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How to invite your accountant to access your Dext account

Invite your accountant or bookkeeper to access your Dext business account. Learn how Business Admins and User Admins can grant, manage, or switch accountant access.

Written by Alexander
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You can invite an external accountant or bookkeeper to access your Dext account so they can review, manage, and publish your documents.

Granting or removing accountant access does not affect your documents, settings, or historical data.

Important:


Before you start

  • You can only invite someone who uses a Dext practice (accountant/bookkeeper) account.

  • If their email is linked to a Dext business account, the invitation will fail.

  • If needed, ask your accountant or bookkeeper to create a Dext practice account first.

  • Alternatively, you can add them as an Admin user inside your account instead.


How to invite your accountant or bookkeeper

  1. Log in to the Dext web app.

  2. Go to Business settings > Accountant.

  3. Enter your accountant’s email address.

  4. Click Send invite.

Business Settings > Accountant page showing the Invite your accountant or bookkeeper to Dext screen, with an email input field and a Send invite button.

What happens next depends on whether they already use Dext.


If your accountant already uses Dext

If the email is linked to a Dext practice account, you’ll see a confirmation message.

  1. Click Allow access.

  2. Your accountant will immediately gain access to your account.

Invite your accountant modal showing the accountant’s firm details and an Allow access button to grant account access.

They’ll be able to:

  • View documents

  • Edit and process items

  • Publish to your accounting software

You can manage or remove their access at any time from Business settings > Accountant.


If your accountant does not use Dext yet

If the email is not linked to a Dext practice account:

  • Dext will send them an email invitation to start a free trial.

  • You can preview the email by clicking See how the email will look.

  • You can check the invitation status in Business settings > Accountant.

Business Settings > Accountant page showing an invitation sent to an accountant, with status Not yet connected and a Cancel invite button.

Once they create a Dext practice account, they’ll be able to access your account.

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