Esports AccountantsSpecialist accountants for esports players, streamers & orgs
Prize money and US withholding, Twitch and YouTube income, going limited and org payroll, handled by an accountant who treats esports and gaming income as the trade it is. Tell us your situation and we come back within 48 hours with a fixed written quote.
- Prize money and US tournament withholding
- Twitch, YouTube and sponsorship income
- Going limited and the 2026/27 dividend rates
- Esports org payroll, prize splits and accounts
Esports and gaming income handled
Prize money, Twitch and YouTube payouts, sponsorship deals and player contracts, treated as the trade they are rather than shoehorned into generic self-employment.
Built for cross-border winnings
Tournament cash lands from the US, Korea and the EU with foreign tax already deducted. We handle the 30% US withholding, treaty relief and foreign tax credits so you are not taxed twice.
ACCA-regulated practice
Accountancy is delivered by Tidy Money Ltd, an ACCA-regulated practice carrying professional indemnity insurance, so your work is handled by a properly regulated accountant.
Fixed quotes, no obligation
Tell us your situation and we come back within 48 hours with a fixed written quote. The price we quote is the price you pay, and there is no obligation to proceed.
Esports income does not look like a normal payslip
Prize money lands from a US organiser with 30% already withheld. Twitch pays out in dollars, sponsors pay in pounds, and a bit of it is gear instead of cash. A team salary comes from an org based abroad, and the affiliate balance sits in three different dashboards. None of it arrives neatly, and a high-street accountant who has never seen a tournament payout tends to either miss reliefs or play it so safe you overpay.
We do this every week: declaring worldwide income correctly, reclaiming or crediting foreign tax so you are not charged twice, valuing barter deals, and deciding when going limited actually beats staying a sole trader on the 2026/27 rates. You tell us whether you are a player, a streamer, a caster or an org, and we come back within 48 hours with a fixed written quote before any work starts.
Default US withholding on tournament prize money paid to non-residents, often reducible or creditable with the right claim.
VAT registration threshold for 2026/27 — but place-of-supply rules decide what counts for streamers and creators.
As a UK resident you report income from every country, then claim relief for foreign tax already paid.
Who we work with
Four kinds of esports income, each with its own traps and its own reliefs.
Players
Competitive and pro players with prize money, team salaries, bonuses and image rights, often across borders with foreign tax already deducted.
Streamers & creators
Twitch and YouTube talent juggling subs, donations, ad revenue, sponsorships and merch, with a VAT position that is rarely as simple as it looks.
Orgs & teams
Organisations running player and staff payroll, prize-money splits, sponsorship revenue and content lines that need a real back office.
Casters, coaches & talent
Freelance casters, analysts, coaches and managers with multiple paymasters, event fees and travel, all sitting on one Self Assessment.
What we handle
Six lines of work, each handled in-house as esports and gaming income rather than shoehorned into generic self-employment.
Pro Player Accounting
Full accounting for competitive players: prize money, team salary and bonuses, image rights and appearance fees, treated as a trade with the right expenses claimed and the right tax set aside.
View serviceStreamer & Content Accounting
Accounting for Twitch and YouTube income: subs, bits and donations, ad revenue, sponsorships and affiliate deals, with the VAT position on platform payouts handled properly.
View serviceInternational Winnings & Withholding Tax
Handling tournament cash that arrives with foreign tax already deducted: the US 30% withholding on prize money, tax-treaty relief, and Foreign Tax Credit claims so you are not taxed twice.
View serviceEsports Org & Team Accounting
Back office for orgs and teams: player and staff payroll, prize-money distribution, sponsorship and revenue recognition, content and merch lines, and the company accounts behind them.
View serviceLimited Company for Gamers
Deciding whether to go limited, and running it well: incorporation, a salary-and-dividend strategy on the 2026/27 rates, expenses, and the admin that comes with a company.
View serviceSponsorship, Merch & VAT
The commercial side: brand deals and appearance fees, merch and product lines, affiliate income, and the VAT registration and place-of-supply questions that come with them.
View serviceHow it works
A deliberately simple process. No phone tag, no spam.
Tell us your situation
One short form: where you are based, whether you are a player, streamer or org, and roughly where your income comes from. Two minutes.
We send a fixed written quote
Within 48 hours we come back with a fixed written quote for the work, based on your income and your VAT position. No obligation to proceed.
We get the work done
Accept the quote and we handle the bookkeeping, returns and cross-border tax, from a one-off tidy-up to ongoing accounting as you grow.
The esports tax guides
Plain-English guides to the questions players, streamers and orgs actually ask: prize-money tax, US withholding, going limited, streaming income and VAT.
The accountant behind this service
Preetesh Parmar, FCCA · Tidy Money Ltd
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Accountancy on this site is delivered by Tidy Money Ltd, a cloud-first, ACCA-regulated practice. Every engagement starts with a fixed written quote, and you can verify the practice before you get in touch.
Esports accounting: common questions
Get an accountant who gets the game
Whether it is prize money with foreign tax taken off, a growing channel, or an org that needs a real back office, the first step is the same short form.