Xero Tax for accounts and tax compliance

Take control of accounts and tax returns for companies and individuals all in one place, in the cloud, with Xero Tax.

Manage tax returns

Produce corporate and personal tax returns.

Share data across Xero

Data flows between books, accounts and tax returns.

Produce accounts easily

Streamline clients’ accounts production.

Submit returns online

File tax returns and accounts from Xero Tax.

Manage tax returns

Xero Tax streamlines compliance by making it much faster to prepare and file accurate accounts and tax.

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    Connect to bookkeeping data from Xero
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    Produce and file accounts
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    Prepare and file company and personal tax returns (SA100 tax return forms, with supplementary pages, some in development, as well as SA302)
A list of the practice’s clients showing when their accounts, tax return and payment are due and the current status.

Share data across Xero

Data flows easily between Xero and Xero Tax which keeps data entry to a minimum.

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    Data is protected by multiple layers of security
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    Client details and accounts data flow from Xero into Xero Tax
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    Import trial balance amounts from Xero accounts into tax returns
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Produce accounts easily

Streamline accounts production for sole traders as well as companies.

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    Populate company accounts and tax returns from Xero’s core data
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    Retrieve data from Companies House to populate company accounts
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    Produce accounts for sole traders, with income schedules populated from Xero

Submit returns online

File annual accounts and tax returns for company and individual clients directly from Xero Tax.

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    Submit corporate tax returns for company clients to HMRC
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    Submit personal tax returns for individual clients to HMRC
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    File company accounts with Companies House direct from Xero

More about Xero Tax

Hear how Paras Shah, Workflow Manager at DSK Partners, has achieved time savings of 25% since adopting Xero Tax.

Watch the case study

Hear how Paras Shah, Workflow Manager at DSK Partners, has achieved time savings of 25% since adopting Xero Tax.

Watch the case study

No special connection is needed. Just enable Xero Tax in Xero HQ and give staff access. Xero Tax uses your existing Xero login details.

See how to set up Xero Tax

No special connection is needed. Just enable Xero Tax in Xero HQ and give staff access. Xero Tax uses your existing Xero login details.

See how to set up Xero Tax

Xero Tax automatically tags any chart of accounts with the appropriate iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) tags. It uses the iXBRL tagging to format company accounts for corporate tax returns.

See how to generate company accounts

Xero Tax automatically tags any chart of accounts with the appropriate iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) tags. It uses the iXBRL tagging to format company accounts for corporate tax returns.

See how to generate company accounts

To help you get going, we’ve created a handy all-in-one downloadable guide containing best practices.

Download the guide

To help you get going, we’ve created a handy all-in-one downloadable guide containing best practices.

Download the guide

Get to know Xero Tax - join our Xero experts for a 30 min webinar where they’ll walk you through Xero Tax with a live Q&A at the end.

Watch the webinar

Get to know Xero Tax - join our Xero experts for a 30 min webinar where they’ll walk you through Xero Tax with a live Q&A at the end.

Watch the webinar

Xero Tax checks transactions in Xero for common problems. Just click through from Xero Tax to see the transactions that make up an amount in the accounts or tax return. If you make corrections in Xero, regenerate the annual accounts and tax return.

See how to edit generated accounts and reports

Xero Tax checks transactions in Xero for common problems. Just click through from Xero Tax to see the transactions that make up an amount in the accounts or tax return. If you make corrections in Xero, regenerate the annual accounts and tax return.

See how to edit generated accounts and reports

Collate reports and tax returns to share securely with clients for digital signatures, from within Xero Tax. Clients can access and e-sign documents in the Xero portal, which seamlessly updates the documents’ status in real time.

See how document packs works

Collate reports and tax returns to share securely with clients for digital signatures, from within Xero Tax. Clients can access and e-sign documents in the Xero portal, which seamlessly updates the documents’ status in real time.

See how document packs works

Start using Xero Tax for free

Xero Tax is included in Xero HQ. It’s available to accountants and bookkeepers in practice – at no extra cost – as part of the Xero partner programme.