Clear Books - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Clear Books is HMRC-recognised online accounting software for UK small businesses, including sole traders, landlords, small limited companies, contractors and the accountants who support them.

Since 2008 it has focused on making everyday bookkeeping simple, guiding non-accountants through day-to-day tasks from one clean cloud dashboard while giving accountants shared access to client books anytime, from anywhere.

Beyond core bookkeeping, Clear Books covers the full small-business workflow. Create and customise professional invoices with your own logo, automate recurring invoices, and send automatic reminders that chase overdue payments for you.

Reconcile income against automated bank feeds, manage expenses and supplier bills, and track VAT with Making Tax Digital returns submitted directly to HMRC.

With Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA) now underway for sole traders and landlords, Clear Books helps you keep compliant digital records and submit the required quarterly updates to HMRC.

Real-time reporting shows exactly where the business stands, invoices can be shared as HTML or PDF, customer statements keep clients up to date on what they owe, and all your data exports cleanly to Excel.

What sets Clear Books apart for UK businesses is depth in the areas larger platforms treat as afterthoughts: built-in CIS verification and submissions for the construction industry, multi-currency accounting, and dividend tools for limited company directors.

Combined with integrated payroll, genuinely affordable pricing and UK-based support, it is a practical, compliance-ready choice for microbusinesses that want to spend less time on admin, and a long-standing favourite of the accountants who recommend it.

Start with a 30-day free trial.

Feature list:

Invoicing and payments: customisable branded invoices, recurring invoices, automatic late-payment reminders, customer statements, HTML/PDF sharing, Excel export

Banking and bookkeeping: automated bank feeds, reconciliation, expenses and supplier bill management

Tax and compliance: VAT tracking and Making Tax Digital for VAT submissions direct to HMRC, plus Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA) for sole traders and landlords; HMRC-recognised

UK specialisms: CIS verification and submissions for construction, multi-currency accounting, dividend tools for limited companies

Payroll and reporting: integrated payroll and real-time financial reports

For accountants: shared client access and partner collaboration

Support and value: UK-based support, affordable plans, 30-day free trial