In 2020, we've added more new features and improvements to FreshBooks so you can focus on running your business successfully. Release notes (also known as a changelog) are below for 2020.
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December
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Invoices | Clickable Links in Item Descriptions | HTML links in the Item Description are automatically clickable. |
| Clients | Client Address Street 2 Line | Client Addresses now have a Street 1 and Street 2 line to accommodate longer addresses. |
| Team Members | Client Access | Client Access is available for Select plan users to choose which Clients you want your Managers and Employees to have access to. |
| Accounting | 🎉 Accounts Payable | Track your Accounts Payable with Bills and Vendors and Bill Payment Reconciliation. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | Remember Preferred Contacts | When sending Invoices, Estimates or Proposals, contacts are remembered and selected for you based off the last selection on any recently sent Invoice/Estimate/Proposal. |
| Reports | 🎉 Cash Flow Report | Track how much cash you have on hand with the new Cash Flow Report. |
| Clients | Recurring Templates Tab | See all active Recurring Templates for your Clients inside the Client Profile. |
| Mobile | Accept Bank Transfers (ACH) on iOS | When creating Invoices, you can now accept ACH payments along with credit card payments on the FreshBooks Mobile App for iOS. |
| Projects, Time Tracking & Expenses | 🎉 Project Profitability | Track your Projects' performance to see how profitable they are with Team Costs, Time Entries and Expenses associated to the Project. |
November
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Payments & Invoices | Manual Payment Notifications to Clients | When adding a Payment to an Invoice, you can choose whether you'd like to also send an email notification to your Client. |
| My Team, Projects & Time Tracking | Project Manager | Assign a Team Member to be Project Manager on a specific Project so they can generate Invoices and manage time for that Project. |
| Clients | Mobile & Business Phone Number | Two additional Phone Number fields have been added to Client Profiles so you can easily keep track of multiple phone numbers for your Clients. |
October
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Invoices & Proposals | Attachments Included in PDF Download | Downloading an Invoice or Proposal as a PDF will now include all file attachments in the PDF. |
| Invoices | Search for Deleted Invoices | You can now search for deleted Invoices with the new search bar. |
| Clients | Search for Deleted Clients | You can now search for deleted Clients with the new search bar. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | 🎉 Croatian Language | You can now select Croatian as an option for Invoices, Estimates and Proposals. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | Search for Deleted Content | You can now search for deleted Recurring Templates, Estimates and Proposals with the new search bar. |
| Payments | PayPal on Checkout Links | PayPal can now be used as a payment option for Checkout Links. |
| Invoices | Attachments | Share key files with your Clients by uploading them as Attachments on your Invoices. |
September
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Invoices & Items & Services | Inventory | Track your stock with the Track Inventory checkbox in any Item. |
| Clients | Per Page List View | View up to 150 Clients per page now. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | Send To Button | The Send... button is now the Send To button to reflect choosing contacts first before sending your Invoice, Estimate or Proposal. |
| Payments | Refunds | You can now process refunds for FreshBooks Payments (WePay) and Stripe payments from within your account. |
| Invoices | Per Page List View | View up to 150 Invoices per page now. |
| Payments | 🎉 PayPal | Accept PayPal and debit/credit card payments through PayPal from your Clients. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | Link Between Estimates/Proposals & Invoices | Invoices now display the link to the original Estimate or Proposal it was converted from in the history bar at the top of the Invoice. |
August
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Invoices & Payments | 🎉 BACS Direct Debit | Businesses in the UK can now accept online payments through BACS Direct Debit. |
| Time Tracking | Monthly View | Along with daily and weekly view, you can now track your time in the monthly view sub-tab. |
| Invoices | Include Unbilled Expenses on Invoices & Recurring Templates | When generating an invoice, you can quickly add unbilled expenses along with unbilled time, and also add future unbilled expenses to your Recurring Template. |
| Invoices & Payments | Automatically Apply Credits to Recurring Templates | You can now automatically apply any existing credit to all Recurring Templates with a toggle in your Payments Settings. |
| Clients | Secondary Contacts Tab & Send... Experience | Secondary Contacts can now be easily managed from the Contacts tab inside a Client's Profile. Choose which contacts to send your Invoice, Estimate or Proposal to with the new list. |
July
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Payments | 🎉 Checkout Links | Accept payment without needing to make an Invoice through Checkout Links that can be shared online. |
| Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | 🎉 Russian Language | You can now select Russian as an option for Invoices, Estimates and Proposals. |
| Invoices | Outstanding Banner | Clients will now see the total Outstanding balance of with a link to all their unpaid Invoices at the top while viewing any Invoice or inside their Client Account. |
| Time Tracking | Enhanced Timer | Launch your Timer easily, and any time entry you've logged can now be restarted with the Timer, picking up where you left off. |
| Reports | Profit & Loss Drill Down | Click on totals in your Profit & Loss Report to drill down and see the specific Invoices, Payments, Other Income and Expenses that make up your totals. |
