Pre-accounting. The layer before accounting begins.
FlowFormTax is the UK's Financial Order platform, helping self-employed people and small businesses turn fragmented records into organised, MTD-ready and accountant-ready data before bookkeeping and accounting begin.
What pre-accounting is
Pre-accounting is the work of capturing, separating and structuring raw business income and expenses so the data is ready for bookkeeping. It is the step most self-employed people never have a system for — records end up spread across receipts, screenshots and end-of-year spreadsheets.
FlowFormTax turns that step into a structured workflow. Income from every job, platform or client lands in one place, gets separated from personal spending, and is classified for tax — continuously, not in a January panic.
How it differs from bookkeeping and accounting software
Captures fragmented records and turns them into Financial Order. Makes records usable.
Records finalised transactions in a ledger. Works best from records that are already clean and categorised.
Files returns and produces statutory accounts. Done by your accountant.
FlowFormTax sits at the front of that chain, so your accountant — or your Xero or QuickBooks setup — takes over from clean, organised records.
Who pre-accounting is for
Pre-accounting is built for UK self-employed people and micro-businesses whose income doesn't arrive in one tidy place.
Why self-employed people need it
- Income arrives from many sources — clients, platforms, payouts, cash. Nothing structures it for you.
- Personal and business spending blur on the same card. Tax-deductible expenses get lost.
- Making Tax Digital requires digital records, kept throughout the year — not assembled at year-end.
- Accountants charge for the time spent cleaning up. Clean inputs lower your bill.
- Grant applications, mortgage proof, and HMRC questions all need traceable records on demand.