Big Red Cloud

Overview

Big Red Cloud is a Dublin-based cloud accounting platform built specifically for Irish small businesses and sole traders. Developed by Big Red Book - one of Ireland's longest-established accounting software companies - Big Red Cloud is the cloud successor to the original Big Red Book desktop accounting package used by thousands of Irish businesses for decades. The platform covers invoicing, expense management, bank reconciliation (with Irish bank feed support for AIB, Bank of Ireland, and other Irish banks), VAT returns including Irish VAT rates and formats, and financial reporting. It is designed for non-accountants running their own books, with a straightforward interface that prioritises ease of use over feature depth. Big Red Cloud is fully Revenue-compliant and handles Irish-specific VAT treatments including Reverse Charge VAT for construction. The software is hosted in Ireland with EU data residency. Big Red Cloud offers direct Irish customer support and has deep roots in the Irish SME market through the Big Red Book brand heritage.

Compliance reference

Compliance vocabulary for Big Red Cloud

Irish terms that shape how this software is bought, configured, and audited.

• Accounts Payable (AP) automation aka AP automation, supplier invoice automation, purchase invoice automation

  Software that automates the supplier-invoice side of the ledger: capture of incoming supplier invoices, auto-coding to nominal and VAT, approval workflow, and payment posting. Distinct from expense management, which handles employee-initiated spend.

• Income Tax Return (Form 11) aka Form 11, Irish self-assessed return

  The annual self-assessment income tax return for self-employed individuals, company directors with material interests, and taxpayers with non-PAYE income. Filed through ROS by 31 October (or mid-November via ROS Pay and File extension).

• Irish bank feeds aka bank feed, Open Banking feed

  An automated daily connection between an Irish business bank account and accounting software, removing CSV uploads. Modern feeds run over PSD2 Open Banking APIs; older feeds use Yodlee or Plaid screen-scraping.

• Receipt-to-VAT stack aka receipt-to-VAT pipeline, spend-to-VAT-reclaim stack, expense-to-VAT stack

  Vendors.ie term for the integrated four-layer workflow that moves an Irish SME from a business spend transaction to a Revenue-compliant VAT reclaim line without manual data entry: card or bank feed, receipt capture, VAT extraction, and accounting integration.

• VAT3 return aka VAT3, Irish VAT return

  The periodic VAT return filed with Revenue via ROS. Most Irish businesses file bi-monthly; small traders can apply for four-monthly or annual filing. An annual Return of Trading Details (RTD) accompanies the final period.

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