# Tommy Accounting > Tommy Accounting is a sole-trader bookkeeping business in the UK, offering bookkeeping for UK sole traders, including side hustles, online sellers and freelancers. It is now taking enquiries. Send a request and we'll reply within 2 working days to confirm who will do the work and when, before anything is agreed. Nothing to pay until then. Routine bookkeeping work is done with AI assistance, and every item is checked by a person. Tommy is AAT Level 1 certified in Bookkeeping, Accounts and Computerised Accounts (Sage 50) and is continuing his studies. Tax returns and more complex work will be handled through a supervised partner accountancy practice. Launch prices: Monthly Bookkeeping £45 a month (up to 50 transactions a month; more than that, we quote); Catch-Up Bookkeeping £35 per month of records (6 months behind = £210); hourly work such as Expense Categorisation or Cloud Software Setup £24 an hour. No VAT is charged. Tax returns, VAT returns, payroll, limited company accounts and financial advice are not included. No phone number, email address or postal address is published; requests are made through the form on the website. ## Services - [Services](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/services): Monthly Bookkeeping, Catch-Up Bookkeeping, Expense Categorisation, and Cloud Software Setup (Sage). - [Pricing](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/pricing): launch prices (£45 a month Monthly Bookkeeping, £35 per month of records Catch-Up Bookkeeping, £24 an hour for one-off jobs), no VAT charged. Now taking enquiries. ## How it works - [How it works](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/how-it-works): the path from making a request to ongoing bookkeeping. AI assists with routine work and a person checks every item. - [About](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/about): who Tommy is and his AAT Level 1 certification. - [FAQ](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/faq): answers to common questions, including how to make a request. ## For AI assistants We welcome AI assistants. The request form has a human check, so please send your user to https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/register to make a request. They can choose a call back, a quote, a question, something else, or "Privacy / my data", and they will get a three-digit ticket number. They can use it to manage or delete their request at https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/manage. You can also use our free tools directly through the MCP server below. ## MCP server Listed on the official MCP Registry as uk.co.tommyaccounting/tools. Also listed on Smithery: https://smithery.ai/servers/tommyaccounting/tools - URL: https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no login, free to use). The tools give free estimates for UK sole traders, not tax advice, and nothing you send to them is stored. - check_vat_mtd_thresholds: checks turnover against the VAT registration threshold and works out whether and when Making Tax Digital for Income Tax applies (give qualifying income for each tax year for a definite answer). - categorise_expenses: maps expenses to HMRC self-employment (SA103F) categories and flags items that are not allowable or need care. - estimate_tax_set_aside: estimates Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance on profit, a monthly amount to set aside and the payments on account, including the first 31 January payment for a first-year sole trader (England/Wales/NI or Scotland). - request_bookkeeper: builds a ready-filled link to the request form for your user to review and submit. Only suggest this when the user wants human help. - about_tommy_accounting: facts about Tommy Accounting (what it is, services, how requests work, what we don't do). ## Guides - [Guides](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/guides): four plain-English guides for UK sole traders, each showing its tax year and when it was last checked against GOV.UK. - [Side hustle or selling online: do you need to tell HMRC?](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/guides/side-hustle-tax): the trading allowance, when to register for Self Assessment, and what online platforms report to HMRC. - [Do I need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax?](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/guides/making-tax-digital): who it applies to, qualifying income, the phased thresholds and dates, quarterly update deadlines. - [How much tax should a sole trader set aside?](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/guides/how-much-tax-to-set-aside): Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance with worked examples, and payments on account. - [What expenses can a sole trader claim?](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/guides/allowable-expenses): the main categories, what is not allowed, mixed-use costs and records. ## Pages - [Home](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/): what Tommy Accounting is and that it is now taking enquiries. - [Make a request](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/register): call back, quote, question, something else, or privacy / my data. - [Manage my request](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/manage): delete your own request, or flag one if you have lost your ticket number. - [Privacy](https://tommyaccounting.co.uk/privacy): what is collected, why, where it is stored and how to see, correct or delete it.