Being able to connect together all your favourite business tools and have them seamlessly talk to one another can free up your time by automating routine tasks. At QuickFile we’re continually looking to build new integrations around popu

At 11pm on the 31st December the Brexit transition period will officially come to an end. This will bring about some significant changes for businesses exporting and importing goods within the European Union. The UK Government have impl

We’re pleased to introduce our newest payments partner, Square. With Square, you can easily take payments in person, online or over the phone. There are no long-term commitments and you only pay when you make a sale. Plus you get your mo

You may be interested to know that we are currently in the process of rolling out a new dashboard. For the last 6 years the QuickFile dashboard has remained largely unchanged and we felt that it was in need of some modernisation. What’

In the next few days we will be rolling out a number of updates for the QuickFile Android and iOS app. Most notably this new release will introduce support for Affinity, giving you access to the Affinity dashboard from your mobile device

If you’re trading as a limited company you may already be taking a part of your income as dividends. It is important that you keep the correct paperwork to support those dividends. This includes a set of board minutes to agree the divide

We’re pleased to announce a significant update to our mobile app that brings new banking visibility and biometric security, along with a host of smaller improvements. Version 2.18 will be rolling out to the Android and iOS app stores in

What’s better: setting up a limited company, or being a sole trader? The pros and cons of both So you’ve taken the plunge and decided to start working for yourself. We wish your cat yoga studio / homemade brownie bakery / phone book recy

We wanted to provide an update in regards to the current COVID-19 situation. Firstly however I would like to extend my best wishes to you and your family during these difficult times. Please rest assured that we will be doing everythin

From 1st March 2021, VAT registered businesses operating in the building and construction industry will need to change the way they collect and report VAT. The new changes will require businesses that are receiving a service from a CIS

From the moment we launched our new mobile apps last year we have stepped up our efforts to bring across more functionality from the web app into our mobile solution. We have now launched version 2.0 of the mobile app for Android, with i

Automation is a key part of what we do, finding new ways to reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks allows you to spend more time running your business. Recently we have been looking at ways to streamline the receipt tagging process an

In August this year we launched our new mobile app for Android. We’ve been working on an iOS version in parallel and we are pleased to announce that the QuickFile iOS app is now available for preview. As with the Android app the iOS ver

You may have heard already about the Open Banking Initiative. It provides a new framework allowing account holders to control their data in a secure and convenient way. QuickFile have been at the forefront of Open Banking adoption, becom

Update: The QuickFile app is now generally available to all users. Android and iOS links can be found here: QuickFile for Apple iOS and Android - Free Accounting Software Earlier this year we announced that we have started work on a ne

QuickFile & GoCardless would like to invite you to the upcoming webinar on Fixing Cash-flow on 10th July at 10:00 am. Cash-flow problems are the number one challenge facing SMB’s in the UK, but QuickFile & GoCardless are helping

Open Banking is a joint effort involving 9 of the UK’s largest banks. In part Open Banking will allow account holders to share bank transaction information safely and securely with trusted third parties. Some of the key benefits to Open

We have received notice today that HMRC have opened up access to the Making Tax Digital (MTD) VAT Pilot for all customers that will be mandated to use the new MTD system from April 2019. Amongst other things this will remove the previous

Today I’m pleased to announce a new direct feed for Starling Bank Business Accounts. Connect your account in a few steps and maintain an up-to-date bank balance with live updates. Starling Bank is a mobile-only challenger bank that offe

MLVerify.com is a cloud based Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Client Due Diligence (CDD) platform. This is a project we have been working on for the last year to help AML supervised businesses to streamline their client due diligence and mo

We’re sure by now you’ve heard about Making Tax Digital (MTD). We wanted to give you a quick overview on what to expect and how we’ve been preparing for these changes. As you may know HMRC are working on a number of initiatives to simpli

We are pleased to announce that QuickFile is now officially registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We started the FCA process in early 2018 in order to take advantage of the new Open Banking APIs. This will provide us

These last few weeks we’ve been busy working on a complete redesign of the Client Area. We’re now ready to start rolling out this update. The new interface should feel much cleaner and more intuitive, it’s also fully optimised for mobile

These last few weeks we have been working on a new Statement of Cash Flows report. This report is now available in the reports section (Reports >> Show all reports). The Statement of Cash Flows report breaks down the inflows and ou

What is Making Tax Digital? MTD for VAT Overview What’s new? View open and filed VAT obligations View payments and liabilities New HMRC authentication process Joining the Pilot Scheme What is Making Tax Digital? As you may be aware, HM