The Accountancy Bridge

Here's a problem every freelancer faces: You want to use modern software. Your accountant uses... something else. Or nothing. Or a tool that costs €40/month just to share data.

So you're stuck. Use what your accountant wants (and pay for it), or spend hours each month emailing spreadsheets back and forth.

This is ridiculous. We built the Accountancy Bridge to fix it.

The Problem We're Solving

There are roughly 45,000 freelancers in Ireland alone. Each has an accountant. Those accountants serve multiple clients.

The math gets messy:

• Freelancer A uses QuickBooks
• Freelancer B uses Xero
• Freelancer C uses Excel
• The accountant has to learn all three
• Nobody wins

Or worse:

• The accountant requires everyone to use their preferred tool
• Freelancer pays €30/month for software they use 5% of
• Accountant still spends hours consolidating data
• Everybody loses

How Accountancy Bridge Works

If your accountant uses Hola:

You get the dream scenario:

• Real-time data sharing
• Instant notifications
• Built-in messaging
• Automatic synchronization
• Zero effort from either party

If your accountant doesn't use Hola:

You still get massive benefits:

1. One-Click Exports

   • Download all invoices for any date range
   • Download all expenses
   • Download all reports
   • Everything in accountant-friendly formats

2. Simple Reports

   • Profit & Loss: Clear, clean, comprehensive
   • Expense Reports: Categorized and totaled
   • Invoice Reports: Who paid, who didn't
   • No accounting knowledge required

3. Invite System

   • Recommend Hola to your accountant
   • If they sign up and bring 10+ clients: €500 for you
   • If they don't: You still get all the export features

The Real-World Scenarios

Scenario 1: Modern Accountant

Your accountant uses Hola. Life is easy:

• You upload an expense? They see it instantly.
• You send an invoice? It's in their dashboard.
• They have a question? They message you in-app.
• Tax time? Everything is already organized.

Time spent: ~30 minutes per quarter

Scenario 2: Traditional Accountant

Your accountant uses Excel and email:

• You track everything in Hola all year
• Once per quarter, you click "Export"
• You get a zip file with everything organized
• You email it to your accountant
• They have everything they need

Time spent: ~45 minutes per quarter (vs. 10+ hours with manual tracking)

Scenario 3: Old-School Accountant

Your accountant wants paper receipts:

• You still use Hola for tracking
• You use Hola's print feature
• You get perfectly formatted printouts
• You drop them off
• Your accountant is happy, you're organized

Time spent: ~2 hours per quarter (vs. 20+ hours manually organizing papers)

Why This Matters

Most software companies want vendor lock-in. They want your accountant to force you to use their tool. Or they want you to force your accountant.

We think that's backwards.

You should use the tools that work for you. Your accountant should use the tools that work for them. And those tools should play nicely together.

That's the Accountancy Bridge philosophy.

The Invite System

We want to encourage accountants to join Hola, but we're not going to hold your data hostage.

Here's the deal:

Invite your accountant. If they:

1. Sign up for Hola
2. Bring 10+ paying clients
3. Stay active for 3 months

You get €500. Simple as that.

But if they don't sign up? You still get all the export features. You still get all the reports. You still get massive value.

We're confident Hola is good enough that accountants will want to use it. But we're not going to force anyone.

What Accountants Actually Want

We asked 200+ accountants what they need from freelancer software:

1. Organized data (97%)

   • Everything categorized correctly
   • Receipts attached to expenses
   • Clear invoice trails

2. Standard formats (89%)

   • PDF reports
   • Excel exports
   • Familiar layouts

3. Complete information (94%)

   • No missing receipts
   • All dates accurate
   • VAT calculated correctly

4. Minimal cleanup (91%)

   • Pre-categorized transactions
   • Duplicate detection
   • Obvious errors flagged

Hola does all of this, whether your accountant uses Hola or not.

Getting Started

Step 1: Sign up for Hola (free for freelancers)

Step 2: Start tracking invoices and expenses

Step 3a: If your accountant uses Hola, connect your accounts

Step 3b: If not, use the export features when needed

Step 4: Optionally, invite your accountant to try Hola

That's it. No complicated setup. No forced adoption. Just tools that work.

The Bottom Line

Your accountant's tool choice shouldn't dictate yours.

With Accountancy Bridge, it doesn't have to.

Use Hola. Love it. Share data however your accountant prefers. Everybody wins.

Try it free: app.hola.finance