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Clear Books online accounting software – for accountants with hands on and hands off clients

Clear Books is the perfect tool for small and medium accounting practices. With different solutions for different types of clients and affordable pricing, it’s easy to see why accountants and their clients love using Clear Books.

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Submit MTD VAT
returns to HMRC

Bank feeds and
CIS features

Choice of spreadsheet
access for clients

Different access levels

Different access levels

Every client is different. Some outsource data entry to their accountant, others keep simple spreadsheets. Clear Books Practice Edition is perfect for that, providing practice-only access to Clear Books’ core features and an optional online ‘Micro’ spreadsheet into which clients can enter data.

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For more involved clients, Clear Books Small and Large offer accountant and client access to rich features including invoicing, bank feeds and reporting. Whatever your clients’ business needs, rest assured you’ll be able to manage all of their accounting needs with ease.

MTD compatible software

Both Clear Books Large and Clear Books Practice Edition enable three-step MTD VAT returns online to HMRC.

MTD compatible software
Market leading pricing with Clear Books Practice Edition

Market leading pricing with Clear Books Practice Edition

Clear Books Practice Edition offers the lowest cumulative cost of online accounting software subscriptions for bookkeepers and accountants. How? Because only you, the accountant, gets full access. Plus, you can increase efficiency by giving clients access to enter basic bookkeeping information into a free Clear Books Micro spreadsheet.

FREE training

Enhance your Clear Books experience with free training. If you’re a partner with clients on Clear Books you can benefit from a training session at our Clear Books HQ in London. This is where we can identify new features you may not have yet discovered, and work through any areas you need extra help with.

Free training
Free phone or email technical support

Dedicated Account Manager & FREE phone or email technical support

From the moment you make your first enquiry, you’ll have access to a dedicated Account Manager who can help you determine which solution is best for your clients. Once you start using Clear Books our friendly technical support team are also on hand to provide free phone and email support to all account users.

Online accounting software tailored to you

Clear Books has four different products, each designed to support either more finance-savvy clients with feature rich access, or less hands-on clients, with optional spreadsheet access. Best of all, there’s a range of price points to suit any practice budget. The table below shows what’s included with each product:

Practice
Edition

£8.00/mo per client
HMRC recognised
Practice access only

Access to Clear Books core features & all advanced features
Invoice/quote creator
Bill & receipt tracking
Bank feeds and uploads
Reports (e.g. P&L)
Dividends tool
MTD VAT reporting
CIS
Project accounting
Multi-currency
Expenses
Fixed assets

Optional extra

Payroll: 30 day free trial for unlimited employees. See our Payroll software pricing for more details.

Instant Bank Payments: Accelerate your payments with ease by offering Instant Bank Payments

Auto Bills: Say goodbye to tedious manual data entry. With Auto Bills you can capture bills and receipts quickly and easily.

 
 

Small

Full practice & client access

Access to Clear Books core features
Invoice/quote creator
Bill & receipt tracking
Bank feeds and uploads
Reports (e.g. P&L)
Dividends tool
 
 
 
 
 
 

Optional extra

Payroll: 30 day free trial for unlimited employees. See our Payroll software pricing for more details.

Instant Bank Payments: Accelerate your payments with ease by offering Instant Bank Payments

Auto Bills: Say goodbye to tedious manual data entry. With Auto Bills you can capture bills and receipts quickly and easily.

 
 

Medium

HMRC recognised
Full practice & client access

Access to Clear Books core features & MTD VAT and CIS
Invoice/quote creator
Bill & receipt tracking
Bank feeds and uploads
Reports (e.g. P&L)
Dividends tool
MTD VAT reporting
CIS
 
 
 
 

Optional extra

Payroll: 30 day free trial for unlimited employees. See our Payroll software pricing for more details.

Instant Bank Payments: Accelerate your payments with ease by offering Instant Bank Payments

Auto Bills: Say goodbye to tedious manual data entry. With Auto Bills you can capture bills and receipts quickly and easily.

 
 

Large

HMRC recognised
Full practice & client access

Access to Clear Books core features & all advanced features
Invoice/quote creator
Bill & receipt tracking
Bank feeds and uploads
Reports (e.g. P&L)
Dividends tool
MTD VAT reporting
CIS
Project accounting
Multi-currency
Expenses
Fixed assets

Optional extra

Payroll: 30 day free trial for unlimited employees. See our Payroll software pricing for more details.

Instant Bank Payments: Accelerate your payments with ease by offering Instant Bank Payments

Auto Bills: Say goodbye to tedious manual data entry. With Auto Bills you can capture bills and receipts quickly and easily.

 
 

Looking for something specific? These are a selection of our great features. You can see the full feature list here.

prices exclude VAT

Making Tax Digital Software

Ready for Making Tax Digital?

HMRC began rolling out MTD from April 2022. With Clear Books you can start preparing for MTD today. We’re HMRC recognised and tested, with MTD VAT returns created and submitted in three simple steps. We’re ready for the age of digital tax, are you?

Accountant Testimonials

Our online accounting software is award-winning and industry-accredited, so you can be confident that Clear Books will deliver for you. Don’t take our word for it - read what our accountant partners are saying about Clear Books:

There are so many Clear Books features that have simplified processes for us. For example for the Flat Rate VAT scheme, it has a system to automatically deal with this.

Riz, 2e accountants

I am a big advocate of Clear Books. I came on board when they first started and so I feel very proud to be part of it. Clear Books is perfect for freelancers and solo-preneurs as I like to call them, as it’s simple and the software is easy to use.

Stephanie, Equation

If an accountancy practice wants to grow their client bank and offer better quality information to their clients more responsively, Clear Books will allow them to do that.

Tony, Aidhan Accountancy

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ICB accreditation

Clear Books, accredited by The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (reg. no. 843585), delivers valued, comprehensive online accounting software for small businesses in the UK.