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Our notes

Clear Books offers permanently free MTD plans for sole traders, UK property and one foreign property, covering quarterly updates and the final declaration. Paid plans from £5/month + VAT add bank feeds and per-property tracking.

Price

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Cheapest MTD-capable plan

Clear Books Sole Trader Free / Property Free

Per month

Free

Per year

Free

VAT

n/a

Notes

'Forever free'.

Landlord pricing

yes – Property Free (free) and Property (£5/mo + VAT). Property Free: one property or grouped; paid Property plan adds multi-property tracking, bank feeds, receipt scanning. Foreign Property Free: one overseas property.

Agent/accountant pricing

unknown. Not published on pages checked.

Really free?

Quarterly updates free

yes

Tax return (final declaration) free

yes ('no upgrade-to-file walls'; final declaration prepared automatically)

Limits

No bank feeds on free; Property Free = one property or grouped; Foreign Property Free = one overseas property; no transaction limits; CIS included.

Bank account condition

None

Time limit

None ('forever free')

Landlords and spreadsheets

Jointly owned property

unknown. Clear Books guide content mentions jointly owned property, but no product page documents an ownership-split feature.

Excel bridging

n/a

Google Sheets bridging

n/a

CSV import

n/a

Bridging notes

Not bridging software (HMRC listing: bridging 'Not included').

Checked 17 Oct 2026. Sources:www.clearbooks.co.uk, www.clearbooks.co.uk, www.clearbooks.co.uk, www.clearbooks.co.uk