AIB Statements + Contractors & Freelancers Workflow
As contractor, you regularly handle AIB bank statements. Contractors and freelancers juggling personal and business accounts need to separate expenses for tax purposes.
BankScan AI: AIB to Excel for Contractors & Freelancers
BankScan AI converts AIB statements to Excel automatically — handling DD/MM/YYYY and Irish banking format with separate Debit and Credit columns plus running balance. Upload your bank statements and get organised spreadsheets that make expense categorisation and self-assessment tax returns straightforward.
About AIB Statement Format
AIB UK statements serve Northern Ireland customers with a format that differs from mainland UK banks. BankScan AI parses both GBP and EUR transactions.
AIB Statement Quirks
AIB uses DD/MM/YYYY with Irish banking format with separate Debit and Credit columns plus running balance. Common issues: GBP and EUR transactions may be intermixed on cross-border accounts, AIB Group formatting conventions from the Republic of Ireland parent occasionally appear, and older First Trust Bank-branded statements use a completely different layout. BankScan AI handles all of these automatically.
How Contractors & Freelancers Handle AIB Statements
When working with AIB statements, contractors & freelancers need to Contractors download bank statements from both personal and business accounts, separate allowable business expenses from personal spending, categorise expenses by type for self-assessment, and either
Key terms you'll encounter: IR35, director's loan account, allowable expenses, flat rate VAT, deemed employment.
How It Works
Upload AIB statement
Drag and drop your AIB PDF. Supports PDF. Our AI handles DD/MM/YYYY automatically.
AI parses the statement
Our AI understands AIB's Irish banking format with separate Debit and Credit columns plus running balance and extracts every transaction with 99%+ accuracy.
Use in your contractors & freelancers workflow
Download Excel ready for FreeAgent, Xero or direct analysis.
AIB + Contractors & Freelancers Features
- Cross-border EUR transactions — appear alongside GBP entries for customers with Republic of Ireland connections
- Former First Trust — Bank branding may still appear on legacy account statements
- Built for Contractors & Freelancers — Saves 1-2 hours per month on expense tracking and categorisation, plus 3-4 hours at year-end when preparing records for self-assessment
- Software compatible — Output works directly with FreeAgent, Xero, QuickBooks Self-Employed
Convert AIB Statements — Built for Contractors & Freelancers
Handles DD/MM/YYYY dates, Irish banking format with separate Debit and Credit columns plus running balance, and PDF formats automatically.
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