What happens after you send your answers
We read every submission and reply within one business day. You get a written answer about the areas you picked — what records we would organise first, what a Chartered Accountant would want to see, and which of our free calculators or guides already cover your question. There is no call to book and no obligation to subscribe.
If your answers point at something we do not do — a dispute with Revenue or HMRC, an audit already under way, or a structure that needs formal tax advice — we say so and point you at a qualified adviser instead of selling you software.
The questions contractors in Ireland and the UK send us most
Expenses and receipts come first: the deduction that is missed because the receipt is gone by the time the return is prepared. Then VAT treatment, especially for people invoicing across the Irish Sea or into the EU, where the right treatment depends on the customer rather than the invoice. Then how a one-person limited company is paid — salary, dividends, or pension contributions — and what needs to be recorded through the year for any of that to hold up.
Year-end is the last cluster: a CT1 or Form 11 in Ireland, or a Self Assessment and corporation tax return in the UK, prepared from records that were never organised for the purpose. Nothing on this page is advice about any of that. It is what we hear, and it is what our reply will address in the context of your own setup.
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What we do, and what we do not do
FinnAccountings is AI accounting software. It imports bank transactions, matches receipts, categorises expenses, and prepares VAT and tax records — showing the working behind every suggestion so it is quick to check. Our own team of Chartered Accountants provides insight on AI answers and AI-generated documents.
We do not file with Revenue or HMRC and we do not sign off returns. You or your adviser file — typically a Chartered Accountant in Ireland, or an ICAEW or ACCA member in the UK — because a filing needs someone who can take legal responsibility for it, and AI cannot.
That split is the point of asking these questions up front. Knowing where you want to save tax tells us which records matter most, and organised records are what make a saving provable rather than hopeful.
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