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Because management accounts are a periodic product. They are accurate and they describe a period that ended weeks ago, which makes them a record rather than a decision aid.
Meanwhile the three things an owner actually asks — how much cash, who owes us, did that job make money — are each a phone call to somebody.
Cash position and bank reconciliation are current. Ageing shows who owes what and for how long, per customer, without a report being produced.
Job margin is live because the sold lines and the delivered cost sit on one record, so a job going wrong is visible while it is still running.
It will not tell you what to do about a thin month. It removes the delay between something happening and you knowing about it.
And it does not replace an accountant. It makes their work cheaper by making the evidence easy to follow.
They read the same ledger rather than a copy, so the year-end conversation is about treatment rather than about establishing what happened.
Permissions are per field, so giving access does not mean giving all of it.
Yes, current, alongside ageing per customer.
No, but they can read the same ledger rather than a copy.
Yes, live, from the sold lines against delivered cost.
Half an hour on your own numbers is usually enough to say whether Books is the right place to start.