E-commerce accountants in Durham — from £79/mo, fixed.
From first Shopify sale to multi-channel FBA operation, we keep Durham (DL14) online sellers reconciled, VAT-safe and profitable on paper as well as in the bank. Also serving Phoenix Row, Witton Park, High Etherley.
E-commerce Accountants for Durham — done properly, entirely online
Online sellers in Durham — FBA and FBM Amazon sellers, Shopify DTC brands, eBay and Etsy shops, and TikTok Shop sellers scaling fast.
What's included
- Sales reconciled from Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy and TikTok Shop
- Marketplace fees, refunds and reserves accounted correctly
- UK VAT on marketplace sales handled — including where the platform collects it
- Inventory and cost-of-goods tracking that survives an HMRC look
- Monthly numbers per channel so you know what actually makes money
What Durham gets with Bohzo Accountants
We track every HMRC and Companies House date that applies to you, so you don't have to.
Your fee is agreed before any work starts and never changes mid-job. No hourly billing, ever.
Records in over the portal or WhatsApp, approvals from your phone, filings sent electronically — Durham to HMRC without a single appointment.
Bohzo Accountants trades as Bohzo Ltd, registered in the UK under Company No. 15031604 — check us on Companies House any time.
Compare our fixed e-commerce accountants fees
| Your situation | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Single channel, under £85k turnover | £79/mo |
| Multi-channel + VAT | £129/mo |
| Multi-channel + VAT + inventory accounting | £179/mo |
| Marketplace VAT health check (one-off) | £149 |
“From” pricing reflects the simplest case; anything more complex is quoted as a fixed fee in writing before work begins — and never changes after.
Online accountants vs the high street
Traditional firms around North East still run on hourly billing, office appointments and fees you discover after the work. We work the other way round: one fixed fee agreed in writing before anything starts, every question included, and the whole engagement handled online — which is exactly why we can serve Durham at fees a walk-in office can't match.
There's no office to fund in Durham and no office to visit: records travel through our secure portal or WhatsApp, approvals happen on your phone, and filings go to HMRC and Companies House electronically. You get the same qualified work — minus the overheads, the travel and the surprises on the invoice.
E-commerce Accountants in Durham: from first message to filed
Start with a message — no forms, no phone queue. Tell us what needs doing and we take it from there.
One fixed price before any work starts. Complex case? We say so now, not on the invoice.
The legal bits — ID verification, engagement letter — happen online in minutes, then your records come in via the portal or WhatsApp.
We prepare, you check and approve, we submit — and you get the HMRC confirmation the same day it's filed.
The same service in Durham as anywhere — by design
Whether your business trades from Durham itself or you simply live there and work everywhere, the tax rules are national — and so are we. Durham clients get the same preparers, the same fixed fees and the same deadline tracking as every other town on this site.
A lot of our North East clients switched from local firms after one too many surprise invoices. The fix wasn't a cheaper local firm; it was removing the billing model that produces surprises. Fixed fees, in writing, before the work — that's the whole trick.
Where we work around Durham
Durham is part of North East, in the DL14 postcode area, with Phoenix Row its nearest neighbour — about 0.7 miles to the south-east. Wherever you are around Durham, the numbers below are why "near me" matters less than it used to — every place in the list gets the same service, the same day.
| Nearby | Distance from Durham | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Row | 0.7 miles | south-east |
| Witton Park | 0.7 miles | east |
| High Etherley | 0.9 miles | south |
| Low Etherley | 1.0 miles | south |
| Etherley, Low | 1.0 miles | south |
Distances are straight-line, between place centres. Every listed place — and everywhere between — is served online at the same fixed fees.
Durham e-commerce accountants FAQs
Amazon already collects VAT on some of my sales — what's left to do?
Marketplaces collect VAT in specific cases (like overseas sellers' UK sales), but UK-established sellers still account for VAT on most sales, reclaim input VAT, and must report everything correctly. Mixing up 'marketplace-collected' and 'seller-collected' revenue is the most common e-commerce VAT error we fix.
Why don't my bank deposits match my sales?
Because marketplaces deposit net settlements — sales minus fees, refunds, reserves and adjustments, across date boundaries. Proper e-commerce bookkeeping reconciles the settlement reports, not the bank line. That's exactly what we do monthly.
When should an online seller register for VAT?
At £90,000 of rolling 12-month taxable turnover — which growing sellers hit faster than they expect. Register late and the VAT comes out of your margin retrospectively. We monitor turnover monthly so registration happens on time, on purpose.
Do I need to visit an office in Durham?
No — there's nothing to visit and nothing to print. We're an online firm: records go through our secure portal or WhatsApp, and everything is filed electronically. It works the same whether you're in Durham or anywhere else in North East.
I searched "e-commerce accounting near me" — is this service really local to Durham?
Durham is fully covered, yes. The work is done online, which in practice means more local than an office: same-day replies instead of appointment slots, and the same published fixed fee whether you're in Durham town centre or the edge of North East. If you'd rather talk it through first, WhatsApp us — a real person answers.
Who will actually handle my e-commerce accounting?
Bohzo Accountants — a trading name of Bohzo Ltd, a registered UK company (No. 15031604). You get a named contact, a fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you've reviewed and approved it.
How do your fixed fees work?
You tell us your situation, we quote one fixed price in writing before any work starts, and that price never changes mid-job. If your case is unusually complex we'll say so up front and agree a different fixed price — but the fee is always agreed before we begin, never after.
The short version of the rules that matter
First-year traders around Durham tend to make the same three mistakes: registering late, mixing business and personal spending in one account, and saving nothing for the first tax bill. All three are avoidable in an afternoon of setup.
Payments on account catch people out because the first year effectively bills you one-and-a-half years of tax at once. Knowing that in advance changes how you save through the year — and if profits fall, we can apply to reduce the July payment rather than lending HMRC money interest-free.
Subcontractors under the Construction Industry Scheme have 20% deducted at source — often more than their final tax bill once expenses and the personal allowance are counted. That's why CIS refunds are so common: the average claim is well into four figures, but only if the deduction statements are all gathered.
A limited company juggles two regulators: Companies House wants accounts within nine months of year end, HMRC wants corporation tax paid at nine months and a day. Same starting point, different documents — and late filing penalties at Companies House escalate automatically and are rarely cancelled.
If you contract through your own limited company, IR35 asks whether you'd be an employee without it. For medium and large clients, the status decision is theirs; for small clients, it's still yours — and getting it wrong in either direction costs money.
From April 2026, self-employed people and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 move onto Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: digital records and quarterly updates to HMRC, not one annual return. The year before is the right time to get bookkeeping into shape.
Scam "HMRC" messages outnumber real ones — HMRC doesn't demand payment by gift card or threaten arrest by text. Real letters have reference numbers that we can verify directly with HMRC before anyone responds.
Every year a wave of returns gets filed in the final days of January. It works, but it's the most expensive way to do it: no time to check for missed reliefs, and any tax due lands as one surprise. Sending your records early — even unsorted — is the single best gift you can give your January self.
General guidance, not personal advice — thresholds and dates change. For advice on your own position in Durham, message us and we'll answer against your actual numbers.
E-commerce Accountants near Durham
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