"the company didn't have time to waste sourcing and installing a traditional accounting application... "
         Stephen Drew - Millifoods Limited "Now, I'm doing a job I wouldn't be able to do without Liberty, from wherever I happen to be."
         Heidi Hayes - Body Active Chiropractic Clinics "There are other systems out there,' he says, 'but there aren't any truly viable offerings that are equivalent"
         Barnaby Scott - Waywood Furniture "When I log into Liberty it immediately lets me know which client accounts are due or coming up for payment"
         Mary Palmer - Mary Palmer Consulting "Our accountant is happy with it, and the non-accountants have found it very easy to use too."
         Gregory Bricusse - 020 London Directory "They can't help you enough, so the support is fantastic"
         Tracy Purdon - London 1st Accounting "I don't have to worry about making security backups or updating the software."
         David Ryder, Treasurer - St Marks Church, Sheffield "....and Liberty was the only one with integrated payroll"
         Liam Logan - Wollaton Building Limited "If I want to get up and do my accounts at six then go for a run at nine, I can do that. Why should I commute just to get access to information...?"
         Graham Jackson - Jackson Maunders "The real beauty of an online system is that it can be tailored to fit the client"
         Ray Backler - Capsa Consultants "....who then had to re-key everything into the Revenue online portal.... automating the process saves up to 10 minutes for each return"
         David Hughes - Accountants4Contractors "Liberty Accounts looks like a package that has been thought through and developed by real users"
         Nigel Harris - AccountingWeb May 2006 "Liberty Accounts is so user friendly I don't feel intimidated..."
         Sarah McCaig - MJM Plumbing and Heating Ltd "It is possible for the firm and its clients to review and update the same financial picture, even though they're at different locations"
         Tracy Purdon - London 1st Accounting "Every day, the software provides me with a snapshot of exactly where the business is..."
         Stephen Drew - Millifoods Limited "With Liberty, Wollaton is getting an enterprise system without the big costs"
         Liam Logan - Wollaton Building Limited "We no longer have to worry about incompatible version numbers, or being locked out of the system because we don't have the latest upgrade"
         Tracy Purdon - London 1st Accounting "Because we're a charity, we pay a reduced rate... "
         David Ryder, Treasurer - St Marks Church, Sheffield "We don't have to worry about back-ups," says Jackson, "and we have very robust recovery in the event of a computer failure."
         Graham Jackson - Jackson Maunders "020 was set up so that we could all work from anywhere, and we wanted the same from our accounting system..."
         Gregory Bricusse - 020 London Directory "Liberty Accounts has revolutionised my working day..."
         Sarah McCaig - MJM Plumbing and Heating Ltd "We can make changes to our system and get them out there really quickly because we don't have to wait for the next big upgrade"
         Alan Wright - Liberty Accounts "Your customer service is probably the best I've experienced from anyone - ever..."
         Alexander Greene - Greene & Greene Wines

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Accountants File First XML VAT Return: By Lesley Meall

Source: Accountancy Magazine - Feb 2007

Online accounting software from Liberty Accounts first to file VAT online

online filing pc screen

When Revenue & Customs launched its XML-based internet filing service for VAT returns and European Commission Sales List (VAT100, VAT101 ECSL) on 14th December 2006, Accountants4Contractors was the first to submit a return.

'In the past we had to enter all data in a back-office accounting package; process the VAT return; save the summary to a pdf and then email internally to our tax manager who then had to re-key everything into the Revenue online portal,' says David Hughes, managing director.

With around 70 client VAT returns per quarter, this took quite some time; and automating the process saves up to 10 minutes for each return. Accountants4Contractors filed its historic return using the online accounting software Liberty Accounts, the first supplier to achieve Revenue recognition for its XML VAT declarations software.