Experts in Dext (Receipt Bank)
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What is Receipt Bank/Dext?
Receipt Bank (which is now called Dext) helps small businesses save time on their bookkeeping, and ensures that documents are easily accessible in case HMRC come knocking. Dext helps small businesses work in the way they should in the 21st century – without hoarding paper in files for years. Here at CFO360 UK, we set up our clients on Dext, and what’s more, we pay for it, saving our clients the £25+VAT per month cost if Dext is bought directly.
How to use Dext?
Dext connects straight into your accounting software, such as Xero or Quickbooks Online. It then allows you to send receipts and invoices in two great ways to your accounting software: 1. You take a picture of the invoice or receipt on your Dext app, or 2. You forward the invoice / receipt to a dedicated Dext email address that we’ll set up for you
Once the invoice is captured in your Dext account, we go into Dext and categorise the invoice, recording the correct VAT code. We then publish to your Xero or Quickbooks Online account (that we also set up and pay for you)
In Xero or Quickbooks Online, we then Match the receipt from Dext to the amount we see going out of your bank. That then tells us that it’s been paid, and that we’ve got all the receipts and invoices we need to know that your books are nice and tidy.
If you forget to send invoices to Dext, we’ll see the amount come out of your bank, but we won’t be able to find a match. We will then be in contact with you to ask you to send that invoice to Dext.
Why Dext?
Dext is a tool that helps small business owners keep track of their invoices and receipts.
Whilst there are a number of companies offering this kind of service, Dext has always led the field, and is constantly improving and adding to their software.
At CFO360 UK, we love using Dext because it’s a really easy tool for our clients to use and we can then know that their books are complete and tidy.
Behind the simplicity of Dext is a machine learning, optical character recognition (OCR) technology, that reads the words on the invoices and receipts – this saves us time, and saves our clients money.
Why CFO360 UK?
We are Quickbooks, Xero and Dext specialists, and set every one of our clients up on Quickbooks Online or Xero.
Then, for clients on our Standard and Premium packages, we also set you up on Dext, so that the storage of your paperwork is done seamlessly, effortlessly and completely.
We’ve been an online accountant from day one, so we’ve chosen the very best software to make your life as easy as possible, and that is Quickbooks with Dext.
If you’re wanting to use Dext, and want to talk to us about getting it set up, the click on the button below.
But of course, don’t just take our word for it. Instead, have a look at the Quickbooks Proadvisor Directory and see what some of our 250+ clients say about us.
Dext login
Login to your Dext account. From there, you can see all receipts and expenses you’ve uploaded, either through your smartphone App, or sent to your Dext inbox.
If you’re wanting the app, it can be downloaded from Google Play or Apple App Store.
Dext pricing
Here are the prices if you buy Dext directly.
Business
- 1 user
- 50 monthly scans
Business plus
- 5 users
- 300 monthly scans
Premium
- 20 users
- 3000 monthly scans
*Note that Dext offers a lower price than shown above if you pay on an annual basis; the amounts will be £10/month, £20/month, and £40/month respectively.
If you sign up with CFO360 UK on either our Standard or Premium packages however, you’ll get Dext for free, because we cover the cost.
In fact, you also get Quickbooks Online or Xero for free.
These two softwares alone would cost you a combined £45+VAT per month.
See our pricing and packages here.
Free consultation to see if Dext is for you
If you’re not sure whether or not to use Dext , feel free to give us a call to discuss it.
We’d be happy to discuss your issues and give you some free advice.
Well, it depends.
Every business, regardless of whether they’re a limited company or sole trader, VAT registered or not, needs to keep records.
However, our view is that for non-VAT registered businesses, it’s normally sufficient to keep your documents in a file (but do note that the ink often fades and disappears over the years).
For VAT registered businesses, however, it’s really a good idea to have each and every expense in your accounting system (e.g. Quickbooks Online) linked to the invoice or receipt.
This way, it makes it very quick and easy to support your expenses, in the event of an HMRC investigation.
You may also know that the accounting software like Quickbooks Online and Xero also have this kind of functionality. At CFO360 UK, we prefer using Dext to the Quickbooks functionality, as Dext are the market leaders in this technology, and is capable of ‘reading’ many more types of documents than other competing software.
We set up your Dext account, and pay for this ourselves, saving you £25+VAT per month.
Then, we ask you to send all your invoices and receipts to Dext , either by taking a picture on your Receipt Bank mobile app or by sending the invoice by email.
Once you’ve done that, we go into your Dext account every time we do your bookkeeping, and process these invoices into your Quickbooks Online account, recording the correct category and VAT amount, etc.
In your Quickbooks account, that means that each expense will have an attachment showing the invoice or receipt that supports that transaction – a fantastically clean and well-organised set of books!
Even if you’ve already set up your Receipt Bank account, we will take over the payment of that each month, saving you £25+VAT per month.
You don’t – we do it for you!
Once you sign up, you’ll have an onboarding call with your dedicated accountant, who will use all the information you discuss to set up your Xero/Quickbooks Online and Dext (if on the standard or premium package) accounts in the correct way for your business.
For the basic and compliance package, we use the bank feeds in Quickbooks Online or Xero to get the information on your expenses, instead. This way is quicker and more convenient for both you and us.
However, we can’t do this for VAT registered clients, which is why VAT registered clients cannot choose the basic package.
No,we’ll set you up with a Dext email address.
You can, however, download the app onto your phone.
Between the app and the email address, you’re all sorted!
No, just forward to the Receipt Bank email address that we’ve set up for you.
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