Loved by UK accountants

The practice desk that makes your job feel simple — built for how firms actually work.

Filing desk

MTD VAT

Nine boxes from one ledger

Prepare, review and submit — fraud headers locked in.

Filing services

Four filings. One practice desk.

Everything your firm files with HMRC — hover to pause, click to focus a service.

MTD VAT in practice

  • Auto-map income & expenses to VAT boxes
  • Isolated HMRC endpoint configuration
  • Acceptance receipts in the audit trail
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How it works

Three steps from company books to an accepted CT600.

Pick the company & period

Open the limited company from your practice desk, choose the accounting period, and pull P&L and balance sheet figures from integer-pence books — ready for CT600.

Start filing with Hydra

Corporation Tax · CT600

CT600 · company selected

Company
Northbridge Studio Ltd
UTR
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Period
1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
Digital books (pence)

Features that cut filing friction

Highlights from the practice desk — auto-advances, click any chip to lock focus.

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Multi-client dashboard

Search clients, surface deadlines, jump straight into the right filing.

Why HydraTax

What sets Hydra apart

Slide through the reasons practices choose Hydra — or jump to a head.

01 — Hydra difference

Practice-first, not single-company

Multi-client desk, deadlines, and staff roles — built for firms juggling dozens of entities, not a solo micro-company wizard.

Accountant reviews

Why UK accountants choose HydraTax for CT600, MTD VAT & PAYE

Practice managers, partners and sole practitioners on the UK’s most user-friendly accounting software — Self Assessment, RTI payroll, confirmation statements and corporation tax from one desk.

MTD VAT and multi-client practice software

Honestly? Filing week used to wreck me. Five HMRC logins, a Companies House tab, and a spreadsheet I pretended was a deadline board. With HydraTax every client’s VAT return, CT600 and payroll sits on one desk. My juniors just work the queue. We finished March with an afternoon spare — that never happened on the old stack.
Priya Nair, Practice manager at Nair & Co Accountants

Priya Nair

Practice manager · Nair & Co Accountants, Birmingham

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Looking for CT600 software, MTD VAT filing, Self Assessment software, PAYE RTI or confirmation statement filing built for UK accountants? These reviews reflect how practices use HydraTax day to day — not a consumer bookkeeping app.

Built with accountants

The UK’s most user-friendly practice desk — shaped by your votes

Request the feature your firm needs. Other practices upvote. We ship what rises — so HydraTax stays easy for the people who live in it every day.

Built for who you are

Accountants & practices

Multi-client deadlines, staff-safe guided submit, and every HMRC filing on one desk — CT600, VAT, SA, PAYE, plus Companies House.

Directors & sole traders

File your own confirmation statement, accounts, VAT return or Self Assessment without juggling government portals.