{"id":18,"date":"2014-08-29T01:34:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T01:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-01-24T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:32:56","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-21ixe-063b2e40b073c98cfc0ff340540eea4d\">\n.avia-section.av-21ixe-063b2e40b073c98cfc0ff340540eea4d{\nbackground-color:#9e8775;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/icon_bg_trans_wave.png);\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-position:100% 100%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-21ixe-063b2e40b073c98cfc0ff340540eea4d .av-extra-border-element .av-extra-border-inner{\nbackground-color:#9e8775;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-21ixe-063b2e40b073c98cfc0ff340540eea4d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_blog  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-arrow-down-section av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_px='430'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:430px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1{\npadding-bottom:40px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:72px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:72px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kkbau2jy-4b62924ad73439e2fe6c1a80d5f145d1 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Beancounters Blog<\/h1><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Bookkeeping updates and advice from Beancounters<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><div class='av-extra-border-element border-extra-arrow-down'><div class='av-extra-border-outer'><div class='av-extra-border-inner'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  av-blog-meta-comments-disabled av-blog-meta-html-info-disabled av-blog-meta-tag-disabled '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-657 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-657 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping tag-automation tag-bookkeeping tag-cloud-accounting\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Part 2: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping\">Part 2: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\"  title=\"Part 2: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping - Beancounters Bookkeeping - Dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-659 avia-img-lazy-loading-659 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"Part 2: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping - Beancounters Bookkeeping - Dublin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you want smart, efficient accounting without having to hire someone at a full salary to do it, then you need to consider what a team of modern bookkeepers can do for you. Automated bookkeeping saves you time, money while also streamlining out-of-date processes. Following on from part 1 of the series, we are going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-08-07T11:19:24+00:00\" >August 7, 2019<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Part-2-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-08-07T11:19:24+00:00\" >2019-08-07 11:19:24<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-08-07 11:20:56<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Part 2: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-640 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-640 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping tag-bookkeeping tag-cloud-accounting tag-xero\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-1-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Part 1: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping\">Part 1: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-1-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\"  title=\"12 steps to automated bookkeeping - Beancounters\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-641 avia-img-lazy-loading-641 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"12 steps to automated bookkeeping - Beancounters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Between Xero, QuickBooks, Sage One and a host of other cloud accounting services, there is a wealth of choice when it comes to how you choose to get started with automated bookkeeping. The old accounting days of tedious manual data entry, laborious reconciliations and never-ending paperwork are over. By harnessing the power of cloud accounting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/part-1-12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-06-29T10:49:11+00:00\" >June 29, 2019<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/12-steps-to-automated-bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-06-29T10:49:11+00:00\" >2019-06-29 10:49:11<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-07-11 15:29:59<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Part 1: 12 steps to automated bookkeeping<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-597 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/bookkeeping-solutions-sage-v-xero\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Bookkeeping solutions &#8211; Sage v Xero\">Bookkeeping solutions &#8211; Sage v Xero<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/bookkeeping-solutions-sage-v-xero\/\"  title=\"Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-634 avia-img-lazy-loading-634 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This article was written for publication in\u00a0Business Plus Magazine. You can also read it on their website,\u00a0bizplus.ie. Solutions\u00a0for small business: the old guard or the young pretender? There\u2019s a lot happening in the accounting software space for SMEs and the two leading competitors, Sage and Xero, are battling it out for market share. Sage is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/bookkeeping-solutions-sage-v-xero\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2016-11-29T10:19:09+00:00\" >November 29, 2016<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bookkeeping-solutions-Xero-v-Sage-beancounters-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2016-11-29T10:19:09+00:00\" >2016-11-29 10:19:09<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-06-11 13:13:22<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Bookkeeping solutions &#8211; Sage v Xero<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-41 post-loop-4 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-41 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/simplepay-payroll-ireland\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Payroll software for Irish businesses\">Payroll software for Irish businesses<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/simplepay-payroll-ireland\/\"  title=\"beancounters-bookkeeping-advice-dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beancounters-bookkeeping-advice-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-501 avia-img-lazy-loading-501 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beancounters-bookkeeping-advice-dublin-800x423.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beancounters-bookkeeping-advice-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Recommended by Beancounters for startups &#038; small businesses, SimplePay offers a great solution for payroll processing. