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If you’ve recently had a video go viral or a product sell out on TikTok Shop, you’ve probably already encountered the "accountant glaze." You know the look. It happens when you try to explain to a traditional, high-street accountant that your income comes from "Creator Fund payouts," "Live gifts," and "affiliate commissions," and that TikTok withheld 20% of your money for "platform fees" before it even hit your bank account. The truth is, the UK accounting industry is playing catch-up. While you are building a business at the speed of the algorithm, most accountants are still operating on a model built for coffee shops and construction firms. If you are looking for the best TikTok accountant in the UK, you don't just need someone who can file a tax return. You need a financial partner who speaks your language. Here is why the distinction matters—and what you should be looking for. 1. The "Net vs. Gross" Nightmare The single biggest mistake generalist accountants make with TikTok Shop is recording the net amount that hits your bank account as your total revenue. This is wrong. TikTok deducts fees, shipping costs, and affiliate commissions before they pay you. If your accountant only records the cash deposit, you are under-reporting your turnover. This is dangerous because: VAT Thresholds: You might hit the £90,000 VAT threshold much faster than you think because HMRC looks at your gross sales, not your net payout. Profit Margins: You lose visibility on how much you are actually spending on fees and shipping. The best TikTok accountants use specialized software (like Link My Books or A2X) to split every payout into its component parts: Sales, Fees, Refunds, and Tax. 2. The "Hobby vs. Business" Trap There is a grey area in the UK creator economy. When does a hobby become a business? The £1,000 Trading Allowance: You can earn up to £1,000 tax-free. Gifts & "Diamonds": Yes, those virtual gifts you receive on TikTok Live are taxable income once they are converted to cash. Samples: If a brand sends you a £500 vacuum cleaner to review, is it income? A gift? A business asset? A specialist accountant knows the specific HMRC guidance on "barter transactions" and "gifts in kind," ensuring you don't pay tax on things you shouldn't, while keeping you safe from an audit. 3. Expense Management for Creators Can you expense your lighting ring? Yes. Can you expense your Spotify subscription? Maybe. Can you expense the clothes you wore in a "Get Ready With Me" video? Probably not. HMRC has strict rules about "duality of purpose." If an item can be used personally (like a nice jacket), it is rarely a deductible business expense. A generalist might say "no" to everything to be safe, or "yes" to everything and put you at risk. The best accountant for TikTok creators knows exactly where the line is drawn. 4. Why Social Commerce Accountants? We built Social Commerce Accountants because we saw a gap in the market. We aren't just accountants who "accept" influencers; we are built for the creator economy. We speak Tech: We are experts in Xero, Link My Books, and Shopify. We automate the boring stuff so you get accurate data in real-time. We understand the ecosystem: We know the difference between TikTok Shop Seller Center and the Creator Marketplace. Fixed Pricing: No surprise hourly bills. Just a clear monthly package that scales as you grow. Summary: The Litmus Test If you are interviewing an accountant, ask them this one question: "How do you handle the reconciliation of TikTok Shop settlement periods against Self-Billed Invoices?" If they look confused, run. If they answer with confidence, you’re in safe hands. And if you want to skip the interview process and go straight to the experts, we’re right here. [Book Your Free Discovery Call]

Like what would happen if it replaced the cab m and the Siméon and….

What bass you got?

I've spoken to ACS about their Ambient series, and while they do acknowledge there'll be some loss in bass response, their approach has been to design the inears to minimise this. It's a trade-off, I guess, and the results will be acceptable to some and not others. Sadly I don't have the cash to try them out, and like all custom inears it's a leap of faith. I sometimes have to pop one inear out to hear the drums properly (venue/setup depending, especially with deps), and even then (with the bass turned up in my mix), it's plenty. Talking to other band members, though, I think the ACS 'squidgy' casts are more comfortable than the harder shells of some other vendors...I can wear mine for hours, where the other guys (on a long day's session) were getting uncomfortable. I would add that I've done some gigs on the runup to Xmas with bands that don't have the full quiet stage/inears setup, and I absolutely wouldn't go back; not hearing myself clearly and accurately (as well as at a volume I can control) is a deal-breaker for me these days.

