Battery replacement
Ellie Marsh · VW Golf AB12 CDE · Bay 1, about 2 hours
Do the job. The accounts do themselves.
Book it, bill it, and it’s already in your accounts. One app for UK trades, paid for once.
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7 days free, no card
Built for mechanics and MOT, plumbers, electricians and builders, gardeners, repair shops, salons and therapists, events, and consultants.
Example job
Battery (supplied and fitted)£149.00
Labour£58.00
VAT at 20%£41.40
Total£248.40
Sales£207.00
VAT to HMRC£41.40
Profit after parts£111.00
One app from the first booking to the balance sheet.
Most job apps stop at the invoice and leave you paying for bookkeeping software as well. BusyMoss keeps going, so the work you do is already in your figures.
Your day, booked
Day, week and month views, multi-day jobs, and who's doing what. Each trade gets its own job details.
- Vehicle reg and MOT class, property and access notes, device and serial number, client preferences
- Reminders to send the customer, ready to tap
- Before and after photos on every job
Receipts that file themselves
Quotes, invoices and receipts with proper numbering, part payments and credit notes. Overdue ones come to you to chase.
- Sent as a PDF by email or message, with your after photo if you like
- Takings, outstanding and overdue on one screen
- Every payment lands in your accounts as it's made
VAT worked out as you go
Registered or not, cash or standard scheme. Your VAT return figures build up from every receipt and bill, ready for you or your accountant.
- Expenses, bills and a parts check against what you charged
- Profit and loss, ledger and balance sheet
- Making Tax Digital quarterly figures for income tax
Pay your team
Set up each employee once, then run payroll: deductions worked out, payslips printed and a payment file for your bank.
- Tax code, NI, student loan and pension
- Wages and what's owed to HMRC go straight into the books
BusyMoss isn't HMRC-recognised payroll software, so you still send the payday report to HMRC, for example with HMRC's free Basic PAYE Tools.
And the bits that save the evenings.
All included in every licence. Nothing to add on later.
Snap a receipt
Photograph a paper receipt and it becomes an expense. The total, VAT, date and shop are read on your phone; the photo never leaves it.
Before and after photos
Kept against the vehicle, the address or the device, so next time you can see what you did last time.
Your team, their own logins
Choose what each person can see and do. Two-step sign-in with an authenticator app keeps it locked down.
Customers and their history
Every job, receipt and photo for a customer in one place, with message templates for reminders.
Works without signal
Install it on your phone or computer like an app. It keeps working offline once it's set up.
Your records stay yours
Your business records live on your device, or on your own server if you choose. Your BusyMoss account only holds your licence.
Backups in one click
One file with everything, photos included. Restore it on a new computer and carry on where you left off.
Exports for your accountant
Spreadsheet exports of sales, expenses and VAT when your accountant asks for them.
In your pocket between jobs.
The same app on your phone, laid out for one hand. Check the next job, take the before photo, send the receipt before you've left the drive.
Run it the way your business works.
Pick when you buy, change later. Your records move with a backup file.
On this computer
Just you, or staff sharing one computer
Install it from Chrome or Edge and you're done. Staff can share it, each with their own login.
Ready todayAcross the office
Several computers, phones on the Wi-Fi
A Windows app that serves the office, with phones and tablets joining over Wi-Fi and daily backups.
Coming soonYour own cloud storage
OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive
Keep your records in a file in your own cloud storage and open it on another computer. One device at a time.
Ready todayYour own server
Advanced: several people at once, anywhere
Run BusyMoss's server on your own free Convex account. We send a setup package, and the whole team signs in at the same time.
Ready todayBusyMoss cloud
Any device, anywhere, nothing to set up
We host it for you, on a monthly plan of its own. It isn't part of the Founder licence.
Opening soonPay once. Keep it.
No subscription, no monthly bill that grows every year. Founder prices are an introductory offer.
Founder
£67.99once
Up to 5 users and 5 devicesAny mix: 3 computers and 2 phones, for example.
- Bookings, jobs and before & after photos
- Quotes, invoices and receipts
- VAT, expenses and the balance sheet
- Payroll, payslips and a bank file
- Team logins with two-step sign-in
- Works offline, backups and exports
- Run it on your own server if you like
Founder Team
£99.99once
Up to 12 users and 12 devicesFor a bigger crew, or the whole family business.
- Bookings, jobs and before & after photos
- Quotes, invoices and receipts
- VAT, expenses and the balance sheet
- Payroll, payslips and a bank file
- Team logins with two-step sign-in
- Works offline, backups and exports
- Run it on your own server if you like
Not sure yet? Everything above is in the free trial too.
Try it free for 7 days
Prices include VAT. Pay by card or PayPal; you create your BusyMoss account first, and your licence key, setup steps and downloads arrive straight after. The free trial needs no card: if you don't buy, BusyMoss turns read-only and your records stay there to view and back up.
Why we built BusyMoss
Running a trade business means doing the work all day and the paperwork all evening, in a diary, a receipt book, a spreadsheet and a separate bookkeeping app that never quite agree.
BusyMoss puts it in one place, so the job you finish is already in your books. And it costs the same next year as it did this year.
From the BusyMoss team
Questions people ask
Is it really pay once?
Yes. The Founder licences are a one-off payment with no subscription. The only monthly option will be BusyMoss cloud, a separate plan for people who want us to host it, and it isn't open yet.
Where are my business records kept?
On your own device, in a file you choose, or on your own server, depending on how you run it. Your BusyMoss account only holds your trial, your licence and which devices you use.
What happens when the free trial ends?
If you haven't bought a licence, BusyMoss becomes read-only. Nothing is deleted: you can still view, export and back up everything, and buying a licence unlocks it as it was.
Can my team use it at the same time?
On one computer, staff take turns with their own logins. For several people at once, run it on your own server today, or use the office app or BusyMoss cloud when they open. Founder covers up to 5 users on up to 5 devices, and Founder Team up to 12 users on up to 12 devices. Computers, phones and tablets all count as devices.
Does it file my VAT return or payroll with HMRC?
No. BusyMoss works out your VAT return figures and your payroll, ready for you or your accountant to submit. Download the figures and send them through HMRC’s online service, or pass them to your accountant. Payroll still needs the payday report sent to HMRC with recognised software, such as HMRC’s free Basic PAYE Tools.
Do I need to be VAT registered?
No. Leave VAT off while you’re under the threshold. When you register, switch it on: VAT is added from that day onwards. Receipts you issued before then stay as they were, without VAT.
Finish the job. Not the paperwork.
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