Real q: how do Indie Hackers + accounting go? How tf do you centralize all your invoices?
Hey,
Real question about being an indie, and accounting.
How do you guys centralize all your invoices? Thanks to my eCommerce platform, those hundreds of invoices are automated
But I still have to do some manual work (or my accountant has). Say the DigitalOcean invoice. Or the Webflow invoice
I always thought there's a way people automate this so that it's no headache. But the moment has come where time is limited and I'd have to get this best practice sorted out.
It seems to me like my options are:
- Keep doing it manually
- Give my accountant login/pass for all the tools: Webflow, DigitalOcean etc — security risk + headache here
- The... solution?
What do you guys do?
I personally use a Google Drive folder for invoices, which my accountant has access to. I download invoices/get those by mail then file them in Google Drive. That's it.
It's boring but it works fine. Alternatives like granting access to many of my online services wouldn't be an option for me (too many security implications I don't like)