Documentation

Everything you need to run Bank2Books well.

Step-by-step guides, workflow recipes, and reference docs — written for the people actually doing the bookkeeping.

Start here

From sign-up to your first export — in three short steps.

Create your workspace

Sign up, add your business details, and (optionally) connect your VAT registration.

Upload your first statement

Drag in a PDF or CSV from any major UK bank. Bank2Books will parse and stage it for review.

Review & export

Confirm the AI's categorisation, run a P&L, then export to your downstream tool.

Statements

Upload a bank statement

CSV or PDF, drag-and-drop, batch-friendly. Supports all major UK banks.

Multiple periods & accounts

Stage and reconcile statements across multiple bank accounts and periods in one workspace.

Re-uploading & replacing

Replace a statement without losing edits — Bank2Books matches against existing transactions.

Handling parse errors

What to do when a PDF fails to parse, and how to enable manual entry.

AI categorisation

How the AI maps transactions

A walkthrough of how merchant names, amounts, and patterns drive nominal mapping.

Teaching it your overrides

Override once, and the system learns the rule for that supplier going forward.

Reports & reconciliation

Run a P&L

Period selection, comparisons, and how categories roll up into P&L lines.

Reconciling a period

Match opening and closing balances against the bank, and resolve gaps.

VAT & tax

Generating a VAT return

Pick a period, review the 9-box totals, and confirm before submission.

VAT treatment per nominal

Standard, reduced, zero-rated, exempt, out-of-scope — and when to use each.

Workspaces & roles

Owners, admins, editors, viewers

What each role can do, and how to invite people to your workspace.

Multi-client setup for accountants

One account, many clients — recommended structure and naming conventions.

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