What’s New in FreshBooks – 2024

FreshBooks releases new features and updates every month – designed to make accounting even easier for your business. And this post is the best place to check in on all the latest changes.

January 2024

FreshBooks Payroll powered by Gusto

Businesses in the US can sign up for FreshBooks Payroll and payroll for employees, file payroll taxes, and maintain labor compliance.

Journal Entries Section

See all manually created journal entries in a dedicated Journal Entries section.

FreshBooks in English (United Kingdom)

In your account settings, you can now choose to use your FreshBooks account in English (United Kingdom) which will automatically rename Estimates to Quotes instead.

February

Welcome Video for Accountant Hub Users

Accountant Hub users now have the option to view a welcome video walking through key features in the Accountant Hub.

March

Dashboard Improvements

You can now hide dashboard graphs and customize the order of your dashboard graphs, including the newly added Revenue and Expenses graph.

April

Invoices Advanced Search

Client accounts can now use advanced search to narrow down specific invoices they’ve received from other businesses.

Bulk Download PDFs for Received Invoices

Businesses and client accounts can now download multiple received invoices as PDFs using bulk actions.

Timestamps Added to History

The invoice history, estimate history, and proposal history now includes timestamps for each event.

Filter Clients by Status

Accountant Hub users can now quickly filter their list of clients by status.

May

Trial Countdown and Onboarding Checklist for Clients

Accountant Hub users can now find the number of days left on their clients’ trial of FreshBooks as well as reference an onboarding checklist when setting up new clients.

Automated Journal Entries for Payroll

When running payroll, journal entries are automatically written to your Chart of Accounts.

Duplicate Expense Checker

Any connected bank accounts via bank connections or bank rec also used for payroll runs will not import expenses automatically to avoid duplicate expenses.

June

Email Change Notification

Updating the email or password for your FreshBooks account now requires re-entering your current password. When the email is updated, an email change notification is sent to the original email address.

Client Account Navigation Updates

The navigation experience has been updated along with a new Settings page for all business settings, and a new top menu for account settings.

July

FreshBooks Payments powered by Stripe

FreshBooks Payments powered by Stripe is now available for businesses in Canada and United States for online payment processing.