Accountants in Newry
Accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for Newry businesses — run from our office in Ballymena, not a call centre across the water. Fixed fees, plain English, and someone who picks up the phone.
The business base in Newry
Newry's position on the border shapes almost everything about its economy — retail that draws custom from both jurisdictions, a substantial haulage and logistics sector on the Belfast–Dublin corridor, construction, and manufacturing.
Currency and cross-border trade aren't specialist topics in Newry; they're Tuesday. Retailers deal with two currencies at the till, hauliers run routes that cross the border several times a week, and plenty of businesses have customers, suppliers and staff on both sides. An accountant who treats that as exotic isn't much use here.
Getting to us, and us getting to you
About an hour and a half from Ballymena, so most Newry work runs by video and phone — which for a border business is usually the more sensible use of a morning anyway.
We're not local to Newry and won't claim to be. What we do bring is cross-border trading as routine work rather than an occasional puzzle, which is what most businesses here actually need from an accountant.
What we do for Newry businesses
Two currencies, two jurisdictions and a border a few minutes down the road. In Newry that's not a specialism, it's the ordinary condition of trading.
- Euro at the till — a consistent translation basis with exchange differences kept visible instead of buried in turnover where they distort your margin.
- Selling into the Republic — the goods position under the Windsor Framework, which frequently works in your favour — and the different answer for services.
- Irish VAT registration — establishing properly whether you need one. Both a missed registration and an unnecessary one cost you.
- Haulage and logistics — costing routes that cross the border several times a week, with the vehicle and driver costs priced in properly.
- Retail accounts — stock, margin and takings across two currencies, reconciled so the numbers are usable rather than approximate.
Questions we get asked
I take euro at the till — how do I account for it?
Pick a consistent translation basis, record the rate used, and don't let exchange differences sit inside sales where they'll distort your margin. Kept separate they're visible and manageable; buried in turnover they quietly make your gross margin look like it's moving when it isn't.
Which VAT applies when I sell to a customer in the Republic?
For goods, Northern Ireland's alignment with EU rules for goods means the treatment differs from a GB business selling the same thing — often to your advantage. For services, UK rules apply and the place-of-supply rules decide it. The single most common error we see is applying the goods answer to a services business.
Should I be registered for VAT in the Republic as well?
Possibly, depending on what you sell, where it's delivered and whether you exceed the Irish registration thresholds. It's a fact-specific question with a definite answer — worth establishing properly, because both a missed registration and an unnecessary one cost you.
Looking for an accountant in Newry?
Tell us what you need and we'll come back to you, usually the same working day. No call centre, no script.
Prefer to talk first? Call the Ballymena office on 028 2522 0100, or:
We work right across the region
Northern Ireland is our largest base. Most work runs by phone, video and WhatsApp, so distance from Ballymena matters a lot less than it used to.