Sponsorship invoiced and chased
Clean paperwork for brands and agencies, chased automatically.
Accountants for podcasters
We handle host-read ads, supporter subscriptions, network deals and live shows, and claim the production kit and studio costs you are entitled to.
What you get
- Sponsor invoices sent out and chased
- Supporter money counted before the platform fee, and the fee claimed
- Mics, editing and your home studio claimed
- Live show tickets and touring costs handled
- Your tax return prepared and filed
- One fixed monthly fee, FreeAgent included
The four figures that set your tax
These four figures govern a podcaster's tax year.
The feeAn allowable business cost
When earnedWhich tax year a sponsorship belongs to
In fullHow production kit is claimed
£1,000Trading allowance — measured on gross income
2026/27 figures. See key tax dates and the calculators for the full picture.
Tax dates for podcasters
6 AprilNew tax year. Everything earned from here belongs to the next return.
Each monthSupporter platform statements reconciled gross, with the fee recorded as a cost.
As invoicedSponsorship recorded to the period you earned it.
5 OctoberRegister for Self Assessment after your first year over the trading allowance.
31 JanuaryReturn, balancing payment and first payment on account.
31 JulySecond payment on account.
Source: gov.uk Self Assessment, trading allowance and VAT guidance, checked July 2026. Rates are 2026/27 from this site's own calculators.
Podcast income and costs
A typical show mixes host-read sponsorships paid on long agency terms, programmatic ad revenue, supporter subscriptions, live-show tickets and perhaps a book or a course. Some months everything lands at once and some months nothing does, so the year's profit is hard to judge from the bank balance.
Most production costs are claimable. Microphones, interfaces, acoustic treatment, editing software, hosting, artwork, music licensing and travel to record are all costs of making the thing. So is a proportion of the room you record in.
What actually moves the numbers on a show
These four decide a podcaster's tax bill.
- The platform fee is a cost you claim
- Supporter platforms deduct their fee before the money reaches you. The income is the gross pledge and the fee is an allowable cost — declaring the gross and forgetting the fee overstates your profit and costs you tax on money you never had.
- Sponsorship belongs to the date you earned it
- Host-read deals are often invoiced months before they are paid. The income belongs to the period you did the work, whenever the agency settled, and getting that wrong shifts profit between tax years.
- Production costs, in full
- Microphones, interfaces, acoustic treatment, editing software, hosting fees, artwork, music licensing and travel to record are all allowable. So is a proportion of the home costs for the space you record and edit in, set on an honest basis.
- A structure for co-hosts
- Two people can split a show informally until a network deal arrives. Set up a partnership or a company before a large invoice comes in.
Supporter platform fees
£17,400 of supporter pledges, and the platform fee
Supporter platforms take their cut before the payout reaches your bank.
- Supporter pledges for the year, gross
- £17,400
- Platform and payment fees taken before payout — 11%
- £1,914
- Amount that actually reached your bank
- £15,486
- Tax on the fees, if you declare the gross and forget to claim them
- £498
Either record the gross income and claim the fee as a cost, or record the net. Both give the same profit. Recording the gross without claiming the fee overstates profit, which happens when the return is built from the platform statement alone.
Source: gov.uk Self Assessment, trading allowance and VAT guidance, checked July 2026. Rates are 2026/27 from this site's own calculators.
What we do for podcasters
Supporter income reconciled gross
Including the platform fees you are entitled to claim.
Production costs claimed
Studio, microphones, editing, hosting, artwork and music licensing.
Live shows handled
Ticket income, venue costs and touring expenses treated correctly.
Self Assessment included
One clean return covering the whole show.
Co-host structures
Partnerships and companies set up fairly, before a network deal arrives.
What creators ask us
Is supporter or subscription income taxable?
Yes — supporter payments through subscription platforms are trading income. The platform fees deducted on the way through are an allowable expense, which is easy to miss if you only record what lands in the bank.
Can I claim my home studio?
A proportion of home costs for the space where you record and edit, plus the kit itself — microphones, interfaces, acoustic treatment and editing software — is generally claimable. We set the apportionment at something honest and defensible.
A network wants to sign our show. What changes?
Network deals usually mean bigger, more regular income and a contract worth reading carefully. It is often the moment a limited company, or a proper partnership between co-hosts, starts to make sense. We model it before you sign.
We split everything 50/50 informally. Is that a problem?
Once there is real money or a contract in one person's name, an informal split creates tax and legal questions that are harder to answer later. Setting up a partnership or company while it is still easy costs very little.
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