A QuickBooks alternative in Ireland built for the VAT3

HelloBooks codes each transaction with 23%, 13.5%, 9%, 4.8% or 0%, or with exempt, reverse-charge or postponed accounting treatment where relevant. At period end it totals T1 to T4 and shows the transactions behind each box. At year end the rate totals for the RTD come from the same coding. Nothing about this depends on add-ons.

Adding a fourth or sixth person to QuickBooks means moving up a plan. HelloBooks allows up to five users on Starter and any number on Pro, with roles to control what each person can see.

Upload a statement and the lines arrive with a proposed account and VAT rate. Photograph a receipt and the supplier, date, net, VAT and total are read for you. Confirm in bulk where the suggestions are right and fix the rest.

QuickBooks lists automated bank feeds on every plan. HelloBooks works from statement uploads in Ireland today while direct bank connections roll out. QuickBooks also has a very large international user base and app ecosystem.

Mixed-rate businesses are where coding matters most. A café selling food at 9% and alcohol at the standard rate, a builder working under the construction reverse charge, an online seller importing under postponed accounting: each needs the right treatment at the transaction, or the VAT3 is wrong. HelloBooks proposes the treatment for each line and shows it for confirmation, so mistakes are caught before the return rather than after it is filed.

Your accountant gets their own login and works in the live ledger. They can review the coding, post adjustments and pull the VAT3 and reports without asking you for exports, which usually shortens the round of queries at year end.

Switch at the start of a VAT period: export the trial balance and open items from QuickBooks, import them into HelloBooks through CSV templates, and upload bank statements from that date. Keep the QuickBooks data accessible for history.