Tradelynx Books · for sole trader tradespeople
Your books, done where you win the work.
CIS deductions worked out from your status, never typed. Unpaid invoices chased for you at 7 and 14 days. Receipts attached to the line they belong to, VAT as you go. MTD-ready today, anywhere in Great Britain.
£15 per month (includes any VAT that applies), free until we're HMRC-recognised, plus three months. We'll tell you before we ever charge, and you keep your records either way.
Tradelynx itself stays free for tradespeople: no lead fees, no commission, no required subscription. Books is the optional paid tier.
Tradelynx Books keeps a sole trader's income, expenses and receipts as dated, evidenced, MTD-ready records with VAT worked out, from anywhere in Great Britain, for £15 a month including any VAT that applies, free until Tradelynx is HMRC-recognised plus three months. It does not file to HMRC yet; you file from the export until recognition.
What Books does today
Records that keep themselves
Income as it happens
Tradelynx jobs land automatically as dated, evidenced lines with their provenance. Off-platform work and expenses are added with an edit history, so nothing is a number in your head.
Receipts where the numbers are
Photograph the receipt at the counter and it attaches to the line it belongs to. A query from HMRC becomes an export, not a search through a glovebox.
VAT worked out, registered or not
The £90,000 registration threshold creeps up on busy trades. Books shows the figure as you go, and keeps records in the shape Making Tax Digital for Income Tax asks for: digital, dated, categorised, exportable.
CIS deductions, kept straight
Record what a contractor deducted, with the labour and the parts CIS does not come off kept apart, and the rate taken from your own CIS status rather than typed. Books adds up what has been deducted so far this tax year and checks it against the monthly statements your contractors send. It does not tell you what your refund will be: that depends on your whole tax position, and it is a conversation for your accountant.
How it works
Three steps, one habit
- 1
Open an account
Name, business, email, phone and postcode. Any GB postcode works; no insurance certificate and no trade certification are needed for Books.
- 2
Record as you go
Jobs through Tradelynx arrive by themselves. Everything else takes one line and one photo, on the phone, at the job.
- 3
Export when it matters
Quarterly figures, the year, or one receipt: CSV and PDF, in the shape your accountant and HMRC expect.
Straight answer
What Books does not do yet
Tradelynx does not file to HMRC today. We are not yet HMRC-recognised software. Books is MTD-ready: it keeps the records in the right shape, and quarterly submission arrives when recognition does. Until then you, or your accountant, file from the export. We will tell you the day that changes.
The price, and the free period
Free until we're HMRC-recognised, plus three months. No card to start. We tell you before we ever charge.
If you stop paying later, the tooling locks and your records stay yours and stay exportable. We never delete a trader's books.
Anywhere in Great Britain
The books do not care where you are
Books, your work record and your property records work from any GB postcode. Customer work through the marketplace is offered only in the towns we have opened, and the signup says so plainly; if you are outside them you still get the account, the books and the records today, and we email you the moment we open near you.
Questions people ask
Does Tradelynx Books file to HMRC?
Not yet. Tradelynx is not HMRC-recognised software today. Books keeps MTD-ready records (dated, categorised, with receipts and VAT worked out); you or your accountant file from the export until recognition, and quarterly submission from inside Books arrives when recognition does.
How much does Tradelynx Books cost?
£15 per month (includes any VAT that applies), free until we're HMRC-recognised, plus three months. No card to start; we tell you before we ever charge; records stay yours and exportable if you stop.
Is Tradelynx free for tradespeople?
Tradelynx itself is free for tradespeople: no lead fees, no commission, no required subscription. Books is an optional paid tier: £15 per month (includes any VAT that applies), free until we're HMRC-recognised, plus three months.
Is Tradelynx Books good for CIS subcontractors?
Yes. Books records what a contractor deducted, keeps the labour and the parts CIS does not come off apart, and takes the rate from your own CIS status rather than typed. It totals what has been deducted this tax year and checks it against your contractors' monthly statements. It does not predict your refund, that depends on your whole tax position, and is a conversation for your accountant.
Does Tradelynx Books work with my accountant?
Yes. Books exports quarterly figures, the full year, or a single receipt as CSV and PDF, in the shape your accountant and HMRC expect. Your records stay yours and exportable if you stop.
Do I need trade certification or insurance to use Books?
No. Opening a trader account for Books needs a name, business, email, phone and postcode only, no insurance certificate and no trade certification. Any GB postcode works.
Can I use Tradelynx Books outside the launch towns?
Yes. Any GB postcode opens a trader account with Books, the work record and property records. Customer work through the marketplace is offered only in the towns Tradelynx has opened, and the signup says so.
Start your books today
Five minutes on your phone. No card. Free until we're HMRC-recognised, plus three months.
Sources: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax timetable and who it applies to, GOV.UK, Use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. VAT registration threshold, GOV.UK, When to register for VAT. Recognised software status: HMRC's published list, which Tradelynx is not yet on.