Core Services for Hair and Beauty Salons
Services for Hair & Beauty Salons
Specialist salon accountants helping you style, scale, and save tax.
Salon Bookkeeping
Simple cloud bookkeeping that organises daily till receipts, booking software payouts, and retail product sales.
Chair Rental & HR
Expert guidance on chair rental agreements, employment status rules, and managing self-employed stylists safely.
Annual Accounts
Preparation of year-end accounts and tax returns for sole trader stylists, partnerships, or limited company salons.
Salon VAT & Flat Rate
Navigating the VAT threshold, standard VAT rules, or the Flat Rate Scheme to minimise your salon's VAT liability.
Payroll & Tips
Comprehensive payroll services that handle hourly staff, commissions, and compliant tip/tronc distribution schemes.
Booking Software Setup
Integrating booking systems like Phorest, Treatwell, or Fresha directly with your accounting software to automate sales tracking.
How We Help Hair and Beauty Salons
Seamless integration of booking systems (Fresha, Treatwell) with accounting
Compliant payroll, commission structures, and tronc schemes for tips
Clear guidance on chair rental tax rules and self-employed stylist status
Proactive VAT threshold monitoring and Flat Rate Scheme advice
Frequently Asked Questions
How do chair rental tax rules work in hair and beauty salons?
Renting a chair to a self-employed stylist can be tax-efficient, but HMRC scrutinises these arrangements closely. The stylist must be genuinely self-employed, managing their own bookings, clients, and insurance. If HMRC deems them employees, the salon faces heavy tax liabilities. We help structure compliant agreements.
How should we handle tips and gratuities in our payroll?
Tips paid in cash directly to staff do not involve the employer and are the employee’s responsibility for tax. However, tips paid by card or app and distributed by the salon must go through payroll. We set up compliant ‘tronc’ systems to distribute card tips tax-efficiently.
Should our salon register for the VAT Flat Rate Scheme?
The Flat Rate Scheme allows eligible small businesses to pay a fixed percentage of their turnover as VAT, simplifying record-keeping. However, because salons have low standard-rated expenses compared to their sales, the Flat Rate Scheme is not always the cheapest option. We perform detailed calculations to find your best VAT setup.
What salon expenses can we claim to reduce our Corporation Tax?
You can claim all business-related expenses, including salon rent, utilities, professional insurance, hair products and colors, styling equipment, staff uniforms, marketing, and training courses. We make sure you claim every allowable expense to keep your tax bill as low as possible.
How do we reconcile daily card and cash till sales with our accounts?
We integrate your booking and till software (like Fresha or Phorest) directly with cloud accounting tools. This automatically imports and categorises daily sales, card machine payouts, and cash deposits, reducing manual bookkeeping and eliminating reconciliation errors.
Talk To Us
We are here to make business feel clearer and easier, starting with a simple conversation. Whether you need a new accountant, specialist advice or wider support from the Nuvo team, we would love to hear from you.