Professional invoices & digital records HMRC will need — just by talking to your phone.
Describe the work out loud, the way you’d tell a friend. We turn it into a UK invoice, save it as a digital record for Making Tax Digital, and — if you’re on CIS — split the labour and materials for you. Thirty seconds, wherever you are.
No card required · 14-day full trial
£15/month, price-locked for life · cancel any time
What you can do
The four things people click on most.
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days to the next MTD deadline
Next quarterly deadline. Quarterly digital update to HMRC for MTD ITSA sole traders and landlords.
Countdown clock, what to submit, and the new points-based penalty regime.
Van door open. Phone up. Invoice sent in 40 seconds.
Voice-to-invoice with a review step before anything saves — see sample transcripts across trades.
You’re legally owed 8% + BoE base rate.
Automatic under UK law. Plus £40–£100 compensation.
£15/mo
Locked. Forever.
No price hikes for existing customers.
Try it now
Describe a job. See the invoice.
No signup. Speak it or type it — we’ll generate the invoice in seconds.
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Who it’s for
Built for busy people who work for themselves.
If any of these sound like you, Honest Invoices will save you hours.
The multi-job juggler
You’re doing five to eight jobs a day. Boiler in the morning, socket at lunch, kitchen tap after school. By Friday evening you can barely remember Monday.
Thirty seconds at the end of each job. By Friday, every invoice is drafted and ready to send. Saturday’s yours.
The between-things worker
A morning off between clients. A quiet ten minutes before your evening class. A hospital waiting room. You’ve got the time to bill, you just don’t have the laptop.
Talk to your phone in the moment you remember. The invoice writes itself. Do the send bit later, from anywhere.
The admin-avoider
You’re brilliant at what you do. You’re less brilliant at typing invoices. So they pile up until Sunday night, or the end of the month, or later than that.
Talk to your phone the way you’d describe the job out loud. The invoice is done before your tea’s cool.
The evening & weekend business
You’ve got a day job, or classes, or a family that needs you home in the evenings. The business fits into the gaps. Admin isn’t allowed to eat those gaps.
Record the work when you finish it. Everything drafts itself in the background. Your evenings stay yours.
How it works
Three steps, no admin.
From spoken description to ready-to-send invoice in under a minute.
Talk or type
Describe the work out loud, the way you’d tell a friend. “Fixed Mrs Smith’s boiler, three hours, new thermostat, £45.” Or: “Two hours of copywriting for the Jenkins launch, £60 an hour.”
Invoice appears
Line items, hours, materials, totals, dates — all filled in. Read it back and tweak anything wrong. No re-typing.
Send and get paid
One click to email it. Track who’s paid and who hasn’t. Statutory interest added automatically when invoices go overdue.
Did you know
You’re legally owed 8% interest on every late invoice.
Under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act, you can charge statutory interest at the Bank of England base rate plus 8% on any invoice that isn’t paid on time — plus a fixed compensation fee per invoice. Most self-employed people never claim it.
Honest Invoices calculates it for you and adds it to the next reminder, with a clear paper trail. Get paid faster — with the law on your side.
Read more about the statutory interest rules on GOV.UK.
Free tools · no signup
Use these whether you subscribe or not.
Built for UK tradespeople. Grounded in HMRC guidance and UK legislation. Each takes under a minute.
Tax Question Helper
Plain-English answers to UK tax questions — from gov.uk guidance. Independent, not connected to HMRC. Five free per day, no signup.
HMRC deadlines calendar
Every sole-trader HMRC date for the next 12 months — Self Assessment, MTD, CIS, Payments on Account. Applies-to tags and penalties.
CIS deduction calculator
Work out exactly what your contractor will deduct at 20% or 30%. Registered, unregistered, or gross.
Late-payment calculator
See what you’re owed under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act — interest plus compensation.
MTD wave calculator
When you’ll be forced into MTD ITSA, by income. April 2026 / 2027 / 2028 thresholds mapped out.
Day rate calculator
Convert between hourly and day rates. See what the day, week and year come to — gross, before tax.
Hourly-rate calculator
What you should be charging per hour to hit your target take-home, after tax + expenses.
CIS nil return checker
Tell us what happened this tax month; we say whether you file a CIS300, a nil return, or an inactivity request.
Mileage calculator
HMRC's published mileage rates. 55p per mile for the first 10,000 miles (April 2026 rise).
Perks · while you’re here
Trade discounts we’ve hunted down for you.
Real deals, honestly listed. If it’s not signed, we say so.
Toolstation Trade Account
5% off + up to 60 days interest-free credit.
Public offer — anyone can sign up. We’ve linked it because it’s genuinely useful for tradespeople.
See the offer →More perks on the way
We’re working to line up discounts on trades insurance and fleet fuel cards. Nothing’s signed yet — we’ll list real terms as soon as anything is.
No deal to click yet.What’s included
Everything you need.
Nothing you don’t. Built for UK sole traders — trades, service businesses, side businesses.
