# TaxCalc review (2026): is it worth £187 a year? > UK tax return and accounts software for accountancy practices Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. TaxCalc makes software for UK accountants: tax return production for individual, partnership, corporation and trust returns, accounts production, MTD and VAT filers and practice management. Tax return prices are banded by the number of clients. It is aimed at practices, with separate pages for individuals filing their own returns. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** TaxCalc - **Website:** https://www.taxcalc.com - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you work outside the UK, as it files to HMRC. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, TaxCalc is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £187 per year (Tax Return Production, up to 12 individual clients). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Trial available for Tax Return Production; length not stated on the pages read. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Individual 12 | £187 per year, for up to 12 clients | 1 user. Individual returns only. | | Individual and Partnership 12-1 | £204 per year, for up to 12 clients | 1 user included; adds partnership returns. | | Individual and Partnership 30-2 | £235 per year, for up to 30 clients | 2 users included. | | Individual and Partnership 150-15 | £481 per year, for up to 150 clients | 2 users included; 250 clients £573, 500 £723, 1,000 £919. | | Corporation Tax 12 | £235 per year, for up to 12 clients | 1 user; 50 clients £306, 150 £361, 1,000 £965. | | Trust 150 | £246 per year, for up to 150 clients | 2 users included; single SA900 trust return £57. | Read from https://www.taxcalc.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TaxCalc before buying. ## Key features - **Return types:** Prepares and files individual, partnership, corporation tax and trust returns, going back to 2012-13. - **HMRC connection:** Pulls client information from HMRC and files electronically. - **Check & Finish:** Validates entries before submission and links to errors. - **Multi-window working:** Several clients' returns can be open at once. - **Related products:** Shares a database with Accounts Production and AML Centre; CloudConnect cloud hosting is a paid add-on. ## Good for - UK accountancy practices filing returns for clients - Small practices starting at 12 clients ## Worth knowing - Prices are in pounds, UK only, banded by client numbers; practices above 1,000 clients are sold through sales. - The pricing page does not say whether prices include VAT; the product page says 'per year'. - Mixed tax return bundles are sold through sales; accounts production, VAT and MTD filers are separate products. - CloudConnect cloud hosting is a paid add-on; Windows, Mac and Linux support comes from the page's structured data, not a visible requirements page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. TaxCalc is UK tax return and accounts software for accountancy practices, banded by client numbers from £187 a year for 12 individual clients. The trial length is not stated and the prices are for the UK only. - **Value for money: C.** £187 a year for up to 12 clients is about $17 a month, which sits in the typical range. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A trial exists for Tax Return Production, but its length is not stated, and there is no free plan. - **Features: B.** Individual, partnership, corporation and trust returns with an HMRC connection cover the whole job of a UK tax practice. - **Ease of use: C.** Desktop software with client bands and modules to set up, and no store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** A program for computers only (Windows, Mac and Linux), with no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TaxCalc's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - TaxCalc's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 22 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on features (B, above 86 of 127) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23). - Its paid plans start at about $20.88 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 53 of the 90 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 19 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of TaxCalc you could make: forms and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 85 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools grade higher. It costs $250.56 a year. - You could make: Forms and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Forms, Reports ## Alternatives - [Drake Tax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/drake-tax): Professional tax preparation software for tax firms, desktop and web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/drake-tax-vs-taxcalc) - [TaxDome](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taxdome): Practice management and client portal for tax and accounting firms. 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