Services for accountants

Convert clients' books and close the year faster.

Help clients close the year with Accountant’s Copy and the secure file transfer service. Workflows and automation to close your clients’ books faster.

Accountant tier $699 once · 10 users · Year 1 of Updates & Cloud Services included

Solid Accounting Desktop
For your practice

What you do with it

Convert clients' books

1-click migration from QuickBooks® Desktop. It reads the client's file without changing it and checks every account against QuickBooks.

Close faster

Write-up mode, trial balance workpapers and a multi-client switcher on the Accountant tier. Batch fixes from Professional up.

Accountant's Copy

Your client sends a copy from any tier. You make your adjustments and send them back. They import your edits.

Year-End Package

Financial statements, the general ledger, agings, depreciation and the 1099 summary for a full fiscal year, in one bundle.

Recommend it to clients who want to stay on the desktop. Their books stay in a company file on their computer, and the software keeps working whether or not they renew.

Which tier to recommend
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Standard, Professional or Accountant

Every tier is a paid one-time purchase with Year 1 of Updates & Cloud Services included, and clients buy their own license directly from us. Each tier includes everything in the tier before it.

Which tier for which client?

Owner-run small business

Books, invoices, bills, bank reconciliation, reports

One location, a few people in the books.

Recommend Standard · $349
Growing business

Locations or projects, sales tax by state, ecommerce

Shopify or WooCommerce orders, several states, custom reports.

Recommend Professional · $499
Accounting practice

Many clients, write-up work, workpapers

You keep clients' books or receive their Accountant's Copies.

Recommend Accountant · $699
Standard, Professional and Accountant compared
FeatureStandard$349 onceProfessional$499 onceAccountant$699 onceFor practices
Named users includedStandard: up to 3 named users on one computer, each with their own sign-in3510
Extra users+$100 each, one time+$100 each, one time+$100 each, one time
Updates & Cloud Services, Year 1IncludedIncludedIncluded
Renewal, optional$99/yr$129/yr$179/yr
Core accounting — every tier, keeps working without renewalKeeps working with or without renewal
Double-entry general ledgerIncludedIncludedIncluded
Invoices & estimates (PDF, print, email from your mail app)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Bills & purchase ordersIncludedIncludedIncluded
Bank reconciliationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Inventory (FIFO / weighted average)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Fixed assets & depreciation · loans · recurring transactionsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Reports: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, trial balance, drill-downIncludedIncludedIncluded
Tax reports & TXF · tax-ready books (tax line mapping)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Payroll import from Gusto, OnPay, ADP exportsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Statement import: CSV, OFX, QFX, IIF, PDFIncludedIncludedIncluded
Import transactions from Stripe, PayPal and Square, and reconcile them like bank accountsKeep a balance there or move it to your bankIncludedIncludedIncluded
Each named user signs in with their own roleIncludedIncludedIncluded
Share across computers on your network (host mode)Share the company file with other computers on your network (up to 5 / 10 named users)Not includedIncludedIncluded
Local backupsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Your own AI assistant in Claude or ChatGPT; on-device AI coming soonIncludedIncludedIncluded
QuickBooks Desktop 1-click migrationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Accountant's Copy: send to your accountant, import the edits backIncludedIncludedIncluded
Year-End PackageIncludedIncludedIncluded
Professional addsAlso keeps working without renewal
Locations and projectsNot includedIncludedIncluded
Sales tax by stateNot includedIncludedIncluded
Custom reportsNot includedIncludedIncluded
ConsolidationNot includedIncludedIncluded
Batch fixesNot includedIncludedIncluded
Local REST API, and other AI assistants (Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code)Not includedIncludedIncluded
Ecommerce import (Shopify, WooCommerce order exports)Not includedIncludedIncluded
Accountant addsAlso keeps working without renewal
Client managementNot includedNot includedIncluded
Write-up modeNot includedNot includedIncluded
Trial balance workpapersNot includedNot includedIncluded
Multi-client switcherNot includedNot includedIncluded
Receive clients' Accountant's Copies through Solid AccountingNot includedNot includedIncluded
Updates & Cloud Services — Year 1 included, then optionalStops if you don't renew; existing cloud backups stay restorable
New releases and tax table updatesIncludedIncludedIncluded
Bank feeds via Plaid (bank logins)3510
Extra bank logins$3/month each$3/month each$3/month each
Encrypted cloud backup3 GB5 GB10 GB
Cloud Invoicing: invoice emails with a link to view onlineIncludedIncludedIncluded
Online checkout: Customers pay through your own PayPal, Stripe or Square account. Payments go to you; we never process or hold your money.Stripe first; PayPal and Square plannedComing soonComing soonComing soon
SupportStandard emailPriority emailPriority email
Accountant's Copy transfer serviceSend and receive edits from your accountant when they have the serviceSend and receive editsSend and receive editsReceive and return client copies

All tiers run on Windows, macOS and Linux. 30-day free trial and 30-day money-back guarantee on every tier. See pricing

Accountant’s Copy

Receive it, adjust it, send edits back

Your client

Sends an Accountant’s Copy

From any tier: Standard, Professional or Accountant.

Any tier
You

Receive, adjust, return

Receive the copy through Solid Accounting, make your adjusting entries, and send your edits back.

Accountant tier
Your client

Imports your edits

Your changes come back into their company file.

Any tier

The transfer service that carries copies between you and your clients is part of Updates & Cloud Services on the Accountant tier.

See it at work

Write-up, tax adjustments and the round trip

Solid Accounting Desktop
Write-up and client switcher 28 sAn accountant moves between clients and posts adjusting entries in each.
Solid Accounting Desktop
Tax trial balance 26 sTax-only adjustments change the tax column and never touch the books.
Solid Accounting Desktop
Accountant package 78 sThe same round trip with a tax-only adjustment that never touches the client's books.
Year-End Package

One bundle to work from at year end.

Your client exports the year in one step, on any tier. Pick the fiscal year, accrual or cash basis, and the sections you need. Export as a zip, a single PDF, or both.

  • Trial balance
  • Income statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Statement of cash flows
  • General ledger detail
  • A/R and A/P aging
  • Depreciation schedule
  • 1099 summary
  • Tax-basis trial balance
  • Asset sales (Form 4797 worksheet)

Bring your clients' books across.

Try the Accountant tier free for 30 days. Run a 1-click migration on a client's QuickBooks Desktop file and check the comparison. $699 once, 10 users, 30-day money-back guarantee.

One-time purchase · Windows, macOS and Linux