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Open a client's books
without the client's login.

A working tool for client files. The Pulse Accountant Edition runs on your computer and opens what your clients send you — a Pulse backup or a QuickBooks export — for trial balance, P&L, balance sheet, general ledger drill-down, A/R and A/P aging. Draft your adjustments, send them back, close the file. Client files open read-only, and the whole thing runs on your own computer.

A guided installer sets everything up for you on Mac, Windows or Linux — no command line, nothing to configure. It all runs locally — there is no cloud service on the other end of this. Questions? Book a consult →

How it works

Three steps to the numbers

01

Your client exports

Pulse clients: one click — Settings → Backup & Restore → “Books only”. QuickBooks clients: the export they already know how to make (IIF, CSV or QBO). Either way, a single file — no login sharing.

02

You open it

Drop the file into your Accountant workspace. It loads into an isolated scratch area on your machine — the file itself is never modified.

03

Work, then close

Run the reports your engagement needs, export to QuickBooks formats if you want them, then close the file and the working copy goes with it.

What you get

The working papers, not a dashboard toy

Every report reads straight from the client's general ledger, so any figure you question opens onto the entries behind it.

  • Trial balance, with drill-down from any line to the entries behind it
  • P&L and balance sheet for any date range
  • General ledger by account, filtered how you work
  • A/R and A/P aging that handles partial payments properly
  • Invoice and bill registers, date-filtered
  • Opens QuickBooks exports too — IIF, CSV and QBO files load into the same isolated workspace as Pulse backups
  • Draft adjusting entries against the file — see the adjusted trial balance live, then export the proposals; your client reviews and posts them on their box
Kestrel HVAC Services — Trial Balance · Jan 1 – Jul 31
AcctNameDebitsCredits
1010Operating Cash152,278.8073,933.50
1200Accounts Receivable120,321.80110,260.80
2100Accounts Payable657.5021,686.58
4100Service Revenue800.0073,257.00
6000Salaries & Wages46,000.000.00
Totals478,175.48478,175.48
🔒 Client files open read-only — the file itself is never modified
Straight answers

The part most vendors put in small print

Where does client data go?

It stays on your computer. There is no account to create, no cloud service behind it, and no AI.

What do I need?

Usually about ten minutes. Download the installer, run it, and it sets everything up and opens in your browser — no command line, no extra software to wrangle. Works on Mac, Windows and Linux.

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