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True Cost Accounting
Landed costs, tariffs, freight, overhead allocation—all calculated automatically and accurately. Your clients finally know their real product costs, and you can trust the numbers.
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Accounting Integration
Invoices Synced
247
All currentCOGS Posted
€84,200
This monthRecent Syncs
Journal Entry
Inventory Adjustment
€2,450
10m ago
Invoice
INV-2024-0412 → QBO
€12,500
25m ago
Bill
PO-2024-0089 → QBO
€4,280
1h ago
COGS Entry
February Materials
€18,420
2h ago
Costing MethodFIFO
Accurate COGS automatically calculated
01The Challenge
Your Inventory Clients Are Harder to Serve Than They Should Be
They bring you spreadsheets. They guess at COGS. They can't reconcile physical inventory with their books. You spend hours cleaning up their data instead of providing strategic value.
- 01Clients have inaccurate cost of goods sold calculations
- 02They can't explain inventory variances to you
- 03They bring incomplete or incorrect data every month-end
- 04They need constant manual adjustments to their financials
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How It Works
Purpose-built features that solve these exact problems.
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Seamless QuickBooks Integration
Two-way sync with QuickBooks Online and Desktop. Invoices, bills, inventory adjustments, and journal entries flow automatically. No manual data entry. No reconciliation headaches.
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Xero Integration
Full integration with Xero for clients who prefer that ecosystem. Same accuracy, same automation, different platform.
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Automated COGS Calculation
Proper inventory accounting with FIFO, LIFO, or average cost methods. COGS is calculated correctly, automatically, every time.
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Audit-Ready Trail
Complete transaction history for every inventory movement, cost adjustment, and financial posting. Give auditors exactly what they need, instantly.
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What You'll Gain
Tangible improvements that impact your bottom line.
- 01Cleaner Books, Faster Closes
Stop spending hours reconciling inventory and hunting down variances. The system maintains perfect accuracy, and you close the books in half the time.
- 02Better Decisions for Clients
When they know their true costs, they make better pricing decisions. When they understand their margins, they grow profitably. You become the advisor they need.
- 03More Advisory, Less Data Entry
Spend your time on strategic planning, tax optimization, and business growth—not on fixing inventory spreadsheets and tracking down missing transactions.
- 04Confident Year-End
No more year-end inventory surprises. Physical counts match system counts. Variances are explained. Audits go smoothly.
- 05Scale Your Practice
Take on more inventory clients without adding staff. The system does the heavy lifting you used to do manually.
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Real-World Scenarios
See how this works in practice.
Scenario 1
Month-End Close
Instead of waiting days for your client to send spreadsheets, then spending hours cleaning the data, you log into the system. Inventory transactions are already recorded. COGS is already calculated. Journal entries are ready to review and post. You close the books in 2 hours instead of 2 days.
Scenario 2
Margin Analysis
Your client asks 'which products are actually profitable?' Instead of guessing or building complex spreadsheets, you pull a report showing true product costs including all overhead. They discontinue three losing products and focus on their most profitable items.
Scenario 3
Tax Season Preparation
You need inventory values for year-end tax returns. Instead of hoping their physical count was accurate, you pull reports showing real-time inventory values, properly costed, with complete audit trails. The numbers are defensible.
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The Transformation
From chaos to clarity.
Before
- Hours of data cleanup
- COGS guesswork
- Reconciliation nightmares
- Year-end surprises
- Manual journal entries
- Limited advisory time
After
- Clean data automatically
- True cost visibility
- Books balance instantly
- Confident closes
- Automated postings
- Strategic focus
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions.
01Does this replace QuickBooks or Xero?
No, it works alongside them. The MRP system handles inventory, manufacturing, and costing. That data syncs seamlessly to QuickBooks or Xero for general ledger and financial reporting.
02Do my clients need to be technical?
Not at all. The system is designed for non-technical users. Most clients are up and running with minimal training.
03Can I manage multiple clients from one account?
Yes. Many accountants manage 10, 20, or more client companies from a single login with easy switching between entities.
04What about different costing methods?
We support FIFO, LIFO, average cost, and standard costing. You choose the method that fits each client's needs and industry standards.
05What about audit trails?
Every transaction is logged with timestamps, user information, and complete history. Auditors love the level of detail and traceability.
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