’ve been busy improving TaxCalc Accounts Production further still to help you stay compliant and increase your efficiency. We’re delighted to share our latest updates with you here:

• A refresh of the styling within Edit Notes
• New quick filter and access options
• Improvements to Admin level notes and disclosures
• Additional statement preferences for FRS 102 1A
• Plus, many more…

Late Filing. The facts and figures (and how to avoid a £1,500 sting in the tail).

Companies filing their accounts late can incur an eye-watering £1,500 fine after six months. One would think that’s enough to focus the mind, yet the number of penalties being handed out by Companies House has seen a spike over the past year. The stats for the year to March 2017 make interesting reading...

An expert’s view on the New Small Companies Regime: Q&A with Steve Collings

With the new Small Companies Regime now in full swing (and, following the first mandatory filing deadline for FRS 102 section 1A and FRS 105 accounts with a December 2016 year end), we thought we’d take some time to reflect on its adoption. And so we’ve reached out to industry expert Steve Collings for a short Q&A to give his opinions on some of the challenges adopters are still facing.

Meet the team - Martin Davey

Innovation in Practice, The Digital Tax People, passion, creativity, simplicity, fun, enjoyment, respect, to name just a few.  Are they just words or do they mean something more? I’ve only been here a few months and have already seen first-hand how these descriptors make TaxCalc who and what we are.