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Cloud Accounting

What is Cloud Accounting

Cloud accounting is a tool to keep business books online . That includes records of income and expenses, and assets and liabilities. The information is encrypted, much like a bank’s, so only people with the login can view the data.

Users  can access their accounts from any web browser, or from an app on their phone. Most users connect the software to their business bank account, so that banking transactions flow automatically from the bank to the books. This saves them from a lot of data entry

 

Cloud Accounting Advantages

Cloud accounting software has significant advantages over traditional ways of bookkeeping. It can be used for :

  • Create and send invoices on the go
  • Track sales, purchases, debtors and creditors online
  • Connect to your online banking
  • View a snapshot of your business
  • Easy tax filing that matches HMRC requirements
  • Manage customers and suppliers
  • It’s an online software so nothing to install or update and all data is backup and saved automatically.
  • Multi users function makes it easier to give access to team members .