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Insights, updates, and best practices for accounting and admin firms. Practical guidance to improve planning, workflows, and client work.
The MCP connection in the Offsoo settings

29 July 2026

The MCP connection: an AI assistant that can read the planning

Offsoo has gained a connection that gives an AI assistant read-only access to the firm’s own environment. What it delivers, and where the boundary sits.

Staffing per employee with available and planned hours per week

16 June 2026

Staffing during peaks and absence: keeping the work visible

One sick note in a team of six shifts an entire week. What it takes to redistribute work without a file falling through the cracks.

Monthly price per firm size for planning software

19 May 2026

What planning software costs an accounting firm

A licence price says little without the costs around it. A worked example per firm size, plus what to watch for when comparing packages.

The VAT return per client in the Offsoo monthly planning

14 April 2026

Planning the VAT round without separate lists

Rebuilding the same client list every quarter costs time and produces no overview. Here is how the VAT return is configured once and then appears in the right months by itself.

The org chart on the client card, with the holding company above its subsidiaries

18 March 2026

Holdings, subsidiaries and branches: client hierarchy in Offsoo

One client is rarely one entity. What changes when the group structure lives in the software instead of in the account manager’s head.

The annual planning and time tracking in the Offsoo app for iOS

17 February 2026

The Offsoo app rebuilt, with time tracking included

The Offsoo mobile app has been rebuilt from the ground up. Time tracking is new, the monthly and annual planning have been renewed — and existing users download the app again.

Year-end work spread across twelve months in the Offsoo planning grid

13 January 2026

Spreading annual accounts across twelve months

Year-end work piles up in spring because it only gets scheduled once the paperwork arrives. Here is how a firm distributes annual accounts across the whole year in advance.

Clients and projects from Simplicate in Offsoo client management

24 September 2025

Synchronising clients and projects from Simplicate into Offsoo

Firms using Simplicate as their CRM had to maintain their client list twice. The Simplicate connection pulls clients and projects across automatically.

A self-built board next to a configured accountancy planning grid

10 September 2025

Offsoo vs. monday.com for accounting and bookkeeping firms

monday.com is a strong, generic work platform. For accountancy processes that mainly means building it in-house. Where it differs from an industry-specific solution.

The distinction between the client’s books and the firm’s own work

13 August 2025

Offsoo alongside Exact Online: where planning belongs

Exact Online is bookkeeping software; Offsoo is planning and time tracking for the firm itself. Where the distinction sits, and why the two do not replace each other.

Searching the Dutch commercial register while creating a client in Offsoo

17 March 2025

Client data that keeps itself current: the KVK connection

Address and name changes rarely reach the firm before post goes astray. The KVK connection is on by default for every client and keeps the company details current.

The four steps from trial to a filled planning

24 February 2025

Getting started with Offsoo in four steps

From trial to a filled monthly and annual planning, in a handful of hours spread over a few sessions. The four steps, with what each one needs.

Planned hours set against available hours per month

10 April 2024

Choosing capacity planning for an accounting firm

Capacity planning does not start with a tool but with one question: does next month’s work fit in the hours available? What to look for when choosing.

The time-tracking month calendar with weekly and monthly totals

23 February 2024

Time tracking: from filling in to reading off

Hours reconstructed from memory on a Friday afternoon rarely add up. What makes time tracking usable, and what can be read from it afterwards.

The Offsoo client file with company details and contact

22 January 2024

Why a CRM means something else in accountancy

An accounting firm does not sell something new every week — it serves the same clients for years. That calls for a client file next to the planning, not a sales funnel.

Manual lists next to an automated recurring planning

20 October 2023

Automating the administration process: which actions disappear

Automation in a bookkeeping practice is rarely about the work itself. It is about the actions around it: assembling lists, chasing status and retyping data.

Checklist for introducing new practice software

25 September 2023

Preparing a firm for a change of software

New software rarely fails on the software. It breaks down on ownership, on the moment of switching, and on the old system that keeps running.

Customer story from RT Administratie about planning with Offsoo

21 July 2023

Remko Tel of RT Administratie on planning and workload

Dutch trade title Accountancy van Morgen spoke with Remko Tel of RT Administratie about planning under high workload and a tight labour market. What that piece says about Offsoo.

A planning in Excel next to the same planning in Offsoo

7 June 2023

Offsoo vs Excel: when a spreadsheet no longer holds

Excel is not the problem — the role it gets is. Five places where a planning in a spreadsheet breaks down, and when a spreadsheet remains perfectly adequate.

The Offsoo planning grid with clients and activities

25 May 2023

What Offsoo does for an accounting or bookkeeping firm

Monthly and annual planning, time tracking, tasks and client management in one environment — and emphatically not bookkeeping or invoicing software. What is in it and what is not.

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