How do I connect Abacus to Bench Accounting?

When using Bench's bookkeeping services for your business, Abacus makes it very simple for a Bench Accountant to export the expense data needed to properly account for all transactions. 

Granting Access to Bench

First, decide whether you will be sending the files to your Bench Accountant or if they will be an Admin member in your organization. This is entirely up to you and your Bench Accountant. It's helpful to remember that Abacus only charges on active usage (having an expense approved), so your Bench member would not cost you anything - they are just downloading data. 

Exporting Expense Data

There are two ways to do this. 

• The first way is to export Expense data tied to a specific outgoing company bank transfer. If you need to export expense data for your accounting platform, the quickest way to do that is to go to your company's Bank Transfer History page to export the expense data tied to specific outgoing Bank Transfers. It's a one-click approach to getting the relevant expenses you need to book to bank transfers on your platform. Just click on the Export link that is in line with the transfer and pick your file type (CSV or PDF). 
• The second way is to use our Search & Filtering tools to slice through your company's expense history to find the expenses you want to book. Whether it's expenses dated during a certain time period or just the expenses from corporate cards, our Filter tool can retrieve the right set of expenses for you to export.