Overview
Meet Abby – your AI-powered compliance assistant Abby simplifies and automates the preparation of annual and interim financial statements and tax returns—so your team can spend less time on compliance and more time on what matters. Designed for accountants and bookkeepers using Xero, Abby connects with Xero and Xero Practice Manager (XPM) to pull in client data, performs hundreds of automated calculations and reconciliations in seconds, ready for your accountant and bookkeeper to review.
With Abby, you can:
- Improve accuracy and workflow efficiency
- Significantly reduce time spent on compliance work
- Support a better work-life balance for your team
- Deliver an improved timely experience for your clients
Abby does 400–500 calculations and all the main reconciliations in seconds — GST, validating balances, confirming wages and PAYE, income tax and more. You can complete a compliance job in 1–1.5 hours including the humans time.
What Abby can do for your practice
Abby is like an extra pair of expert hands in your team—streamlining processes, catching errors, and helping your staff work smarter. Here's just some of what Abby can do:
- Instant practice setup – automatically import your clients and jobs from Xero and XPM
- Balance sheet validation – verify balances against your source documentation e.g., bank accounts and loans, and other checks & calcs on other items, e.g., overdrawn shareholder current account interest calc
- GST reconciliation – match your Xero figures to IRD records instantly
- Wages and PAYE checks – ensure your payroll figures align with IRD data
- Smart profit and loss insights – highlight significant year-on-year changes and suggest comments for your year-end client meeting
- Home office calculations – input data, then calculation sheet and journal generated for approval
Abby handles the heavy lifting—so your team can focus on clients, growth, or getting home on time.
Why choose Abby?
Abby is built with best-in-class technology, ensuring your financial data is secure. Abby provides a reliable solution for automating routine accounting compliance work, saving you time and ensuring accuracy.
Abby + Xero
Seamless integration with Xero and Xero Practice Manager
Abby works hand in hand with Xero and Xero Practice Manager (XPM), streamlining your compliance workflow from day one. Whether youʼre preparing interim or annual accounts, Abby keeps everything in sync—so youʼre always working with accurate, up-to-date data.
Hereʼs how Abby integrates with your practice tools:
- One-click client import – instantly pull in your clients from XPM when setting up your practice in Abby
- Real-time data sync – Abby fetches live data from Xero, so your reports reflect the most current numbers
- Flexible client selection – choose which clients to run through Abby, with no need to commit all at once
- In-app journal entries – make manual adjustments in Abby worksheets and post them directly to Xero
- Run reports on demand – use Abby as many times as needed to update reports, test scenarios, or finalise client jobs
Automated calculations made easy
Abby handles key compliance calculations behind the scenes—like GST, PAYE, home office expenses, and balance validations—helping you reduce manual work and stay confident in your numbers.
Built for trust and compliance
Abby is designed with robust security protocols and complies with relevant industry standards, so you can work with confidence knowing your data is safe and your reports are accurate.
Getting started
Get up and running in minutes
- Click the “Get this app” button to sign up for Abby
- Connect your Xero and Xero Practice Manager accounts
- Abby will automatically import your clients
- Start your first job—Abby sets up your practice and workpapers instantly
- Invite your team, and start automating
Whether youʼre ready to explore with a free trial or want a demo first, Abby makes it easy to get started.
Support every step of the way
- Guided setup and in-app tips
- Help centre articles and walkthroughs
- Friendly support team ready to assist
Click “Get this app” to try Abby on three clients for free or book a demo to see it in action.
