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How to Create and Automate Recurring Transactions in Clearing
How to Create and Automate Recurring Transactions in Clearing

Implement recurring transactions to provide bookkeeping automation for your Short-Term Rental property management company.

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Written by Corey Reid
Updated over a week ago

Managing financial transactions, especially recurring expense transactions, has long been a manual and time-consuming challenge for individuals and businesses in the vacation rental space. The cumbersome process of recording, tracking, and categorizing these transactions often leads to errors, consuming valuable resources. This is where Clearing steps in as the solution to this challenge by empowering users to easily automate recurring transactions, making it easier to create and manage recurring transaction records for expenses and revenues.

Clearing, a leading platform in property management, has introduced a user-friendly “Recurring Transactions” feature that provides users with a comprehensive and efficient approach to managing repetitive financial entries. By automating the classification of recurring expenses and transactions, this feature ensures accuracy and efficiency in your bookkeeping process, eliminating the potential for errors in data entry and classification. This innovative solution streamlines financial processes, saving time and reducing errors while keeping financial records organized.

Simple Steps to Create and Automate Recurring Transactions in Clearing

Step 1: Access the Recurring Transaction Interface in Clearing

Log into your Clearing account and navigate to the “Transactions” section in the side menu. Here click on the “recurring transaction” option on top of the transaction feed.

Access the recurring transactions interface in Clearing

Step 2: Add a New Recurring Transaction

Inside the Recurring Transactions interface, click on the “+ add new” option to add a new recurring transaction.

Add a new recurring transaction

Once clicked, a side menu will open on your screen named “New transaction”. Here you can choose between income or expense transactions according to your needs.

Choose the type of transaction

Once you have chosen the type of transaction that you need to make recurring, input essential details such as merchant information, transaction amounts, relevant categories, and asset information in relevant boxes for each transaction.

Fill in the relevant transaction details

After filling out all the information, scroll down and click on “ make it recurring”.

Make the transaction a recurring transaction

Step 3: Customize Your Entries and Recurrence Schedule

Tailor each entry with a name for easy identification.

Name the recurring transaction for easy identification

Set the frequency and schedule for each recurring transaction. Choose whether it's a daily, weekly, monthly, or custom recurrence.

Set the recurrence pattern

Establish a date range to define the period the transaction will occur. You can leave the end date empty for transactions that need to be continuous and indefinitely repeated.

Set the date range that this recurring transaction will continue

Step 4: Save Your Recurring Transactions

After inputting all the necessary details and customizations, click on the "Create" button to save the details of your recurring transaction.

Create and save the recurring transaction

Once saved, you can easily monitor and manage your recurring transactions within the dedicated interface. This allows for ongoing adjustments and ensures that your financial records remain accurate and up-to-date

Take advantage of Clearing's Recurring Transactions feature to save time, ensure accuracy, and keep your financial records organized.

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