Don't worry about the mixing app, it's essentially agnostic about how it connects over the network. Connect the tablet using the inbuilt settings app. Mixing station should still be set on wireless. Not that this matters if you can't connect to your home router and browse the web though, it seems as though the adapter itself either doesn't work or isn't configured properly.

The thing that puzzles me about this one is that I don't think the fingerboard is ebonol - it's not jet black, I can see grain in it (and in the light), pretty sure it's a wood of some sort, if not rosewood then some other dark wood. And the grain on the back of the neck looks a lot like wenge to me. I have no idea what the "AL" in "CURBOW 4 AL" on the back of the headstock means, but maybe it's a clue?

Here's my cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On" written by Sonny Bono before he formed U2. B3 Organ, drums, & FX are all native to Logic Pro. Bass is my Rickenbacker 4003 recorded using ric-o-sound to make the treble pickup a bit hairy. Clean guitar is my CIJ Fender '72 Tele thinline, and fuzz guitar is my Fender Ben Gibbard Mustang.

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Doing a search @Sean, your name appears to pop up often. Could you offer some more insight?

In that case either the main input or more likely effects send is a switching jack. So plugging a patch cable into one or the other should make it work. EDIT - it looks like the effects loop can be turned on or off by the footswitch, so make sure it is on as well!

And so it is with the law of diminishing returns! Back in about 2002 when I decided to upgrade my old Linn Axis I did some extensive testing - I even took my Ditton 66 speakers and EAR 834deluxe phonostage to various hifi shops... We tried everything from the Kuzma Stabi S (this was the cheapest, and excellent though lacking that final bit of detail) through Wilson Benesch (darker, not much excitement), Michell Orbe (similar), SME 30 (expensive, bit clinical, still not enough musicality), Clearaudio Revolution (excellent) and Petite Verdier (very best of all, though expensive and my Mrs didn't like the looks of it). While by no means a scientific test as all were in different rooms with different amplification (though we chose something everytime with similar capabilities to my then-current Lumley 120W valve monoblocks), we found differences between all in terms of sheer enjoyment - basically how musical they felt, and the Verdier with Moerch arm and Dynavector cart was the best I'd ever heard, closely followed by the Clearaudio. And while we could have got 95% of the performance of the Clearaudio from say, a Project at a lot less than 1/2 the money, we decided we had to look at it too...

Bugera BV1001 M the front end models an ampeg. Light loud and reliable. Make sure you get the M (MOSFET) rather than the T (tube)

Are you connecting directly to the mixer or through an external router? I do the latter with Ethernet and don’t have to select direct connection in MS.

It has to be this, the bass was bought on the rebound, Missed a Lakland i wanted. I wasn't looking for one of these but the spec's pulled me in. Light with the deepest bottom end passive.

There is another dimension to this in that some people might want to buy a US made bass like a G&L or say a Hofner bass because they live in the USA or Germany and want to support local producers. Perhaps if more people bought one bass from a company in their country rather than 3 from the far east these companies would not be facing bankruptcy and disappearing from the market.

Doesn't work this way on the TE-1200. Before reading the manual, I tried plugging the BassRig into the Effects return and there was no sound.

White Punks On Rope - The Tubes

I understand that is what it was originally designed for - holding open wounds closed.

If you mean me, I just mean “paying for the name”, “it’s us-made”, “it’s vintage” etc kind of vanity where as @Lozz196 (I think) suggested in the past, the giveback for the premium price is tapered at best

It's Mixing Station. I've tried the Behringer app too. You select direct connect or wireless in the app.

Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

Had the 5 string version in the gold leaf finish, always had a bit of a soft spot for them. Really nice design, mine looked like this: