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Manual Accounting Is Dead for SMEs

SME owners spend 15-20 hours per month on financial admin. That's time you'll never get back.

Feen TeamJanuary 15, 20252 min read

Manual Accounting Is Dead for SMEs

Studies show SME owners spend 15-20 hours per month on financial tasks. That's nearly 3 full working days every month spent on entering invoices, reconciling transactions, chasing payments, and preparing documents for accountants.

Three days you could have spent growing your business or living your life.

What's changed

Automated accounting tools now use AI to handle the repetitive stuff. You upload an invoice, the system reads it. Your bank syncs automatically. Payments get matched to invoices without you lifting a finger.

The accuracy is better than humans too. Manual data entry has an error rate of 1-4%. Modern AI systems are under 0.1%.

The real cost of staying manual

It's not just time. It's the stress of never having a clear picture of your cash flow. It's your accountant calling with questions about missing documents. It's discovering a client hasn't paid you three months later.

Belgian SMEs that switched to automated accounting report saving 80% of their financial admin time. What used to take hours now happens in the background.

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