ClearBooks

The ledger and the return,
in the same system

Bookkeeping usually lives in one product and the tax return in another, with a trial balance rekeyed between them once a year. ClearBooks keeps both in ClearCash, so the numbers you closed are the numbers that get filed.

Full double-entry
Receipts from the client's phone
Import from QuickBooks and Xero
Feeds the tax return

The ledger

Per client, not per subscription.

Chart of accounts and journals

A proper double-entry ledger with your own chart of accounts, manual journals and period controls — not a categorised list of transactions.

Bank coding

Work down the bank statement coding as you go, with the running trial balance updating underneath.

Trial balance, P&L and balance sheet

The statements come out of the ledger on demand, at any date, without a month-end export ritual.

Straight into the return

The closed figures feed the accounts and the tax computation instead of being retyped into a separate package. See Accounts & CT.

Records in, without chasing

Where most of the month actually goes.

Clients photograph receipts

A phone app the client installs from a link. They snap the receipt when they get it, rather than handing over a carrier bag in January.

Category and VAT read for you

The amount, supplier, category and UK VAT treatment are read off the image, and staff confirm rather than type.

Bulk upload for staff

Drop a folder or a ZIP in and let it work through the pile, instead of opening images one at a time.

Document requests

Send a checklist, the client ticks items off and uploads as they go, and you can see exactly what is still outstanding.

Clients who keep their own books

You don't have to move them.

Import a trial balance

Pull the year-end position in from QuickBooks or Xero rather than rekeying it, for the clients who are staying where they are.

Their own portal

Businesses you do the books for get a link to their own ledger, without needing a seat in your practice system.

Bring a messy client

The demo is more useful on a real set of records than on a clean sample. See pricing.

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