Your Self Assessment, drafted while you sleep.
ac-co reads your bank, your accounts, your broker and HMRC's own pre-population — then fills every box of your SA100 and supplementary pages, builds the tax computation, checks it line by line, and files it. You review once and tap submit.
From connected to filed, in four moves.
Everything this plan files, keeps and tells you.
We cover
- SA103SSelf-employment (short)
- SA103FSelf-employment (full)
- SA105UK property
- SA106Foreign income
- SA108Capital gains
- SA109Residence & domicile
Files for you
Sent to HMRC, with a receipt you keep.
- SA100 with an HMRC receiptEvery box approved by you before it's submitted.
Keeps for you
The workings stay with the return, figure by figure.
- Your SA302 calculation
- The document behind every figure
Tells you
See the figure for free; pay only when you file.
- Your refund or bill — before you pay us anything
See your figure for free. Pay when you file.
HMRC's own form is free but unaided; an accountant checks your work but makes you wait for it.
| Row | HMRC online | An accountant | ac-co |
|---|---|---|---|
| £/return | Free | £150–£400 [Sleek — accountant fees for Self Assessment, UK, 2026-09-13] | £29–£65 |
| Turnaround | As long as it takes you | Around two weeks, appointment-dependent | Minutes, once your documents are in |
| See the draft before you pay | You see it as you type | No | Yes |
| You approve every box before it's submitted | Yes | They submit for you | Yes |
Accountant fee dated 2026-09-13 — check their own quote.
Pay per return. Nothing monthly.
Draft for free, pay when you file. Two tiers, decided by how many supplementary pages your return needs.
For one supplementary page — a side hustle, some dividends, or a single rental.
Start a return — £29- SA100 + one supplementary page
- HMRC pre-pop reconciled
- Full tax computation
- File direct to HMRC
- Receipt stored 6 years
Every income type, every supplementary page, capital gains and reliefs — drafted and filed.
Start a return — £65- Everything in Simple, plus:
- Unlimited supplementary pages
- Capital gains (SA108) — shares & crypto
- Section 24 + pension optimiser
- Payments-on-account planning
- Priority human review add-on
No card to start — you pay at the filing step. Filing every year, with books and VAT on the same numbers? See the monthly plans →
Try the calculator — no sign-up.
Quick take-home pay
PAYE · 2026/27 · England, Wales & NI
Net take-home
≈ £2,393 / month
Income tax
£4,486
Employee NI
£1,794
Estimate only, based on what you enter here — not a substitute for your full tax computation. All calculators →
Before you buy.
What if it's wrong?
Every figure traces to a source document or bank transaction, and nothing submits itself — you review the full computation and approve before it's sent to HMRC.
Will I see every box before it's submitted?
Yes. The draft shows every box on every page you need, exactly as HMRC will receive it, with the source behind each figure alongside it.
Is this actually recognised by HMRC?
Yes — ac-co is HMRC-recognised software for Self Assessment, filing through the official API. See HMRC's own list of recognised suppliers, linked above.
I've left it to 30 January.
The draft still builds from your bank and documents in minutes, not days. Start now and you can still review and file before the 31 January deadline.
I already have an accountant.
Invite them into the same draft to review before you file — or use ac-co for the parts they don't need to see, like the running SA302 estimate.
Stop dreading January. Let it draft itself.
UK Self Assessment · 2025/26 · HMRC-recognised · pay only when you file.
Everything else you need to know.
The full Self Assessment calendar for the 2025/26 tax year — registration, paper and online filing, and both payment dates, each sourced to gov.uk.
Self Assessment Late Filing Penalty: The Full ScaleWhat HMRC charges for a late Self Assessment return or payment, what counts as a reasonable excuse, and how to appeal — every figure linked to gov.uk.
How to Get Your SA302 from HMRCWhat an SA302 is, why mortgage lenders ask for one, and the two ways to get yours from HMRC: through your personal tax account or your filing software.
How to Find Your UTR NumberWhat a UTR is, where to find one you've already got, how long a new one takes to arrive, and what to do if HMRC hasn't sent you one at all.
Sole tradersTurnover and allowable expenses from your books or bank feed, plus the £1,000 trading allowance.
LandlordsSA105 boxes, the Section 24 finance-cost reducer and the property allowance, matched per tenancy.
CIS subcontractorsReclaim CIS tax deducted at source — SA103 boxes matched to your payment and deduction statements.
File from ChatGPT or ClaudePrepare and file your SA100 straight from the AI assistant you already use.