Xero Accounting Software

We use Xero. We recommend Xero. Here's why that matters to you.

Xero is the accounting platform we’ve built our practice around – because it’s the one that gives business owners a clear view of their numbers without an enterprise price tag or a three-month learning curve.

Certified Xero advisors · Setup, migration, and ongoing bookkeeping · Fully virtual, any state

What you get with Xero + Accounting Elements

Bank feeds updating daily

Included

Real-time P&L

Included

Unlimited users

No per-seat fees

Your tax CPA can log in

No extra cost

Setup & migration

We handle it

Our Preferred Platform

Your accounting software should make your numbers easier to understand

The right accounting platform should make it easier to stay connected to your business, not create another layer between you and your financials. It should be intuitive, accessible, and give you information you can actually use.

We’ve worked in nearly every accounting platform on the market, and Xero is the one we keep coming back to. It’s the platform we recommend and set up for most new clients because it’s clean, genuinely affordable, and designed so you don’t need to be an accountant to understand what you’re looking at.

Good bookkeeping isn’t useful if you can’t read it.

Why We Love It

Six reasons Xero earned our loyalty

A clean interace that keeps the focus on your business

Simple, streamlined and refreshingly distraction free so that you can hone in on what's important.

No per-user fees, ever

Add your partner, your office manager, your CPA, and us on any plan at no additional cost.

Bank feeds that just work

Transactions flow in automatically and reconciliation rules learn your patterns. Fewer hours billed for data entry.

An app ecosystem that fits

Shopify, Stripe, Gusto, inventory, project management – you name it, Xero connects to the systems you already run.

Real collaboration

We're in the same file you are, at the same time. No emailing backups, no "which version is current."

Flexible reporting for the way you run your business

Reports that go beyond tax compliance, and can be designed to help you understand what's driving profit, and turn your numbers into business insight.

The Affordability Case

Serious accounting software, small business pricing

Xero offers three tiers, and they scale with you rather than ahead of you.

Entry tier

Early

SOLO & SIDE BUSINESSES

The essentials: quotes, invoices, bank reconciliation, document capture, and real-time reports. A genuine financial foundation at the cost of a couple of lunches.

Most of our clients

Growing

Established small business

Unlimited invoicing and bills, automated bill entry, performance dashboards, longer forecasting. Where most businesses we support land.

Scaling up

Established

Multi-entity & project-based

Multi-currency, project time and cost tracking, expense claims, KPI analysis. For architecture, engineering, and agency clients.

Xero sets and periodically updates its own subscription pricing. For current rates, reach out and we’ll tell you exactly what your setup would run.

Making The Move

Already on QuickBooks, spreadsheets, or nothing at all?

Switching accounting platforms sounds like a nightmare. In practice, it’s a few weeks of work that our team at Accounting Elements handles and you barely feel.

If you’re mid-year, we’ll tell you honestly whether to move now or wait for a clean cutover date. Sometimes waiting is the better answer, and we’d rather say so.

Assess

We review your current file, flag what's worth migrating, and pick a cutover date.

Build

Chart of accounts, tracking categories, bank feeds, integrations, opening balances.

Verify

We reconcile the new file against your old one so the numbers tie out before go-live.

Run

We show your team around the parts you'll use, then take over the monthly work.

Credentials

Certified, current, and in it daily

At Accounting Elements, we don’t just recommend Xero. We’re certified in it, work in it every single day, and 93% of our clients run on it.

100% Xero Certified

Including Level 3 Specialist

Xero Partner — Gold

Since 2013

Steve

36Creative

"I used to spend 15–20 hours a month reconciling accounts and following up on invoices. That's not a revenue-generating use of my time. Since working with Accounting Elements, we've tripled in size. And our books are so clean that we're saving money with our CPA."

Common Questions

Xero questions we hear a lot

Do I have to use Xero to work with Accounting Elements?

No. Xero is our preferred platform and what we set up by default, but we support clients on other systems too. We'll give you an honest read on whether switching would actually improve things for you.

How much does Xero cost?

Is Xero better than QuickBooks?

Can I switch to Xero in the middle of the year?

Will my CPA be able to access my Xero file?

What if my books are a mess right now?

Let's talk about what Xero would look like for your business

Book a free 30-minute call, and we’ll look at where your books are now, tell you honestly whether Xero is the right fit, and walk you through what setup or migration would involve.

Reach out and let’s see if we’re a good fit.