Clear Books + Cleaning Companies: Faster Bank Import
Cleaning companies manage recurring client payments, staff wages, supplies purchases, and vehicle costs — often across residential and commercial contracts. If you use Clear Books for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Cleaning Companies Using Clear Books
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into Clear Books. Convert your bank statements to Excel to reconcile client payments against contracts, track staff costs, and manage supplier accounts efficiently.
The Cleaning Companies + Clear Books Workflow
Cleaning company owners reconcile client contract payments (often recurring standing orders) against their client list, pay cleaning staff wages weekly or monthly, purchase cleaning supplies and equipment, and manage vehicle fuel and maintenance costs. Bank statements are used to verify which clients have paid, identify late payers, and ensure staff payroll has cleared correctly.
Key terms you'll encounter: contract rate, hourly rate, deep clean, consumables.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves 2-3 hours per week on client payment tracking and staff payroll reconciliation for a cleaning company with 20+ regular clients
AI formats for Clear Books
Output as CSV with Date, Description, Money in, Money out — Clear Books uses separate columns for credits and debits — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and reconcile
In Clear Books, go to Money > Bank Accounts > select your account > Import. Upload the CSV and map Date, Description, Money in, and Money out columns. Clear Books has built-in Corporation Tax estimation that updates as bank transactions are imported, giving directors a live view of their CT liability.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Clear Books Features for Cleaning Companies
- Clear Books ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Clear Books's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Clear Books has built-in Corporation Tax estimation that updates as bank transactions are imported, giving directors a live view of their CT liability.
- Built for Cleaning Companies — Saves 2-3 hours per week on client payment tracking and staff payroll reconciliation for a cleaning company with 20+ regular clients
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Xero, QuickBooks, Swept
Import Steps for Cleaning Companies Using Clear Books
As cleaning company owner, here's how to get bank data into Clear Books:
- In Clear Books, go to Money > Bank Accounts > select your account > Import
- Upload the CSV and map Date, Description, Money in, and Money out columns
Common Import Issues
Clear Books requires header row labels to exactly match expected names. Rename columns to Date, Description, Money in, Money out if import fails.
Clear Books Import — Built for Cleaning Companies
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