Automated Bank Imports for Expenses are coming soon in FreshBooks. In the meantime, we’re looking for people who’d like the chance to try out this feature and provide initial feedback. Bank import lets you connect a bank account or credit card to FreshBooks and …

When you log into your FreshBooks account today, you may notice that your expense categories have been updated. Below you will find an outline of why your categories have been updated (to help file your taxes!), and what you need to know if it looks like your old categories have disappeared (fear not, they are …

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Tara Gentile. Need to spend money to make money, right? While you hear this phrase a lot, there is an art to expenses. Closely monitoring how cash is flowing in …

Managing expenses in FreshBooks is easier than ever: You can now choose to attach receipt images to your invoices! Why is this a good thing? Well firstly, if you re-bill your expenses to your clients, they can see those expense receipts attached right to your invoice (no separate approval process required). Also, your receipts are …

You’ve likely established a routine for generating monthly (or weekly) invoices, sending them out, and collecting your hard-earned payment from customers. But this is only half the invoicing story in many cases. What about reimbursable expenses? Consider this case study: independent consultant Robert Heredia has been working on a project for a client who has store locations …

Want to send a group of freelancers running for the hills? Easy – just tell them it’s tax time. If your freelance career doesn’t involve accounting (or numbers, really) in any way, shape, or form–or you managed to get away with skipping all of your econ classes during college–then this guide to write-offs is definitely …

“Cash flow is the movement of cash into or out of a business, project, or financial product.” – Wikipedia Great, but what does that mean? From a practical standpoint, it’s the “into or out” of a business. So for your (very) small business, it’s the revenue (invoices) coming in and expenses (utilities, staff, …

Do you find logging and tracking your expenses one-by-one tedious? You can now easily import them into FreshBooks so you are ready for tax season and will always know your business’ profitability. This makes it really simple to import items from your bank account or credit card statement monthly to ensure your expenses are up …

Beyond invoicing and keeping track of who’s paid you, there’s a ton of other stuff you can do with your FreshBooks account that you may not know about. Here’s a quick sampling of tweaks & tips to save you time, get you paid even faster, and ease pain points in your business:     1. …