XU Magazine - Issue 13

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Why more add-ons should offer accreditation

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Dan Allan was Arthur Online’s first ever graduate recruit. Now, he’s a seasoned PropTech enthusiast and author. In his time at Arthur, he was been involved in nearly every aspect of the business.

The Xero marketplace is a fantastic thing. There are over six hundred different add-on apps to choose from, with everything from financial valuation tools to CRM systems. Arthur’s Dan Allan explains the importance of ensuring Xero accountants and bookkeepers knows how to use integrated systems...

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very add-on is a complex piece of software designed for a specific purpose. This means that each one integrates with Xero in a slightly different way. Therefore, the Xero account that it is linked to must be treated slightly differently. Xero accountants and bookkeepers

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may come up against several of these add-ons each day, assured by their clients that they are easy to use. However, when you’re not using it on a daily basis, they often aren’t. Forced to try and go through the accounts on tip toes, there will no doubt be a mistake, or a wrong button pressed. Then, everything is ruined for both sides as neither

has the result they want; one is going to spend time on the phone to the add-ons customer support whilst the other has provided a bad service. Arthur is a property management software. This means there are a lot of financial elements in the system. As a result, a lot of our clients use

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