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Finance Tech Stack Migration in the United Kingdom

We rebuild your finance stack so the data flows automatically and the books stay clean by design. Delivered to FRS 102 / UK GAAP for UK businesses, priced in GBP.

Why UK businesses choose Salt

A UK migration has to preserve the MTD digital link. HMRC expects an unbroken electronic path from source transaction to VAT return, so a cut-over that leaves a manual re-keying step is non-compliant even when the numbers are right. We migrate into Xero with Dext feeding it, and reconcile opening balances to the last VAT period you filed.

We migrate you from spreadsheets or a messy file onto QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite or Zoho — standardising the chart of accounts and wiring automation (Dext, Bill.com, Airbase) so your future books are clean without manual effort.

United Kingdom filing calendar

The deadlines we track against your ledger.

Recurring United Kingdom compliance deadlines and the authority each is filed with
ObligationFrequencyDueAuthority
VAT return and payment (Making Tax Digital)VAT-registered businessesQuarterly1 month and 7 days after the end of the VAT periodHMRC
Annual accounts to Companies HousePrivate limited companiesAnnual9 months after the accounting reference dateCompanies House
PAYE Real Time Information submission and paymentEmployersMonthlyRTI on or before each payday; payment by the 22nd of the following month electronicallyHMRC

Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with HMRC. This is general information, not tax advice.

Tech Stack Migration deliverables

  • Platform selection & data migration
  • Standardised chart of accounts
  • Automation setup (Dext / Bill.com / Airbase)
  • Revenue & expense structure design
  • KPI dashboard build
United Kingdom software stack

Xero

QuickBooks OnlineFreeAgentSageDextBrightPay

Making Tax Digital means the VAT return must come out of MTD-compatible software with an unbroken digital link — no spreadsheet copy-paste into the return.

What this costs in practice

A worked example, in your currency.

A London marketing agency, 900 transactions a month, VAT-registered, 18 staff.

In-house bookkeeper (fully loaded, per month)
£3,400
Salt bookkeeping + VAT compliance
£1,150
Monthly saving
£2,250

Figures in GBP. Fully loaded cost includes employer NIC, pension, software and supervision.

Standards and authorities

The framework your United Kingdom accounts are held to.

We prepare to UK GAAP (FRS 102) or IFRS, as adopted. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.

Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.

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Tech Stack Migration in United Kingdom

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Finance Tech Stack Migration for United Kingdom, simply handled.

Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.

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