Special situations
Switching from Bench
For businesses caught by Bench's shutdown and its reopening under new ownership, Finbryn maps exported Bench data into a QuickBooks Online or Xero file you own, checks the transition period for gaps, and picks up monthly bookkeeping from there. Nothing depends on Bench's own software staying available or its new owner's roadmap.
Bank reconciliation summary
Illustrative client · August 2026
USD
| Account | Difference | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating account··4821 | 184,220.16 | 184,220.16 | 0.00 | Reconciled |
| Reserve account··0937 | 60,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 0.00 | Reconciled |
| Company card··1006 | (12,418.52) | (12,418.52) | 0.00 | Reconciled |
| Card processor clearing | 8,905.40 | 8,905.40 | 0.00 | Reconciled |
| Payroll clearing | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Reconciled |
Last weekly runFri, Aug 28, every account agreed to its statement.
Two open itemsTwo card receipts requested from you, marked on the card account until they arrive.
Illustrative. An example of the document, not a client's figures.
Moving on from Bench, on your own platform
Bench ceased operations in December 2024 and reopened in January 2025 under Employer.com after an asset acquisition and a Canadian bankruptcy filing for the original entity. See Finbryn vs Bench for the sourced timeline. Whether a business rode that transition out or left the moment the shutdown was announced, the practical problem is the same: financial history that lives inside a platform whose future is no longer fully in the business's control.
Finbryn works from whatever Bench export survived, CSV downloads, PDF reports, prior profit and loss and balance sheet statements, and rebuilds the file inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, platforms the client owns outright rather than licenses through a bookkeeping vendor. The chart of accounts is rebuilt to match Bench's prior categorization where that categorization was sound, and corrected where it was not. We run a specific gap check across the weeks around the shutdown to catch anything that did not carry over cleanly.
Once the migration is reconciled, monthly bookkeeping continues on a standard Finbryn schedule: books reconciled weekly, closed early the following month, reviewed by a senior principal before they reach you. Vendor payment coding gets rebuilt with the IRS 1099-NEC reporting threshold in mind, since that threshold changes to $2,000 for payments made in 2026 and forward, and prior years stay on the earlier $600 threshold.
Businesses migrating off Bench with more than a year of history often combine this with multi-year catch-up. See pricing for how a migration engagement is quoted.
Questions
Frequently asked questions: Switching from Bench
Bench shut down and I never got a clean export. Is my data still usable?
Usually, yes, even a partial export combined with prior monthly reports gives us enough to rebuild the file; we scope the gap once we review what survived.
Do I have to switch to new accounting software after leaving Bench?
You do need a QuickBooks Online or Xero subscription in your own name, since Bench's own software is not something you can take with you; we set that up or work inside one you already hold.
Will you fix the reconciliation gap from the months around the shutdown?
Yes, checking that transition window for gaps is a standard part of a Bench migration.
What does switching from Bench actually include, month to month?
Switching from Bench covers exported Bench data reviewed and mapped into QuickBooks Online or Xero, along with a chart of accounts rebuilt in the new platform to match how accounts were previously sorted. The work runs inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, the file stays under your own subscription, and a senior principal reviews the output before it reaches you each period.
What access do you need to start switching from Bench?
View or edit access to QuickBooks Online or Xero is enough to begin; nothing about your existing subscription or login changes on our side. Any additional access needed for a specific deliverable, such as a bank portal or receipt inbox, is agreed with you first, and the scope is set out in your engagement letter.
Is my old Bench data still usable after the shutdown?
Usually, yes. We work from your exported Bench data and prior reports to rebuild the file rather than starting from zero.
Do I need to buy new accounting software?
You need a QuickBooks Online or Xero subscription in your own name; we set it up or work inside one you already hold.
Can you fix a gap in the months around a provider shutdown?
Yes, that gap check is a standard part of this engagement.
What software works with switching from Bench?
Switching from Bench runs inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, whichever you already use. If you are not yet set up in either, we can configure a file in your name so you keep ownership of it once the engagement is under way.
Related services
- BookkeepingCatch-up and cleanup bookkeepingMonths or years of books brought up to date and reconciled, with a written record of every adjustment, so monthly bookkeeping can start from a clean base.
- Special situationsMulti-year catch-upBringing several years of unreconciled or missing books current in one structured engagement, scoped and timed before the work starts.
Industries
- Ecommerce (Amazon and Shopify)Bookkeeping for online sellers on Amazon, Shopify, Etsy and their own storefronts, built around clean payout and sales tax data.
- Startups and VC-backed companiesBookkeeping and reporting for early-stage, venture-backed companies watching burn, runway and investor reporting closely.
- Professional servicesBookkeeping for professional service firms such as engineering, architecture and IT consulting billing clients by project or retainer.
Next step
Talk to the team that would run your books
A short call covers your setup, your software and what a first month would look like. You get a written scope and price after it.