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Sage is built for traditional businesses with invoices and ledgers. PlatformTaxHub is built for digital earners with payouts and downloads.
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"Real-time net profit calculations for all income & expenses."
Stay with Sage if you run a traditional business with invoices, suppliers, stock and payroll, and particularly if your accountant is a long-standing Sage practice. Sage is deeply established with accountants and built to produce statutory accounts and VAT submissions from a complete ledger, which is not what PlatformTaxHub does. If that describes your business, changing systems would cost you more than the interface annoys you.
| Feature | PlatformTaxHub | Sage Accounting | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Multi‑platform income tracking, tax estimation and compliance for creators, gig workers, side‑hustlers and small/freelance businesses. | Cloud accounting for small businesses. | Depends on user |
| Platform access | Multi‑platform access with a single dashboard aggregating income from multiple online platforms. | Bank feeds. | PlatformTaxHub |
| Manual entry | Manual entry available as an option. | Manual entry supported. | Tie |
| CSV import | CSV import supported (up to 2MB). | Supported. | Tie |
| Automated aggregation | Automatically aggregates income across multiple online platforms. | Aggregates via bank feeds. | PlatformTaxHub |
| Standardised global categories | Uses standardised global income and expense categories. | Chart of accounts. | PlatformTaxHub |
| Tax estimation | Continuous, year‑round tax estimates based on net profit. | Tax reports. | PlatformTaxHub |
| Country‑specific allowances | Applies country‑specific allowances and tax rates. | Supported. | Tie |
Independent research on how self-employed and platform earners actually manage their money.
of independent workers were not setting aside money each month for tax, and 49% were not making quarterly estimated payments.
Independent Economy Council survey of 1,000 independent workers, 2022were concerned they would end up owing more tax than they expected.
Independent Economy Council survey of 1,000 independent workers, 2022more, on average, is earned by creators running three or more revenue streams compared with those running one.
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