Move from Xero
Leave Xero for free. Every month ties to the cent.
Export your general ledger and monthly reports from Xero, then upload them. The agent rebuilds every month and checks it against Xero's own numbers.
The proof
Every month from Xero, checked to the cent.
The agent rebuilds your books in a staging copy first. When the file carries the old books' own numbers, a running Balance column or monthly balance sheets and profit and loss reports, it checks every month-end against them to the cent.
- Your chart of accounts, typed from the account list you export with it
- Every ledger line in the export, grouped into balanced entries
- The vendor or customer named on each line
- Opening balances, from the export's beginning balances
- Xero's monthly Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss, used as the answer key for the tie-out
- Bank and card statement balances, from the statements you upload
How the check works
It always checks that every entry balances and that assets equal liabilities plus equity, and it checks each bank and card balance against any statements you upload. Where the answer is clear, such as a missing opening balance, it explains and fixes the difference; the rest become questions for you. You get a tie-out report, as PDF and Excel, with every month, every account and every difference. Suspected mistakes in the old books go on a separate cleanup list.
How it works
5 steps, and you approve once.
Export your books from Xero
In Xero: Reporting › All reports › General Ledger Detail, your whole date range › Export › Excel. Add the chart of accounts too. Export Xero's monthly Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss too: the agent uses them to prove each month-end.
Upload the files and connect your banks
Drop in the files. You link your banks and cards with read-only access by signing in to each one through Stripe, or connect Mercury, Brex and Ramp directly with an API token, and Stripe payments by approving our read-only Stripe App. After go-live they post only transactions dated after your last moved month, so nothing posts twice.
The agent rebuilds your books
It recognises Xero's general ledger layout, skips title, subtotal and total rows, and groups every ledger line into balanced entries. It maps each account and posts your full history into a staging copy.
The agent proves every month, and you answer the rest
The agent ties each month-end to Xero's own Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss from your export. Anything it cannot resolve comes to you as a short, grouped question.
You approve once, and your books go live
One approval moves your history out of staging. You can undo the whole import for 30 days. Keep Xero until your first month closes in Accountable.
Questions about moving from Xero
What does the move cost?
Nothing. Migration is free on every plan, including Free, for every company you move.
Can I sign in to Xero instead of exporting?
Not yet. Signing in to Xero directly switches on once Xero approves Accountable's app, and it will also bring attachments, tracking categories and your lock date. Today the export carries every ledger line with its vendor or customer, and the tie-out is the same.
What happens to transactions in other currencies?
They come over at the base-currency amounts Xero's journals record. The original currency and amount stay in Xero.
I run several Xero organisations. Can they share one bill?
Yes. Each organisation becomes a company in one workspace, with one login and a combined view. Pro includes 2 companies for $149 a month, and each extra company costs $49. Xero prices each organisation on its own plan: $59 a month on Growing from October 1, 2026.
How long does it take?
Most of the work is machine time. You get the tie-out report within 48 hours of uploading the files.
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