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QuickBooks, VAT, MTD and online accounting

Get Linked, Save Time. We're pleased to announce Guestbook247 can now be linked to QuickBooks Online for UK based customers, providing seamless way to integrate your booking invoices direct to your online accounting solution. We believe this will save businesses significant time, reduce mistakes and for UK customers help meet Making Tax Digital (MTD) VAT compliance and ease changing VAT rates during these COVID times.  MTD VAT - What Is That? For UK VAT registered businesses from April 2019 Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT went live. This obligates VAT registered businesses with a turnover over £85,000 to keep digital records and to submit VAT returns online using an HMRC approved software, such as QuickBooks Online. Up until now you have been able to manually move data from your other business software solutions, such as Guestbook247, into your accounting software. However from April 2021 so called "copy and paste" of VAT related transaction data will no longer t

New and even safer ways to login

Logging In Along with the recent new Dashboard and UI we have also changed the way in which we handle logins or more technically identity authentication. We have partnered with industry leader auth0.com  to bring enhanced security and the option of using your Google or Facebook accounts for logging into guestbook247.com. Why the need to change? Technology and methods of providing the safest and easiest ways to secure access to systems has moved on.  And with more people wanting to use social media accounts for authenticating access to other apps we needed a solution, auth0 offers that. Beyond this  auth0 offers better methods to detect unauthorised access attempts, block nasty bots or scripts from attacking our apps and provide us the tools to monitor and react to threats. Using a partner that specialises in all things identity means we can concentrate on adding great new features to guestbook247 whilst trusting that auth0 will protect your account and offer more login options.

New Dashboard And Modern Look.

Lots Has Been Happening. We've been very busy with lots of exciting new features and have created a more modern and cleaner look for guestbook 247. Not just a new look but a much enhanced dashboard from which to see at a glance key info, bookings, availability and business insights. We hope the new look will make using and navigating guestbook more pleasant, easier and productive. The Dashboard.  The dashboard is your new Guestbook 247 home from where you can see and do most of your daily task and get easy insights on your business. The availability calendar sporting a new fresh look and improved navigation Key business metrics such as number of bookings and enquiries, rooms occupied  The Timeline shows your booking info for the  the most relevant bookings recent activity new enquires who's in and out Instant guest search based on name or email Booking source charts - see at a glance where your bookings are coming from, compare different time periods to spo