E-commerce accountants in Eastbourne — from £79/mo, fixed.
E-commerce accounting for Eastbourne sellers on Amazon, Shopify, eBay and Etsy: channel-accurate books, VAT handled correctly, and real per-channel profit numbers. Fixed monthly fees — covering South East including Devonshire Park, Meads, Old Town.
E-commerce Accountants for Eastbourne — done properly, entirely online
Online sellers in Eastbourne — 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 Eastbourne gets with Bohzo Accountants
Records in over the portal or WhatsApp, approvals from your phone, filings sent electronically — Eastbourne to HMRC without a single appointment.
Your fee is agreed before any work starts and never changes mid-job. No hourly billing, ever.
We track every HMRC and Companies House date that applies to you, so you don't have to.
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 South 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 Eastbourne at fees a walk-in office can't match.
There's no office to fund in Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne: from first message to filed
A WhatsApp message from Eastbourne is enough to start: what you need, what shape your records are in, any deadline you're worried about.
The quote arrives in writing, covers everything discussed, and is the number you'll actually pay. No revisions later.
Identity checks, engagement letter, secure record upload — all handled from wherever you are in Eastbourne. We chase whatever's missing.
Nothing is filed until you've seen and approved it. Once you have, submission is electronic and confirmation comes straight back.
The same service in Eastbourne as anywhere — by design
Eastbourne sits in South East (BN21), and like everywhere we serve, it gets the identical service and fee as central London — because nothing about our work depends on where you are. What matters is your situation, your records and your deadlines; all three travel over WhatsApp just fine.
Smaller towns like Eastbourne are exactly why we work online: the nearest high-street firm may be a drive away, keep office hours, and price like scarcity. Your accountant should be as close as your phone — and priced like competition exists.
Where we work around Eastbourne
Eastbourne is part of South East, in the BN21 postcode area, with Devonshire Park its nearest neighbour — about 0.3 miles to the south-east. Eastbourne clients often ask whether we also cover the surrounding villages and towns. We do — here's what "nearby" actually looks like from Eastbourne.
| Nearby | Distance from Eastbourne | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Devonshire Park | 0.3 miles | south-east |
| Meads | 0.6 miles | south-west |
| Old Town | 0.7 miles | north-west |
| Upperton | 0.8 miles | north |
| Ocklynge | 0.8 miles | north-west |
Distances are straight-line, between place centres. Every listed place — and everywhere between — is served online at the same fixed fees.
Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne?
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 Eastbourne or anywhere else in South East.
I searched "e-commerce accounting near me" — is this service really local to Eastbourne?
Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne town centre or the edge of South 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.
Tax notes our Eastbourne clients ask about most
HMRC receives data directly from online platforms about sellers' income. If a side hustle has grown past the £1,000 trading allowance, coming forward first is always cheaper than being written to — penalties scale with how the disclosure starts.
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.
First-year traders around Eastbourne 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.
Incorporation isn't a milestone, it's a calculation: corporation tax versus income tax and NICs, dividend taxation, what you need to draw versus what can stay in the company, and whether limited liability matters for your work. For some Eastbourne businesses it saves thousands; for others it's pure extra paperwork.
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.
Timing disposals across tax years, using losses properly, and the spousal transfer rules can all legitimately reduce capital gains bills — but only before the sale. CGT planning after completion is just arithmetic.
If a return is late because HMRC asked for one you don't actually need, it can sometimes be withdrawn entirely — penalties included. And where there's a genuine reasonable excuse, appeals succeed more often than people expect. The wrong move is ignoring the letters.
Directors paying themselves a salary still need a PAYE scheme and RTI submissions, even in a one-person company. It's a five-minute monthly task with software — and a recurring penalty generator without it.
General guidance, not personal advice — thresholds and dates change. For advice on your own position in Eastbourne, message us and we'll answer against your actual numbers.
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