Clear Books
clearbooks.co.ukBuild Difficulty: 4/5
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Simple Online Accounting Software For UK Businesses
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Features
38 features across 19 categories
Accounting(7)
Journals, lock date ranges, and audit log for accountant use
Tool for managing and tracking company dividends
Track and manage fixed assets
Import accounting files and data into the system
Support for multi-currency transactions and accounting
Record and track profitability for multiple UK properties
Monitor and track all sales and purchase transactions
Administration(2)
Add unlimited users to your account
Configurable user permissions and access control
Automation(6)
Advanced AI technology that completes bookkeeping effortlessly in one click
Optional add-on to capture bills and receipts quickly and easily without manual data entry
Convenient, automated payment reminder emails to ensure customers pay on time
Automated transaction recording from bank feeds with intelligent matching
Scan bills and receipts from photos and PDFs for automated record creation
Set up recurring invoices and bills for automated invoicing
Bookkeeping(1)
Flag transactions as personal or for business to maintain accurate records
CRM(1)
Manage and organize customer and supplier contacts
Collaboration(1)
Invite your accountant to access your accounts
Expenses(1)
Track and approve employee expense claims
Integration(1)
API and third-party integrations support
Inventory(1)
Track stock and product items in inventory
Invoicing(1)
Create stunning, professional invoices with customization options and email delivery
Payments(2)
Optional add-on to accelerate payments by offering instant bank payment options
Multiple flexible payment options for customers including credit cards and bank transfers
Payroll(1)
Built-in payroll functionality with 30-day free trial for unlimited employees
Procurement(2)
Approval workflow for purchase orders
Create and manage purchase orders
Productivity(1)
Bulk search and edit functionality for efficient data management
Project Management(1)
Project-specific accounting with project-specific invoice templates and configurable project reports vs. budgets
Reporting(3)
Unlimited budgets with configurable budget comparison reporting
Comprehensive business reporting including balance sheet, customer and supplier overview
Generate and send customer statements
Sales(1)
Create and send professional quotes and estimates to customers
Support(2)
Unlimited access to UK-based support team via phone and email
Access to support guides and user community forum
Tax Compliance(3)
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) reporting and submissions for construction businesses
HMRC-recognised software for Making Tax Digital Income Tax with quarterly updates and year-end tax return filing
HMRC-recognised MTD VAT submissions with support for flat-rate scheme VAT and Domestic Reverse Charge
Pricing
Sole Trader Free
- ✓MTD Income Tax
- ✓Quarterly updates
- ✓Year-end tax return filing
- ✓Record income and expenses
- ✓Basic reports
- ✓Works for CIS subcontractors
- ✓No transaction limits
- ✓Invite your accountant
- ✓Support guides and community forum
- ✓Email support
- ✓Telephone support
- ✓Post on user community
- ✓Upgrade to a paid plan at any time
Sole Trader
- ✓Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓Bill and receipt scanning from photos and PDFs
- ✓Automated transaction recording from bank feeds
- ✓Flag transactions as personal or for business
- ✓Invoice creation and email
- ✓Customise invoices
- ✓Prepare and send quotes
- ✓Business reporting, including balance sheet
- ✓Customer and supplier overview
- ✓Unlimited users
- ✓Accountant tools, including journals, lock date ranges, and audit log
- ✓Email support
- ✓Telephone support
- ✓Post on user community
Sole Trader + VAT
- ✓Everything in Sole Trader, plus:
- ✓MTD VAT reporting
- ✓Flat-rate scheme VAT
- ✓Domestic Reverse Charge
Property Free
- ✓MTD Income Tax
- ✓Quarterly updates
- ✓Year-end tax return filing
- ✓Record income and expenses for one property or grouped
- ✓No transaction limits
- ✓Invite your accountant
- ✓Support guides and community forum
- ✓Upgrade to a paid plan at any time
- ✓Email support
- ✓Telephone support
- ✓Post on user community
Property
- ✓Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓Record and track profitability for multiple properties
- ✓Bill and receipt scanning from photos and PDFs
- ✓Automated transaction recording from bank feeds
- ✓Flag transactions as personal or for business
- ✓Business reporting, including balance sheet
- ✓Customer and supplier overview
- ✓Unlimited users
- ✓Accountant tools, including journals, lock date ranges, and audit log
- ✓Email support
- ✓Telephone support
- ✓Post on user community
Small
- ✓Bank feed with automated matching
- ✓Track sales and purchases
- ✓Invoice creation and email
- ✓Quotes and estimates
- ✓Contact list
- ✓Full reporting suite
- ✓Customer statements
- ✓Automated payment reminder emails
- ✓Recurring invoices and bills
- ✓Stock and product items
- ✓Integrations and API
- ✓Journals and accountant tools
- ✓Power Editor (bulk search and edit)
- ✓Import files
- ✓Dividends tool
- ✓User permissions
Medium
- ✓Everything in Small, plus:
- ✓MTD VAT submissions
- ✓Purchase orders
- ✓Purchase order approvals
- ✓CIS reporting and submissions, for construction
- ✓Unlimited budgets
- ✓Configurable budget comparison reporting
Large
- ✓Everything in Medium, plus:
- ✓Project accounting
- ✓Project-specific invoice templates
- ✓Configurable project reports vs. budgets
- ✓Multi-currency
- ✓Employee expense claims and approval
- ✓Fixed assets
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