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Leaving excel spreadsheets behind is easy with QuickBooks

Free tools and services to help you get your data into QuickBooks in a single day.

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Making Tax Digital ready
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We’ll get you ready for Making Tax Digital

If, like thousands of businesses you now need to submit your VAT return through software then you’re looking in the right place. QuickBooks makes it easy to import your VAT return data and submit it directly to HMRC.

Bank and credit card feeds

Connect your bank, credit card and payment gateway accounts to import future and historic transactions while you sleep.

"When new transactions are available, you can view and add them straight into your accounts - made easier by QuickBooks' match feature."

- App Store review
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Save yourself days of manual entry

Invoices, bills, statements, contacts, inventory. You name it, you can probably import it in minutes using QuickBooks.

"I absolutely love it - it saves me so much time."

- Zoe McKenna - Small business owner

Bridging Software

Import your VAT return figures from an excel spreadsheet in seconds and submit to HMRC to comply with Making Tax Digital for VAT.

"This app has saved me so much time over the last six months. I used to dread calculating the VAT return, but now I am up-to-date with very little effort."

- App Store review

Smart tools for clean data

  • Bank reconciliation

    Bank statement transactions are auto matched to QuickBooks data to make reconciling simple.

  • Duplication finder

    If you attempt to import something that’s already there QuickBooks will find and reject it to stop things getting messy.

  • Migrate your data easily

    Our experts are here to help with the switch to QuickBooks - every step of the way. Find out how to switch here.

  • Import templates

    Ready made import templates make getting your data into QuickBooks a cinch.

There’s a plan whatever your business needs

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Frequently asked questions

  • How do I move from Excel to QuickBooks?

    It's easy. If you've been using Excel templates or Excel invoicing to keep track of your finances, Quickbooks can import the files for you. Our free invoice template means you'll never need to use an Excel invoice again!

  • Is it safe to connect my bank account to QuickBooks?

    QuickBooks uses the same grade of data encryption as your online banking. In order to connect your bank account to QuickBooks you’ll need to authorise this using your banks security credentials so you can be confident we’ve got you covered.

  • What types of information can I import into QuickBooks?

    QuickBooks allows you to import bank statements directly from your bank. You can also import CSV files containing sales and purchase invoices containing VAT and multiple currencies, customers, suppliers, products and services that you sell and your chart of accounts.

  • Does the data need to be in a specific format?

    Bank statement data can be in CSV, QFX, QBO or OFX format. Most online banking platforms allow you to download statement data in CSV format. Other data imported into QuickBooks must be in CSV format. For the fastest, smoothest experience we recommend you use the templates provided in QuickBooks.

  • What is bridging software?

    Bridging software is a term coined by HMRC to describe software that enables a taxpayer to import their excel spreadsheet based VAT data into other software from which they can file their VAT return. Bridging software makes it easier to comply with Making Tax Digital if you’re currently working from an excel spreadsheet.

* If you select the Free Trial option the first months subscription to QuickBooks, starting from the date of enrolment, is free. To continue using QuickBooks after your one month trial, you'll be asked to present a valid credit card for authorisation, and you'll be charged the then current fee for the service(s) you've selected. All prices shown exclude VAT. Offer(s) are valid for new QuickBooks customers only. Offer cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers. Terms, conditions, features, pricing, service and support are subject to change without notice.

QuickBooks Making Tax Digital for VAT software is available to all QuickBooks Simple Start, Essential and Plus subscribers. Use of QuickBooks MTD for VAT software and bridging software must be aligned with HMRC's eligibility requirements and includes additional set up between the small business and HMRC.

QuickBooks MTD software currently supports Standard, Cash and Flat Rate schemes. QuickBooks Bridging Software supports Standard and Cash schemes. Annual submissions are not currently supported but will be coming soon. Businesses whose home currency is not GBP are currently not supported.

Receive a 90% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Simple Start or 90% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Essentials or 90% discount off the current monthly price for QuickBooks Online Plus for the first 4 months of service, starting from date of enrolment, followed by the then current monthly price. Your account will automatically be charged on a monthly basis until you cancel. You must select the Buy Now option and will not receive a one month trial. Offer valid for new QuickBooks Online customers only. No limit on the number of subscriptions ordered. You can cancel at any time by calling 0808 168 9533. Discount cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers. Terms, conditions, features, pricing, service and support are subject to change without notice. All prices shown exclude VAT.

Receive a 90% discount off the current monthly subscription price for the first 4 months of service starting from the date you subscribe for the service. In order to obtain the discount you need to select the Buy Now option and will not receive the free one month trial offer. After the first 4 months, your account will be charged on a monthly basis at the then current price until you cancel. The above discount offer is available only to new QuickBooks Self-Employed customers and cannot be combined with any other QuickBooks Online offers.

90% discount valid until the 22 April 2021.

Sign up to QuickBooks Payroll between 1 April 2021 and 31 May 2021 and receive 75% off your payroll subscription fee for the first 4 months from the date of signing up to QuickBooks Payroll. This is available if you sign up to QuickBooks Standard Payroll or QuickBooks Advanced Payroll. You will receive the discount on the subscription fee, there is no discount to the per employee fee.

This offer is only available to small business customers paying for their subscription themselves. This is available only to new payroll small business customers. You can be new to QuickBooks Online, or an existing customer of QuickBooks Online, who has not previously used either of our online payroll.

After the first 4 months your account will be charged on a monthly basis at the normal rate of £4/ month subscription fee + £1 per paid employee + VAT @ 20% for Standard Payroll or £8/ month subscription fee + £1 per paid employee + VAT @ 20% for Advanced Payroll, until you cancel.

2QuickBooks Advanced Payroll allows you to automatically submit information to the following pension providers: NEST, The Peoples Pension, Smart Pensions, Aviva and NOW:Pensions

3Mileage tracking is available on QuickBooks Self-Employed Android and iOS and the QuickBooks Online App on iOS

These terms apply to QuickBooks UK customers only. Bulk-pricing discount offer is valid only if you are signing up for more than one QuickBooks Online subscription with each order. View terms and conditions for multiple accounts pricing here. To inquire further about the bulk-pricing discount offer, please call 0808 168 4246.

*QuickBooks UK have temporarily changed our support hours due to the mandated travel and office restrictions. Please see temporary customer support opening times:

  • QuickBooks Online Phone – Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm.
  • QuickBooks Online Live Messaging – Monday to Friday 8am to 12am, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm.
  • QuickBooks Self Employed Live Messaging – Monday to Friday 7am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm.

*89% of small businesses are more successful when they’re connected to an accounting professional is based on internal research of QuickBooks customers worldwide as of December 2019. 40% of small businesses don’t currently work with ProAdvisors or bookkeepers is based on product data of QuickBooks customers worldwide as of July 2019. QuickBooks Online has 4.5M customers worldwide as of July 2019.

'The world's #1 online accounting software' based on number of paying customers and accountants worldwide, June 2016.

'Save around 8 hours a month' based on respondents new to QuickBooks; Intuit survey June 2016.

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'See how your business is doing in less than 30 seconds'; Intuit survey June 2016.

'Save 12 hours a month managing your finances'; Based on an October 2016 survey of active Quickbooks Self Employed subscribers who offered an opinion about how much time Quickbooks Self Employed saves them related to managing their finances.

'75% of QuickBooks Online users say working with an accountant makes their businesses run better'; Based on Intuit US customer survey 2016.

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