Accountant in Hove
Tax & Accounting for Hove Businesses
Hove has a strong creative, digital, media and professional-services economy on the Brighton seafront. Hove (BN3) supports a diverse base of sole traders, CIS construction trades, self-employed drivers, landlords and limited-company directors, and each needs something slightly different from an accountant.
That gives Hove a particular accounting profile: digital, tech and creative businesses need R&D-aware accounts and tax-efficient contractor and company structures. Construction and CIS trades need monthly returns or an annual refund claim; self-employed drivers and trades need vehicle, tools and mileage captured; limited companies need a tax-efficient salary and dividend split; and the local landlord market needs Section 24 mortgage-interest planning and Making Tax Digital readiness. We work with Hove clients entirely online at fixed monthly fees, and as an HMRC-registered agent we deal directly with HMRC on your behalf, so you never spend hours on hold or navigate their website yourself.
💡 As an HMRC-registered agent, we deal with HMRC directly on your behalf, file your returns and keep you compliant, so you can get on with running your business.
Real Client Story
How we cut a Hove business tax bill by £5,900
When a Hove creative agency came to us they were filing their own returns and missing a string of allowable costs, from equipment and software to home-office, travel and professional fees. They were also on the wrong VAT scheme and had never had their salary and dividend mix reviewed.
We rebuilt their bookkeeping on cloud software, claimed every legitimate expense, moved them onto the right VAT scheme and set a tax-efficient salary and dividend split. The result was a tax saving of £5,900 in the first year, with a clear fixed monthly fee and no more last-minute filing panic.