Good IT Contractor Accountant

[Fred Bloggs]

Quick question for you, I can see freeagent supports well with Metro & Barclays bank. Does it work well with HSBC BUSINESS ACCOUNT as well? I mean the integration is ok or painful with HSBC business account with freeagent?

Thanks
ifti

Myself, I will not use the banking integration facility. It involves giving a 3rd party your log in details. How secure that actually is, is up for debate. But I won't trust it. It takes just a few minutes to download and upload a Quicken compatible file (or something else suitable) and upload it to FA. IMO, it isn't worth the risk. if your bank gets hacked you will be blamed for divulging your security details to a 3rd party.

[malvolio]

Works fine if a little slow. It uses a service to submit the key code from the magic fob to provide the secure connections.

[northernladuk]

Quick question for you, I can see freeagent supports well with Metro & Barclays bank. Does it work well with HSBC BUSINESS ACCOUNT as well? I mean the integration is ok or painful with HSBC business account with freeagent?

Thanks
ifti

Their pages says they do but have extra steps due to way they work. You have some kind of pin generator for your account?
https://www.freeagent.com/central/mo...day-motivator/

[ifti12]

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Quick question for you, I can see freeagent supports well with Metro & Barclays bank. Does it work well with HSBC BUSINESS ACCOUNT as well? I mean the integration is ok or painful with HSBC business account with freeagent?

Thanks
ifti

[northernladuk]

I like the way you make the important decision on which accountant to go with for your business based on what sort of mobile phone you get !! Way to go

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[kaiser78]

Okay thanks. Let me have a read through. Gorilla got an offer of first 2 months free if you join in this month. If I join via your recommendation then will you get Samsung S7 plus or me for recommendation or will I have to use my Samsung S4 for rest of my life?

I like the way you make the important decision on which accountant to go with for your business based on what sort of mobile phone you get !! Way to go

[ifti12]

Freeagent is the way forward. Plenty of threads on here saying the same. Have a look at the search method using Google as described here and put Freeagent in.

Searching CUK Forums

You'll get threads like this.

FreeAgent

I'm also with Gorilla and they've done everything they said they would in the last 2 years and I'm a fan of FA as well.

Okay thanks. Let me have a read through. Gorilla got an offer of first 2 months free if you join in this month. If I join via your recommendation then will you get Samsung S7 plus or me for recommendation or will I have to use my Samsung S4 for rest of my life?

[northernladuk]

Freeagent is the way forward. Plenty of threads on here saying the same. Have a look at the search method using Google as described here and put Freeagent in.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/showthread.php?t=58311

You'll get threads like this.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/showthread.php?t=119125

I'm also with Gorilla and they've done everything they said they would in the last 2 years and I'm a fan of FA as well.

[ifti12]

We also have a very long sticky with recommendations as we get asked this a lot.

Accountant recommendation threads inc local requests

Thanks guys, After talking to two of them "Gorilla Accounting" and "InTouch Accounting" I think Gorilla got better accounting software. Has anyone use Freeagent before and what do you think about it? Does it reduces the pain to capture expenses or increases it? What's your personal experience with either of them and which one you recommend one on another and why?

Thanks
ifti

[l35kee]

Being new myself, one thing I found useful was having insurance and cloud accounting software included in price..

[northernladuk]

We also have a very long sticky with recommendations as we get asked this a lot.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/showthread.php?t=69742

[NotAllThere]

We don't allow marketing here.

[ifti12]

Hi guys,

I am planning to form LTD company and looking for professional/friendly advice. Please suggest your personal advice here and no marketing please. Price is not an issue but they should be upto date with technology, alert customer with various deadlines and ability to submit stuff on time.

Thanks
ifti