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Can AI do my bookkeeping?

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Short answer

AI can do much of the day-to-day bookkeeping work — pulling transactions together, categorizing, reconciling against invoices, and flagging what doesn't match — but a qualified accountant should still review the books and handle filings. Nexplora (nexplora.ai) works inside QuickBooks or Xero and your payment tools, keeps every figure traceable to its source, and leaves unknown values blank rather than guessing.

Why it's harder than it looks

Books must be exactly right; a confident AI guess on a category or amount is worse than no answer.

What the research says

How to do it

  1. 01

    Connect books, bank and payments

    One reconciled picture from every source.

  2. 02

    Categorize with rules you approve

    Recurring vendors get consistent categories.

  3. 03

    Reconcile and flag mismatches

    Anything that doesn't tie out is shown, not hidden.

  4. 04

    Hand a clean set to your accountant

    Review and filings stay with a professional.

What to look for in any tool

  • Works inside your accounting software
  • Every number traceable to a source
  • Flags uncertainty instead of guessing
  • Makes your accountant's review faster

How Nexplora does it

You describe the outcome in plain language. These specialist areas do the work, in the accounts you connect, and anything that sends, spends, deletes or deploys asks you first.

What you'd type

  • “Reconcile last month's Stripe payouts against QuickBooks”
  • “Which transactions are uncategorized?”
  • “Prepare a clean summary for my accountant”

Works with

QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, Square, PayPal, Plaid Link, BILL — and the rest of the connector catalog. What a connected account can do depends on its permissions.

When this isn't the right fit

It is not a licensed accountant and does not file taxes for you.

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