| Mobile | 🎉 Mileage Tracking on iOS App | Track your mileage on the FreshBooks Mobile App for iOS. |
| Invoices & Payments | Credit Notes | Along with Prepayment and Overpayment Credits, you can now use Credit Notes to offer items or services at a future date without receiving payment. |
June
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Settings & Reports | 🎉 Fiscal Year End | Choose your Fiscal Year End for your Reports to automatically filter by. If not set to the default of Dec 31, your Reports will also display extra date range options. |
| Payments & Invoices | 🎉 Recurring Payments with Bank Transfer | Automatically charge your Clients on Recurring Templates with another new option now - Bank Transfers. |
| Reports | Select Multiple Team Members on Time Entry Details Report | Select one or multiple Team Members when filtering on the Time Entry Details Report. |
| Reports | Billable Amount on Time Entry Details Report | See how much your time tracked is worth with the Amount column added on the Time Entry Details Report. |
| Invoices & Payments | Prepayment Credits | Create Prepayment Credits to collect payment ahead of time as well as Overpayment Credits from your Clients. |
May
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| My Team & Apps & Integrations | Admin Access to Apps & Integrations | Admins can now add and manage their own Apps & Integrations. |
| Payments | 🎉 Partial Payments | Clients can now pay Invoices partially, even with Payment Schedules and/or Deposits enabled with WePay or Stripe. |
| Projects | See Associated Invoices in a Project | All Invoices that contain time entries associated to a specific Project will will now be listed inside the specific Project's Review tab. |
| Projects & Expenses | Assign Expenses to Projects & See Assigned Expenses in a Project | Expenses can now be assigned to a Client or a Client's Project, as well as listed inside the specific Project's Review tab. |
April
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Reports | Redesigned Report Filters | Filters for Reports have been moved to the right side of the Report under Settings for easier access and improved visibility. |
| Accounting, Reports & Expenses | Expense Refunds on Expense Report | Transactions marked as Expense Refunds in Bank Rec will also appear in your Expense Report and your Profit & Loss Report. |
| Expenses | 🎉 Manage Duplicate Expenses | Manage your duplicate expenses by clicking on a banner above your list of expenses or the Potential duplicate link inside any expense. |
| Estimates & Proposals | Estimates & Proposal List View | Proposal links are now added to your list of Estimates & Proposals for easy differentiation. |
March
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Expenses & Invoices | 🎉 Convert Received Invoices into Expenses | Invoices you've Received in your To Me section can now be converted into Expenses. |
| Expenses | Sort after Search | Sort your Expense search results by Date, Amount and Status as needed. |
| Payments | 🎉 Payments Section | See all of your online and offline (manual) payments in one place with the Payments section, under Invoices in the navigation. |
| Projects & Items & Services | Service Management | Mark Services as defaults for all new Projects and easily add or delete Services on Projects. |
| Payments | 🎉 Save Bank Account on File | Clients can now save their Bank Transfer (ACH) details to their Client accounts, making it faster to pay Invoices. |
| Bank Connections & Expenses | 🎉 Bank Import Notifications | If your Bank Connections have been disrupted, notifications will display in your Notifications, Dashboard and in your Expenses. |
| Reports | Links on Accounts Aging Report | When running the Accounts Aging Report in present day (not in the past or future), click on any blue link to see the Invoices that represent the amounts on the Reports. |
| Emails & Invoices | Customizable Email for Invoices | You can customize the Subject and Body of your emails for Invoices. |
| Expenses | Advanced Search for Expenses | Now you can use advanced search to narrow down your search with specific filters like category, merchant, bank account and more. |
February
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Invoices | Advanced Search for Invoices | Now you can use advanced search to narrow down your search with specific filters like invoice status, keyword search and currency to name a few. |
| Projects | Updated Project List View | Your list of Projects now displays more useful insights at a glance, with new column headers including Unbilled Hours and Unbilled Amount, and Last Invoiced. |
| Invoices | Calendar Picker for Due Date | Custom Due Dates now give you the option to pick the date from the calendar instead of typing in the number of days. |
| Invoices | Sort after Search | Sort your Invoice search results by Client, Invoice Number, Issue Date, Due Date, Amount and Status as needed. |
January
| Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
| Time Tracking | Timer Rounding | All time tracked with the Timer will now round down if under 30 seconds, or round up if over 30 seconds, to the nearest minute. |
| Expenses | Improved Search on Expenses | Searching for your Expenses have been improved to return more accurate results. |
| Payments | ACH-Only Option | US Businesses can now choose to Accept only ACH payments on Invoices on both Freshbooks Payments (WePay) and Stripe. |
| Projects | Improved Search on Projects | Searching for your Projects have been improved to return more accurate results. |
| Team Members | Undelete Team Members | Team Members can be undeleted from the My Team page. |
| Payments | Advanced Payments for Stripe | Advanced Payments can now be purchased for Stripe users. |
| Expenses | Improved Search on Recurring Expenses | Searching for your Recurring Expenses have been improved to return more accurate results. |
| Time Tracking | Time Tracking Search | Searching for your time entries in the Review section have been improved to return more accurate results. |