accounting

  1. H

    Made a new data extraction & automation app would some insight

    Hi everyone, I've spent the last while building something to automate data entry: pulling data from invoices, receipts and other documents into whatever system it needs to land in. I've worked in IT and been through several ERP implementations on the client side at SMEs, and the gap I keep...
  2. C

    What do you know about payment APIs?

    My company is talking about payment and account information APIs. They are planning to get them integrated so as to better help us and our workflow. I am confused, mainly about the safety and compliance standards. How do those work? It's a small firm so my opinion would also be taken into...
  3. T

    Shopify sales into FreeAgent - what's everyone doing since they killed the integration?

    Bit of a moan and a question. I'm on FreeAgent (free through Mettle) and sell through Shopify. FreeAgent binned their Shopify integration back in April last year and the official advice now is literally to key transactions in manually. Anyone else in the same boat? What are you actually doing -...
  4. Suseendaran

    How I automated the mid-month BIK proration nightmare in Xero

    I’m an engineer and accountant, and like many here, I’ve been frustrated with how Xero Payroll handles Benefits-in-Kind (BIK). Specifically, when an employee joins or leaves mid-month, or changes a car/medical plan, Xero doesn't automate the HMRC proration logic. I ended up building a tool via...
  5. ctrlbrk

    "It's an accounting thing, you wouldn't understand..."

    There's a couple of accounting terms that keep tripping me up: Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year Accruals and deferred income For last year's accounts for my LTD company I had paid my accountant's fee upfront. He put that fee under "Accruals and deferred income" which I thought...
  6. Paul Kelly ICHYB

    Using Wordpress & Woocommerce For Invoicing/Accounting

    My event business is relatively small, under the VAT threshold, and I use cash accounting. I use Kashflow, however, only for raising exhibitor invoices, chasing & taking payments and event/project tracking - I do not use it for my accounts. Invoices tend to be done in bulk (100+) 5 times a...