Why We Built KiTax — Simple Software for UK Sole Traders & Landlords

It was January 2024. I was sitting at my kitchen table at 11pm, scrolling back through months of bank statements trying to remember which transactions were business expenses and which weren't. I had a spreadsheet open. It had 400 rows. None of them were categorised properly.

I filed eventually. I probably overpaid. I definitely lost a weekend.

That night I started asking a simple question: why is there no tool that just keeps this organised as you go — one that shows you what you owe throughout the year rather than making you panic reconstruct everything in January?

That question became KiTax.

The Problem I Saw Talking to Sole Traders and Landlords

Most people were using spreadsheets or nothing at all. But Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is changing the rules completely. From April 2026, anyone with qualifying income above £50,000 must keep digital records. The threshold drops to more than £30,000 in April 2027, and to more than £20,000 the year after.

KiTax helps you stay organised for these requirements. Direct submission to HMRC is not currently available.

Our Goal — Make Tax Admin Predictable

We want to build the thing we wished we'd had: a focused record-keeping companion that makes tax admin quiet, predictable and low-stress.

For a typical KiTax user, that means:

• Digital records by default — income and expenses recorded in one place.
• A live tax view — no more guessing the January bill.
• Visible gaps — the app tells you what's missing before it becomes a problem.