Voice-powered invoicing
Just talk naturally. No forms, no typing. Our AI understands how real people describe their work — trade jargon, service work, hourly and per-visit rates.
Time & materials tracking
Track hours worked and materials used. Start/stop timers or add manually. Never forget to bill for anything.
Digital records for Making Tax Digital
Every invoice becomes a dated digital record — the format HMRC will need for quarterly updates. Income records today.
Professional templates
Beautiful, branded invoices that make you look professional. Customise with your logo and details.
Payment tracking
See who’s paid, who owes, send automatic reminders. Never chase payments manually again.
Mobile-first
Works on your phone as well as it does on a laptop. Record work between jobs, at the kitchen table, on the bus.
What £15/month actually buys
Voice, MTD, CIS, Gas Safe — four heavy-duty systems in one app.
Each one would normally need its own piece of software, its own subscription, and its own learning curve. They’re all built into Honest Invoices, included in the flat fee.
Voice-to-Invoice engine
Whisper transcription plus GPT-4-class extraction turns a natural-language job description into a structured invoice draft. Every row lands in an editable grid with a confidence pill — green, amber, red — so you know exactly what to double-check before approving.
Whisper · GPT-4 · Editable grid · Confidence pills
Making Tax Digital
We're waiting for HMRC to switch on filing from the app. Once it's on, you'll send your quarterly updates straight from Honest Invoices. Until then, every invoice you record is saved as the digital record MTD needs.
Voice-recorded · Dated automatically · MTD-ready records
CIS subcontractor module
Every invoice splits labour and materials so the contractor can’t accidentally deduct CIS on the whole lot. Per-client Gross Payment Status verification, 20% / 30% rate handling, year-end reclaim total kept running so Self Assessment is a one-line figure — not a shoebox of Payment and Deduction Statements.
Labour/materials split · GPS verification · PDS export
Gas Safe compliance wizard
Four-step landlord CP12 / Domestic Gas Safety Record wizard with full system-level installation checks (tightness test, ECV, pipework, meter), per-appliance combustion analysis, dual digital signature capture, and 30/7-day renewal reminders. HSE-defensible audit trail on every cert.
CP12 · Digital signatures · Renewal reminders
All four systems included in the £15/month flat rate. No add-ons, no per-cert charges, no per-API usage fees.
Who’s behind this
Founder
I’m Vix — software engineer and former maths and English teacher, UK-based. I built Honest Invoices for people running things themselves: trades, service businesses, side businesses, and everyone whose “back office” is a phone and a Notes app.
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MTD ITSA
Making Tax Digital is here. Is your date next?
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax started in April 2026 for combined self-employment and property income over £50k. Then £30k+ from April 2027, and £20k+ from April 2028.
That’s roughly £2,500 a month in sales for the April 2027 group, or £1,700 a month for April 2028.
Start recording digitally today so the switch is a small change, not a scramble.
What MTD means for mePricing
Simple, fair pricing.
No hidden fees. No per-invoice charges. Just one simple price.
Professional Plan
or £150/year (save £30)
14 days free · no card required · cancel anytime
What you can do on day one
- Record your first invoice in 30 seconds
- Email it directly to the customer from the app
- See it stored as a digital record, MTD-ready
Within a week
- 5–10 invoices logged, dated, MTD-aligned
- Hours tracked on every job
- Customer details saved — no more re-typing addresses
FAQ
Common questions.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Honest Invoices is a Progressive Web App — it works in any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) on phone, tablet, or laptop. Add it to your phone’s home screen for one-tap access.
What about VAT?
If you’re VAT-registered, set your VAT number in Settings once and every invoice shows the correct VAT calculation. If you’re below the £90k threshold, VAT lines just don’t appear.
Can I use my own branding?
Yes. Upload your logo and add your business details — every invoice gets your branding automatically.
Is my data secure?
All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). Database access is gated by Row Level Security, so even at the database layer you can only see your own data. UK GDPR compliant; servers in the EU.
What if I’m not tech-savvy?
That’s exactly why we built this. If you can leave a voicemail or send a text, you can use Honest Invoices. No learning curve.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes — one click from Settings. No contract, no exit fee. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for, and you can export your data any time.
Will you put the price up?
No. £15/month is locked for as long as you subscribe. Big SaaS companies raise prices yearly — we don’t. You signed up at £15, you stay at £15.
Who actually built this?
One developer: Vix Hawley, UK-based. Email goes directly to me.
Your expenses,
already done.
Receipt Vault is a future companion product — not part of your Honest Invoices subscription. Connect your business bank account once, every expense auto-imported, AI-categorised against HMRC codes, and ready for your quarterly MTD submission.
- Bank feed auto-capture
- GPS mileage logged automatically
- MTD-ready quarterly submissions
This week
£342.00
12 transactions · 2 need review
Screwfix
Materials · Auto-categorised
847 miles logged
£381 claimable · GPS auto-tracked
Ready to stop typing invoices?
14 days to find out if voice-to-invoice fits your week. No card, no risk. Cancel in one click if it’s not for you.
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