personal, mobile, efficient - online accounting

Internet applications for SMEs are booming. companies can now do their accounting online as well. BDO is one of the first fiduciaries to offer a service like this. This means that SMEs can save time, money  and nerves, and make more targeted use of their accounting data.

Every SME knows how things are: an accounting program that needs regular updates and may not be compatible with the fiduciary's finance platform; sensitive data forwarded by mail, fax or inadequately protected email traffic; time-consuming exchange an synchronization of data with the fiduriary; a mountain of receipts and other documents.

And how things should be: no in-house accounting software; no email traffic involving confidential data; no mailing of original documents; all documents archived electronically, easy to find and remotely accessible at any time; order, transparency and security.

Thanks to the Internet, SMEs can now have things how they should be. The SME specialist BDO is one of the first accountants to offer a service like this.

AbaWebFiduciary
The company records its entries directly in the AbaWebFiduciary program, which is hosted on the BDO server. The data can be processed and viewed at any time and from anywhere. Client and fiduciary work on the same interface, so data is no longer exchanged. In addition to financial accounting, AbaWebFiduciary features modules for preliminary payroll entry an activity recording. The program was developed by Abacus.

Data storage
Linked to AbaWebFiduciary is the data storage facility in the Internet-Accountant, which comprises three electronic folders. The client has exclusive access to the first folder, and can structure the archive to meet internal needs. The second folder ist open to both client and BDO, while the third folder contains the fiduciary's data archive.

The company can also archive permanent documents, such as shareholder agreements, insurance policies, commercial register extracts and rent contracts, in the data store.

Protected against unauthorised access
Data is transferred between client and Internet-Accountant over a secure connection, and a SuisseID signature is required to access the system. These mechanisms serve to protect sensitive data against unauthorised access.

Internet access is enough
Since the client works on the BDO server, no in-house accounting pgroam is required any more. This means an end to tasks like backing up data and updating the program. All that's nedded are broadband Internet access and an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.

Multiple uses
The Internet-Accountant reduces the cost of accounting, simplifies collaboration with the fiduciary, creates transparency, facilitates additional evaluations and increases data security. A service like this could be just what many SMEs have been waiting for.