MTD VAT & PAYE RTI built in
Real-time books.
Automatic VAT.
Never behind.
Kontala reads every transaction, proposes the entry, and has your VAT return ready before the period closes - without you touching a spreadsheet. Built for UK limited companies, sole traders and growing businesses.
Built on
- HMRC MTD API
- Open Banking
- Stripe
- Pension providers
- Claude within EU
Making Tax Digital for VAT
VAT returns that write themselves.
Kontala reads your bank feed, keeps your VAT position current to the day, and has the nine-box return ready before the period closes - all without the spreadsheet.
Q3 Jul–Sep 2026
55 days to deadline
Sales (box 6)
£24,840
VAT due (box 1)
£4,968
Reclaim (box 4)
£1,243
Cash position
£48,320
↑ 12.4% vs last month
VAT liability
£6,840
Due 7 Aug 2026
AI calculatedProfit (YTD)
£32,170
↑ 8.1% vs target
Revenue - last 8 months
The ledger, not a spreadsheet
Everything a real set of books needs
No bolt-on chatbot. A proper double-entry engine underneath, built for HMRC filing from day one.
AI bookkeeping
Every transaction categorised from your Open Banking feed. It learns your chart of accounts as you go.
Via YapilyMTD VAT submission
Every box calculated in real time from your own ledger. Built to file straight to HMRC, with each figure traceable to the transaction behind it.
Nine-box VAT100Instant bank pay
Get paid faster with GoCardless Instant Bank Pay. No card fees, straight to your account.
GoCardlessDouble-entry ledger
A real general ledger underneath. Every journal posted correctly, audit-ready by default.
GAAP compliantFixed assets
NBV and TWDV tracked side by side. AIA, FYA and pools handled per HMRC rules automatically.
UK tax rulesPayroll and RTI
Run payroll and produce the FPS, built to submit to HMRC with the 50% PAYE cap applied automatically.
FPS and EPSWhy it matters
Most software tells you where your money went. Kontala tells you where you stand - today.
How it works
Three steps. No portal logins.
Connect
Link your bank via Open Banking. Read-only, secure, and revocable any time.
Categorise
AI reads every transaction and proposes the right nominal code. You approve once, it learns for next time.
File
VAT, payroll RTI and your tax return are prepared and ready to send. No portal, no last-minute scramble.
Ready to let your books run themselves?
Set up in under five minutes. No card required to start.