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Software for Accountants

The Access Group provides solutions to run your entire practice with best-in-class powerful tax, compliance and practice management software to help optimise compliance workflows and advance every aspect of your accounting practice.

Trusted by over 8,000 accounting practices across Australia and New Zealand

Everything you need to efficiently run your accounting practice

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From sole trader to large practices

Access accounting practice solutions cater for both small and larger accounting practices, supporting you as your practice grows.

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Centralised client management

Access all client information in the one place allowing you to connect with clients like never before.

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Staff, jobs and time management

Get complete visibility across staff, jobs and gain efficiencies with your time management.

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Simplify and automate your practice processes

Save time with smart automation. Configure your practice workflow to suit the way you work.

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Powerful tax and compliance software

Integrated data collection, ledger, tax preparation and lodgment software allows you to perform all your compliance work in the one place.

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Data and analytics

Complete visibility of client and practice performance.

Tax and ledger compliance software

Prepare accounts, lodge tax and compliance work for your clients. Our range of tax and compliance solutions help accountants prepare and lodge thousands of tax forms every year. From returns to activity statements and agent reporting, there are over 30 years of experience and development behind our tax and compliance solutions. No matter what software your clients use, or your practice size, we provide an automated compliance workflow to manage accounts preparation for statutory accounts and management reports through to tax preparation and lodgment.

Accounting practice management software

Practice management designed to help you to run every aspect of your accounting practice, helping you provide better team collaboration and client experience, manage jobs, track time and optimise practice resources to maximise current and future opportunities.

Access all client information in the one place, allowing you to connect with clients like never before.

Data management and analytics

We connect to all the major small business accounting applications via API to collect, store and prepare the data for analysis in a data warehouse. This provides your practice with all your client data in the one place.

Once data is available in the data warehouse, connect to our compliance applications to complete period end and year end compliance work for clients, with no rekeying of data right through to statutory accounts and the lodging of the tax returns.

For all your accounting practice needs

Run your entire practice with best-in-class powerful tax, compliance and practice management software to help optimise compliance workflows and advance every aspect of your accounting practice. Our solutions offer powerful, automated workflows, out of the box dashboards and easily customised reporting, enhancing productivity and providing you with instant access to data-driven insights.

Your complete accounting practice partner

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Financial and people management

We provide comprehensive Financial management software for those practices needing real-time visibility and insight across their entire practice operations.

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their entire lifecycle from hire to retire. Full feature customisable payroll, recruitment, performance and learning management, extensive reporting and more.

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Accounting practice software training

Ensure you have the knowledge and
processes to maximise efficiency and
productivity from your practice solution. Get comprehensive training delivered on the topics you want, via the method you need - from classroom to online, workshops and more.

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Accounting practice software consulting

Optimise your investment to deliver better practice outcomes by entrusting your implementation and consulting to our experienced team of accounting software professionals. Our consultants all have extensive industry experience and can help you find efficiencies, create processes and drive value for your practice.

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Get more from your accounting practice solution

Get in touch with one of our accountant software experts who can help you better manage your practice with best-in-class powerful tax, compliance and practice management software from The Access Group.

Our accounting practice software

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Access Accountants

Perfect for accounting practices of all sizes.

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Access APS

Perfect for accounting practices with more than 20 employees.

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Accounting practice software FAQs

What software do accounting practices use?

Although every accounting practice is different, with each practice having different challenges and clients, most of them will use the following software for accountants to power their practice:

  • Tax software - enabling practices both small and large to prepare, manage and lodge tax returns for their clients
  • Ledger software - where practices can create professional, practice branded financial and management reports for their clients
  • Practice Management - which can be used to run all aspects of a practice to improve client experience and increase productivity
  • Data Management and Analytics - which helps practices make important data-driven decisions due to the wealth of empowering data and insights
Why accountants choose Access software?

The main reasons accountants choose Access software for accountants:

  • We have been creating trusted and proven practice software for accountants since 1988.
  • Processes more than 40% of all agent prepared individual tax returns.
  • Is trusted by more than 8,000 accounting practices across Australia and New Zealand.
  • Is smart, scalable and purpose-built for accountants.
  • Offers a client-centric design to provide quick access to all client information from the one place.
  • Can be measured by accuracy, timeliness, and customer satisfaction.
  • Is supported by experienced professionals based in Australia.
Why should I use software for accountants in the cloud?
More and more practices are opting for cloud-based software for accountants.
Cloud software for accountants is just as secure as its on-premise counterpart, and it is considered more cost-effective, more suited to continued scalability, easier to deploy within your practice and more accessible for busy accountants who are on-the-go.
How much does software for accountants cost?
If your accounting firm is seeking new software for accountants, you are probably thinking about costs.
The average accounting practice software cost is often based on many factors, and cost will be down to the size and needs of your accounting practice.
Can I work remotely as an accountant?
Accounting practice management software makes it easier for accounting professionals to do their job well, regardless of their location.
Remote workers for accounting firms can use cloud-based accounting practice software both independently and collaboratively, to reap the benefits of the flexible workplace, without compromising communication and team dynamics.