For accountants & bookkeepers

A client file you can actually hold.

AcboBooks keeps the books in one file on the client's computer. For you, that means plain double-entry you can audit, periods that lock, and no seat fee for doing your job.

Get the file, not a login

The client sends the .acbo file (or you open it over their network). You open it in your copy of AcboBooks — no portal, no invitation, no per-client subscription.

Send it back, or send adjusting entries as a journal they import.

Real double-entry

Every transaction is a balanced journal entry you can see in the general ledger. No hidden "system" accounts.

Trial balance, GL and agings run as of any date; cash and accrual views.

Closed periods that stay closed

Set a closing date with a password after you finish a period. Client changes before that date need the password and land in the audit log.

The audit log shows who changed what, when, and from which user.

Work at the client's

Install AcboBooks on your laptop. Open the client's file on their LAN with your own user and role.

Works with the internet off — a site visit never depends on their Wi-Fi.

Working arrangement

A month-end routine that fits

Client reconciles bank and credit-card accounts in AcboBooks (or you do, over the LAN).
You review the trial balance, GL and agings as of month-end; post adjusting entries.
Close the period with a closing-date password. Give the client the reports as PDF.
Year-end: the client's payroll produces W-2/EFW2 files; you review before they upload. Export the GL to your working papers.

Moving clients off QuickBooks Desktop

The import reads IIF lists and, on the same PC, pulls transactions through Intuit's SDK. Run the trial balance in both programs as of the cut-over date and compare; the import never duplicates on re-run. Details on the migration page.

Pricing for firms

You don't pay anything to open client files. If you want AcboBooks for your own firm's books, it's the same one-time licence as any business. Volume licences for firms that resell or bundle are available — contact us.

Get started

Open a client file this week.

Download the trial, open the sample company, and see whether the ledger is one you'd sign off on.

Try free for 15 days Buy once — $399.99

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