What if you could describe the accounting tool you need in plain English and have it built for you in minutes? That's exactly what TaxStats AI's app builder does. No coding required, no weeks of development time — just describe your requirements and the AI creates a working application.
The TaxStats AI App Builder
The app builder is one of TaxStats AI's most innovative features. It combines the power of AI with a visual application framework to let anyone create custom accounting and finance tools.
Here's how it works:
- Describe what you need — tell the AI in plain English what tool you want to build. "I need a budget tracker for corporate events" or "Create an invoice generator for my consulting practice."
- AI builds it — the AI generates a complete, working application with forms, calculations, data storage, and a professional interface. It understands accounting concepts, so it knows that a budget tracker needs categories, VAT handling, and variance analysis.
- Preview and customise — review the app in the built-in preview, then ask the AI to make changes. "Add a pie chart showing spend by category" or "Include a column for VAT recovery."
- Deploy instantly — publish your app with one click. It gets its own URL that you can share with colleagues, clients, or the wider community.
Example: Building an Event Budget Tracker
Let's walk through a real example. An accounting practice wants a tool to help their client track budgets for corporate events.
The prompt: "Build a corporate event budget tracker. It should have categories for venue, catering, entertainment, travel, accommodation, and marketing. Include a budget vs actual comparison, VAT calculations, and a summary dashboard with charts."
In under two minutes, the AI generates:
- A data entry form with all the specified budget categories
- Automatic VAT calculations (handling the different VAT treatments for each category)
- A budget vs actual comparison table with variance analysis
- Interactive charts showing spend distribution and budget utilisation
- Export to XLSX for inclusion in client reports
The resulting app is professional, functional, and ready to share with the client — no developer needed.
What Can You Build?
The app builder can create virtually any accounting or finance tool. Popular examples include:
- Invoice generators — customised to your practice or client's branding
- Expense trackers — with receipt upload and automatic categorisation
- Tax calculators — income tax, capital gains, dividend tax, and more
- Client onboarding forms — AML checklists, engagement letter generators
- Financial dashboards — KPI tracking with charts and trend analysis
- Loan calculators — mortgage, commercial loan, and director's loan account tools
- Payroll estimators — gross-to-net calculations including NI and student loan
- Property yield calculators — for landlord clients evaluating investments
The Marketplace: Share and Discover
Built something useful? Share it on the TaxStats AI marketplace. Other accountants and businesses can discover your app, and if you're on the Unlimited plan, you can even sell premium apps to the community.
The marketplace is a growing library of accounting tools built by the community. Browse by category, see ratings and reviews, and install apps with one click. It's like an app store specifically for accounting professionals.
Custom Domains and Branding
Practice plan users can deploy apps to custom domains. Your budget tracker doesn't have to live at a TaxStats URL — it can be at tools.yourpractice.co.uk with your own branding. This is perfect for client-facing tools that need to look like part of your practice's professional offering.
Getting Started
The app builder is available on all TaxStats AI plans. Free users can build and preview apps. Professional plan users can publish up to 3 apps. Practice plan users get 20 published apps with custom domains, and Unlimited users get unlimited apps with marketplace selling capability.
Your first app is just a conversation away. Describe what you need, and let the AI build it.