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/simplepay-payroll-ireland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2016-01-16T14:08:17+00:00\" >January 16, 2016<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beancounters-bookkeeping-advice-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>500<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2016-01-16T14:08:17+00:00\" >2016-01-16 14:08:17<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2016-01-24 20:34:47<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Payroll software for Irish businesses<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-254 post-loop-5 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-254 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/meet-team\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Meet the team\">Meet the team<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/meet-team\/\"  title=\"beancounters-ie-dublin-bookkeepers\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/beancounters-ie-dublin-bookkeepers-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-493 avia-img-lazy-loading-493 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/beancounters-ie-dublin-bookkeepers-800x423.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/beancounters-ie-dublin-bookkeepers-710x375.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Meet the beancounters.ie team! Our amazing, talented bookkeepers &#8211; Ann Coates, Cathy O&#8217;Leary, Edel Cannon and Sharon Cullen &#8211; and Founder and Director of Beancouters, Rory Finegan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/meet-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-12-07T19:23:35+00:00\" >December 7, 2015<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/beancounters-ie-dublin-bookkeepers.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>500<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-12-07T19:23:35+00:00\" >2015-12-07 19:23:35<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2016-01-24 20:34:30<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Meet the team<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-26 post-loop-6 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-26 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hiring-beancounters-is-a-cost-saving-measure\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Compare the costs!\">Compare the costs!<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hiring-beancounters-is-a-cost-saving-measure\/\"  title=\"Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-636 avia-img-lazy-loading-636 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When you hire an employee in a traditional relationship, you are committed to more than the base amount salary the employee receives. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hiring-beancounters-is-a-cost-saving-measure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-10-08T11:43:24+00:00\" >October 8, 2015<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Compare-costs-beancounters-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-10-08T11:43:24+00:00\" >2015-10-08 11:43:24<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-06-11 13:14:08<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Compare the costs!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-93 post-loop-7 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-93 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/the-switch-over\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The switch over\">The switch over<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/the-switch-over\/\"  title=\"The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-637 avia-img-lazy-loading-637 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We can help you set up a new online accounts system. It&#8217;s pretty straightforward and can be done quite quickly when you know what you are doing and have the experience we have.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/the-switch-over\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-09-08T16:29:25+00:00\" >September 8, 2015<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-switch-over-beancounters-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-09-08T16:29:25+00:00\" >2015-09-08 16:29:25<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-06-11 13:14:52<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The switch over<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-60 post-loop-8 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-60 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/how-we-got-our-name\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Seriously fun\">Seriously fun<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/how-we-got-our-name\/\"  title=\"Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-639 avia-img-lazy-loading-639 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-705x373.jpg 705w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin-450x238.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In naming our business, we thought it would be funny to embrace this slang and use it in our branding. We also like the colourful imagery associated with beans and jellybeans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/how-we-got-our-name\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-07-08T15:00:43+00:00\" >July 8, 2015<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Seriously-Fun-Bookkeeping-beancounters-dublin.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>423<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-07-08T15:00:43+00:00\" >2015-07-08 15:00:43<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2019-06-11 13:16:09<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Seriously fun<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1 post-loop-9 post-parity-odd post-entry-last single-big with-slider post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beancounters-bookkeeping\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/category\/beancounters-bookkeeping\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beancounters - the easy bookkeeping solution<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hello-world\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Beautiful accounting\">Beautiful accounting<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hello-world\/\"  title=\"xero-bookkeeping-cloud-accounting-beancounters\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/xero-bookkeeping-cloud-accounting-beancounters-800x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-508 avia-img-lazy-loading-508 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/xero-bookkeeping-cloud-accounting-beancounters-800x423.jpg 800w, https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/xero-bookkeeping-cloud-accounting-beancounters-710x375.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Xero, the award-winning cloud accounting solution from New Zealand is really gathering pace and is now the dominant force in accounting solutions for SMEs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/hello-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-06-23T14:10:12+00:00\" >June 23, 2015<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/blog\/author\/aggyc4b6kdmkw8waxbkvxv\/\" title=\"Posts by Beancounters\" rel=\"author\">Beancounters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/xero-bookkeeping-cloud-accounting-beancounters.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>500<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/beancounters.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dublin-BookkeepersBeancounters-from-Beyond-Accounting.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beancounters<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-06-23T14:10:12+00:00\" >2015-06-23 14:10:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2016-01-24 20:33:17<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Beautiful accounting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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