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CalCal easy calendar expense tracker
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Our notes
CalCal is calendar-based bookkeeping software for sole traders and landlords with straightforward records. You add income and expenses on a calendar and it prepares MTD for Income Tax updates.
Pros
- Low price at £5 a month or £50 a year
- Plain-English, calendar-based records
- Jointly owned property: set 'Your share for tax' per property
- Self-employment and UK property in one login
- 10-day free trial that includes connecting to HMRC and sending an update
Cons
- No free plan after the 10-day trial; the account becomes read-only
- On monthly subscriptions, 'self-assessment is activated after 3 months'
- Bank import 'coming soon'
Price
Prices can change without notice, so confirm with the provider before you buy. Spotted an error? Email us.
- Cheapest MTD-capable plan
- Unlimited
- Per month
- £5
- Per year
- £50
- VAT
- unknown
- Notes
- Unlimited £5/month or £50/year ('Save 16%'), for non-VAT-registered sole traders. Unlimited+ £8/month or £80/year adds MTD VAT. Price cut: 'Unlimited was £10/month, now £5.' Legacy Self Assessment return £35 without a subscription (not MTD). On monthly plans, self-assessment is activated after 3 months.
- Landlord pricing
- same product. Landlord page: 'Landlord MTD for £5/month', Unlimited covers ongoing landlord Income Tax MTD.
Really free?
- Quarterly updates free
- no (only during the 10-day free trial)
- Tax return (final declaration) free
- no (paid plan)
- Limits
- Free access lasts 10 days and allows connecting to HMRC and sending an MTD Income Tax update; read-only afterwards.
- Bank account condition
- n/a
- Time limit
- 10-day free trial
Landlords and spreadsheets
- Jointly owned property
- yes. Set 'Your share for tax' on each property (for example 50%) and enter full amounts; CalCal applies the share to property tax figures. It 'does not automatically split a bank feed'.
Checked 18 Oct 2026. Sources:calcal.uk, calcal.uk, calcal.uk, calcal.uk
HMRC listing
What the software provider has told HMRC. “In development” means the provider has committed to building it in time for the 2026 to 2027 tax return.
Features
| Free version | Not included |
|---|---|
| Agent software | Not included |
| Individual software | Ready now |
| Software that creates digital records | Ready now |
| Bridging software that connects to records | Not included |
| Standard update period (6 April to 5 April) | Ready now |
| Calendar update period (1 April to 31 March) | Ready now |
| Making Tax Digital for VAT | Ready now |
| HMRC Assist (Submission Feedback) | Not included |
Business income
| Sole trader | Ready now |
|---|---|
| UK property | Ready now |
| Foreign property | Ready now |
Other income sources and items
| Employment (PAYE) | In development |
|---|---|
| UK dividends | In development |
| State Pension income | In development |
| Private pension incomes | In development |
| Partner income from a partnership | In development |
| Foreign dividends | In development |
| Foreign interest | In development |
| Private pension contributions | In development |
| Construction Industry Scheme | In development |
| Charitable giving | In development |
| Capital Gains | In development |
| Student Loan | In development |
| Marriage Allowance | In development |
| Voluntary Class 2 National Insurance | In development |
| High Income Child Benefit Charge | In development |
| UK interest | In development |
Accessibility
| Blindness or impaired vision | Not included |
|---|---|
| Deafness or impaired hearing | Not included |
| Motor or physical difficulties | Not included |
| Cognitive impairments | Not included |
Platform
| Software type | Web browser |
|---|---|
| Compatible with | Microsoft Windows Mac OS Linux |
| Language | English |