About r/AccountingDepartment
A place for questions and discussions of accounting in a business.
The community at a glance
r/AccountingDepartment is a Subreddit for Accountants with roughly 16K members. It uses a forum format for communication.
Roughly 4K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Accounting, Headaches, and Work. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2017: 393 members
- 2020: 3K members
- 2021: 2K members
- 2023: 3K members
- 2024: 2K members
- 2025: 2K members
- 2026: 3K members
Past year (monthly)
- Sep: 137 members
- Oct: 122 members
- Nov: 201 members
- Dec: 589 members
- Jan: 809 members
- Feb: 483 members
- Mar: 316 members
- Apr: 289 members
- May: 406 members
- Jun: 360 members
- Jul: 311 members
- Aug: 6 members
Themes
- Advice Requests11 posts in the past month
- Built a financial SaaS for Latin American accountants, need advice on marketing and actually making money with it
- Bookkeeping in the AI era: useful tools or new headaches?
- How do I step up when im the only accountant
#111Advice RequestsBuilt a financial SaaS for Latin American accountants, need advice on marketing and actually making money with it · Bookkeeping in the AI era: useful tools or new headaches? · How do I step up when im the only accountant - Solution Requests9 posts in the past month
- How are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software?
- Building an AI tool that reads invoices from your inbox and pushes data directly to your SQL database (No more manual Excel entry)
- We built a workflow to reduce headache of organizing receipts and making a clean invoice for sending to your client
#29Solution RequestsHow are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software? · Building an AI tool that reads invoices from your inbox and pushes data directly to your SQL database (No more manual Excel entry) · We built a workflow to reduce headache of organizing receipts and making a clean invoice for sending to your client - Pain & Anger4 posts in the past month
- Canadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients?
- What's the biggest time-waster in accounting that software still hasn't fixed?
- Accounting Pain
#34Pain & AngerCanadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients? · What's the biggest time-waster in accounting that software still hasn't fixed? · Accounting Pain - Ideas3 posts in the past month
- Im thinking to build a tool which cuts down the cost of manual analysis and entry workforce for the law firms and automate the whole articulation. Whats your reviews?
- Built a tool so contractor invoices stop coming back in 5 different formats — need 3-5 people to tell me if I'm solving a real problem
- Building an AI invoice parser for accounting firms. Need a few owners to test it on your worst "receipt shoeboxes"
#43IdeasIm thinking to build a tool which cuts down the cost of manual analysis and entry workforce for the law firms and automate the whole articulation. Whats your reviews? · Built a tool so contractor invoices stop coming back in 5 different formats — need 3-5 people to tell me if I'm solving a real problem · Building an AI invoice parser for accounting firms. Need a few owners to test it on your worst "receipt shoeboxes"
Topics
- Accounting18 posts in the past month
- How are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software?
- How are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software?
- Vertaccount - Aaccounting Assoc
#118AccountingHow are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software? · How are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software? · Vertaccount - Aaccounting Assoc - Headaches3 posts in the past month
- Bookkeeping in the AI era: useful tools or new headaches?
- Canadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients?
#23HeadachesBookkeeping in the AI era: useful tools or new headaches? · Canadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients? - Work2 posts in the past month#32Work
- Accountants2 posts in the past month
- Looking for Controllers and cost accountants to test a project I’ve been working on
- Ecommerce accountants: When reconciliation doesn't match, what's the first thing you investigate?
#42AccountantsLooking for Controllers and cost accountants to test a project I’ve been working on · Ecommerce accountants: When reconciliation doesn't match, what's the first thing you investigate? - Clients2 posts in the past month
- Canadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients?
#52ClientsCanadian accountants: what are your biggest headaches when working with physician clients?
Flair
- Software12 posts in the past month
- How are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software?
- Dynamic checklist for document uploads, similar to Big 4 accounting?
- How has AI changed your work in accounting?
#112SoftwareHow are founders here handling accounting still on spreadsheets or proper software? · Dynamic checklist for document uploads, similar to Big 4 accounting? · How has AI changed your work in accounting? - Career3 posts in the past month
- Better choice?
- Go to tips before entering the corporate world?
- Account managers: what helps you remember important details from customer conversations?
#23CareerBetter choice? · Go to tips before entering the corporate world? · Account managers: what helps you remember important details from customer conversations? - Homework1 post in the past month
- I'll Deliver a Clear Picture of Your Company's Banking Structure
#31HomeworkI'll Deliver a Clear Picture of Your Company's Banking Structure
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/AccountingDepartment for?
- Best for Accountants enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/AccountingDepartment free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/AccountingDepartment have?
- Roughly 16K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/AccountingDepartment on?
- r/AccountingDepartment runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/AccountingDepartment cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/AccountingDepartment is organized under Accountants.
- How do I join r/AccountingDepartment?
- You can join r/AccountingDepartment by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Accounting communities like?
- Communities for accounting professionals covering tax, bookkeeping, audit, and finance careers. LinkedIn groups attract large numbers of practitioners for professional networking, with Reddit and Facebook groups for more casual discussion about the work, career paths, and industry news.
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