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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.

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.

EU regulatory framework that lets authorised third parties access bank account data (AIS) and initiate payments (PIS) on the customer's behalf. The basis for live bank feeds and payment-initiation tools.

The PSD2-mandated regime under which Irish banks expose regulated APIs that authorised third-party providers (TPPs) can use to read account data (AIS) or initiate payments (PIS) on a customer's consent.

The EU directive governing payment services and payment service providers across the EEA. Transposed into Irish law by SI 6/2018 (European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018). Created the open banking and Strong Customer Authentication regimes.

Software that ingests a photographed, emailed or scanned receipt and uses optical character recognition to extract structured fields - supplier, date, net, VAT rate, VAT amount, currency - so the receipt can be posted to accounting software without manual keying.

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.

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.

Mentor-led digital transformation programme for businesses with 11-50 employees, with a follow-on grant of up to EUR9,000 (50:50 cofunded) for implementation.

Income tax relief for investors who put new equity into a qualifying SME, letting founders raise capital from private investors at preferential after-tax cost.

State-backed long-term loans of EUR25,000 to EUR3 million for SMEs and small mid-caps investing in growth, productivity or sustainability projects, on preferential terms via participating lenders.

Unsecured business loans of EUR2,000 to EUR50,000 for microenterprises that have been declined credit by a bank.