An Accounting Partner Program That Makes Client Collaboration Easy
FreshBooks Accounting Partners get access to dedicated account management, a vibrant community of accountants, and exclusive partner discounts – all for free.
Why Become a FreshBooks-Certified Partner?
All-In-One Accounting For You and Your Clients
95% of small businesses find us easier to use than other platforms*. With project management to invoicing to expense tracking, clients can manage their day-to-day—and you can support them 365 days or just at tax time.
Grow Your Advisory-Based Services
FreshBooks makes it easy for clients to complete their part of the workflow. That means you can focus on taking a more advisory role and developing deeper client relationships with collaborative accounting.
Get the Support You Need, When You Need It
A team of dedicated, accountant-centric, real humans are here to help. They’re FreshBooks experts and understand the needs of accounting professionals.
Who is This Partner Program Designed for?
Accounting Professionals
FreshBooks Partners include accountants, CPAs, bookkeepers, and tax professionals. And if you’re a client-focused, growth-minded accounting professional looking to improve your practice – you’re going to love this.
And Your Clients
FreshBooks is perfect for service-based or project-based businesses – like professional services, trades and contractors, and IT/software technologies. It’s designed for freelancers through to businesses with employees and is easy-to-use right out of the gate.
What Makes the Accounting Partner Program So Great?
As an Accounting Partner, you’ll become part of a growing community of client-focused, growth-minded accountants and bookkeepers. And the best part? It’s free to join ✨.
FreshBooks product training and Certification
(in only 5 hours)
Dedicated, accountant-centric support from real humans
Get data migration support when moving to FreshBooks
Access to a free FreshBooks account
Exclusive Partner discounts
Participation in our online Accounting Partner Community
Inclusion in the FreshBooks Partner Directory
Why Accounting Professionals Love FreshBooks
“Having specific resources for our firm available to us is something that we don’t get from our other software partners.”
“FreshBooks is way easier to understand compared to other GLs—from interacting with it, understanding where to find things, and how to show it to clients.”
“We use FreshBooks for our service-based clients; it allows them to effectively manage their day-to-day, enabling us to focus on their accounting and advisory.”
Join the FreshBooks Accounting
Partner Program
This is the place to be for modern accounting professionals with service-based clients. Once you sign up, we’ll be in touch to get you started — whether you’re just looking for more information, or you’re ready to get FreshBooks-Certified.
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Frequently Asked Questions
As a FreshBooks Accounting Partner, you’ll have access to customized product training. This education was designed to turn you into an expert on the platform in less than 5 hours (it’s self-paced – so you can finish it on your own time!). Once done, you’re perfectly positioned to be a trusted advisor, who can collaborate with your clients using FreshBooks.
The Accounting Partner Program is best suited to modern accountants and progressive bookkeepers who are interested in the collaborative accounting model and are actively building a cloud-based practice.
This collaborative accounting model makes it easier to manage your workflow and work better with both small business clients and those that are growing.
Absolutely not! FreshBooks Accounting Partners receive product training and certification, dedicated account managers, and human-centric support, as well as a FreshBooks subscription—all free.
This Program is all about helping you build deeper connections with other accountants and existing clients – allowing you to serve them as their business grows.
As a FreshBooks-Certified Accounting Partner, you are added to our Partner Directory where you can be matched up with FreshBooks customers looking for an accounting professional to help with taxes, financial advisory services, day-to-day bookkeeping, or payroll.
Then you can collaborate using FreshBooks accounting software to offer advisory services, and accounting services.
The FreshBooks Accounting Partner Community allows you to enjoy unique challenges, earn rewards, and connect with fellow Accounting Partners and industry peers. It gives you the ability to ask questions about your practice, like: Does FreshBooks work well for a client who is a landscaper? Is there such a thing as free payroll? How do I offer compliance support to new clients? Where do I find industry-specific client referrals?
Yes. Once you become FreshBooks-Certified, you have direct access to an accountant-centric support team, available only to Certified Accounting Partners. The support team members are accounting experts and are uniquely qualified to answer accounting-related and Accounting Partner Program support questions.
First, fill out the form above to apply online. Then, we’ll be in touch directly so you can:
- Complete your FreshBooks Certification
- Access all your benefits, including your discounts and referral bonuses
- Share your goals for the program
- Connect with your dedicated Partner Consultant
- Join the FreshBooks Accounting Partner Community
The main product features are: Estimates & Proposals, Project Management, Time Tracking, Invoicing, Bank Feed (including Bank Reconciliation), and many reports. This allows you to work on expense management, through to bookkeeping services, and more.
FreshBooks accounting software has more than a dozen financial reports, including: Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Accounts Aging, Revenue By Client, Accounts Payable Aging, Cash Flow, and General Ledger reports. Plus, access to a Chart of Accounts.
FreshBooks integrates with over 100 great apps to streamline your business, help you connect with your team and clients, and better control your workflow. This includes Gusto, Tallyfor and sproutAnalytics – plus a ton of others that help you handle everything from scheduling to managing clients.
Yes! You can be invited to an unlimited number of accounts – where you can manage client data in a safe and secure way. Start using the free Accountant Hub to set up new client accounts so you can manage clients centrally and tailor individual workflows.
Start using the free Accountant Hub to provision client accounts so you can manage clients centrally and tailor individual workflows. Plus, FreshBooks Certified Partners get a 15% discount on new FreshBooks subscriptions.
Yes! Your clients that are new to FreshBooks will get a 15% discount on a Plus or Premium plan for as long as you work together. Just another reason the answer to: “Why partner with FreshBooks” is “why not?”
Businesses with or without employees, either just starting up or running things full time. FreshBooks is easy to jump right into and get working, and becomes the foundational tool for their business as they grow. Which makes it perfect for your clients that are:
- Small, serviced-based or project-based businesses, with or without employees (e.g. creative and digital agencies, trades and contractors, professional & health services, and IT/software technologies)
- Start-ups, starting to grow, working full time
- Light on inventory and assets
*Claim based on a customer benefit survey that was run in September, 2020 – where 11,500 FreshBooks customers answered a series of questions that asked them to compare FreshBooks vs their past software solutions.
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