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Intuit QuickBooks launches QuickBooks Online Accountant in more than 170 countries around the world

By QuickBooks Australia

Published on May 31, 2023

Intuit QuickBooks is proud to announce global free access to QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA), enabling accounting professionals in 170+ countries to move to the cloud faster, scale their practices and bring more value to their clients and the wider economy.

Australian advisors have had access to QuickBooks Online Accountant for many years now, and the fact that we’ve now launched globally – means that Australian advisors with team members based overseas, now have access to the same great tool.

Accounting professionals make a huge contribution to the economy at a local, regional and global level, working as trusted business partners to the small business community, which represents 90% of businesses and accounts for 70% of employment globally.

But their impact could be even bigger, as QuickBooks research suggests accountants are now busier than ever. Four out of 10 (43%) report they have more than 40 clients, and 86% are looking to technology to help them be more efficient and better meet client needs.

QBOA addresses this by enabling accountants to manage their practice workflow, client interactions and billing all in one place. Developed with a select group of accountants globally over the past 12 months, QBOA – Global Edition is a refined suite of benefits to help professional accountants move to the cloud faster and drive greater efficiency and scalability of their firms.

Access to real-time insights from anywhere in the world puts professional accountants at the heart of driving informed business decisions that could positively increase small business survival rates – currently, only up to 40% of Australian small businesses survive beyond the first five years.

Intuit serves more than 100 million customers worldwide and is one of the biggest software companies in the world, with Intuit QuickBooks now being the first provider in the market to deliver at this scale for the accounting profession.

Lars Leber, Vice President of Intuit QuickBooks Australia, said: “The scale of this rollout is unlike anything that has been done before. The global, free rollout of QBOA will arm accountants all across the globe with the most efficient financial management solutions, proving the difference for a business-ready community.”

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Global trends and technological advancements are transforming the world of work and reshaping the future of the accountancy profession, increasingly shifting demand towards more strategic and analytical roles.

Chun How Cheah, HighPines, Malaysia, added: “Using QuickBooks Online Accountant in Singapore has opened us up to the future of accounting and global commerce. It has seen us increase the efficiency and profitability of our firm by helping us manage our work and clients in one, easy-to-use platform. It’s the must-have accounting software for those looking to grow and scale up faster. We are excited that the release of Global QBOA will unlock efficiencies in new countries and regions for our firm.”

QuickBooks Online Accountant benefits professional accountants anywhere in the world through the following set of features:

Singular login and dashboard view of real-time and historic client data, current projects and deadlines
Automated transactions and specific rules classifying data, minimising manual data entries and reducing risk of errors
Options to use workflows to send reminders to the right people at the right time and automate common tasks – invaluable for bookkeepers in the busiest periods of the year
Integrated apps providing functionality that spans reporting, inventory management, expense management, payroll and eCommerce
Predictive AI-based ability to estimate income tax/GST contributions, support self-assessment filings with an automated breakdown of earnings and tax-deductible expenses.

Assisted QuickBooks Online Accountant onboarding for accountant professionals and bookkeepers is free via a Zoom session and is focused on clients who are new to QuickBooks, as well as any existing clients that aren’t actively using QuickBooks. It’s a hands-on, “do-it-with-me” session.

To celebrate the launch of the QBOA global edition, limited-time-only pricing bundles have also been announced. To help accountants get their small business clients started on QuickBooks Online, for just the next three months, the one-dollar subscription deal will be active. One dollar (or country currency equivalent), per month, per file. The deal is available in all countries to further support digital expansion for all accountants.

Local developers can now publish apps as part of the QuickBooks Global App Store to include payroll, payments, inventory and purpose-built applications for specific regions to integrate with QuickBooks.

For more information and for instructions on how to access the free QuickBooks Online Accountant platform please visit here.

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