A guide to Making Tax Digital and what it means for you
In a year's time Making Tax Digital for VAT will be in full effect. But why should you care? Well, if your business is both: VAT registered, and has a taxable turnover that's greater than the registration threshold (currently £85,000)...
A guide to Clear Books Micro, our free online accounting spreadsheet for small businesses
Clear Books Micro is a free online spreadsheet designed specifically for small businesses like yours. What's great about Clear Books Micro? Rather than relying on holding onto all of your paper documents and receipts throughout the year, before handing them...
Advising your clients about business finance
Technology has become increasingly important for accountants and bookkeepers in the last few years, and that trend is only going to continue. Accounting software like Clear Books has become the new standard, because it makes life a lot simpler by...
Should your small business invest in content marketing?
Whether you're an accountant or a business owner, no matter how big you are, you are likely familiar with Content Marketing. It has become a huge industry and it’s easy to see why. Some seriously impressive statistics have emerged over...
The importance of out of hours support
We're always delighted to receive positive feedback from our customers - especially when it's positive feedback about our dedicated support services. We've always placed a lot of importance on offering our users access to free support and guidance by both...
GDPR – steps we’ve taken to prepare for it
The GDPR deadline is 25 May 2018, so what have we been doing here at Clear Books? We’ve carried out a full audit to ensure we know what personal data we hold, how we collect it, and what we use...
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT pilot testing
Clear Books has been working closely with HMRC to make sure our accounting software is ready for the implementation of Making Tax Digital (MTD) when it comes into effect in April 2019. In order for HMRC to ensure the system...
5 ways you should use your blog to grow your accounting firm
Is your accounting firm onboard with blogging? We know it can seem like an unnecessary addition to an already lengthy tasklist, and you might even think no one is interested in what you have to say anyway (spoiler alert: they...
5 things you can do to grow your accounting practice in the off-season
When working in accounting, it can seem like there are really only two parts to your year: tax season, and everything else. Of course, your work doesn't end when tax season does. Between extended tax filings, financial advising, and bookkeeping...
Product Updates – November 2017
What’s in preview We are constantly improving Clear Books, and often make new features and improvements available in Preview, which allows you to get early access and to share your feedback. Better invoicing Following your feedback, this preview improves...
