About Donnie Buchanan | Entry Counts
Meet Donnie Buchanan

Financial reporting support built by someone who understands accounting firms.

Donnie Buchanan is the CEO of Entry Counts. Since 2008, his work has focused on helping accounting firms reduce wasted time, improve reporting workflows, and bring more clarity to compliance.

Donnie Buchanan

Donnie Buchanan

CEO of Entry Counts · Former Xero advisor · Financial reporting systems specialist.

2008Started in CPA practice
2013Joined Xero
2017Created Entry Counts
Donnie’s journey

From boutique CPA practice to financial reporting solutions.

Entry Counts was shaped by real experience inside accounting firms, practice solutions and reporting workflows.

2008

Learning professional services from the inside

Donnie’s father-in-law’s accountant asked him to work in a boutique CPA practice in Sydney. Over the years, Joe taught him about professional services and customer relationships.

2013

Helping firms across Australia with Xero

Donnie joined Xero and began helping accounting firms with practice solutions across Australia, learning the practical needs firms face every day.

2017

Entry Counts was created

Donnie created Entry Counts to continue providing practical financial reporting solutions for accounting firms that want better systems and clearer compliance support.

What drives Entry Counts

Less waste. Better systems. More useful reporting.

Donnie’s approach is built around reducing time waste, money waste and energy waste, so firms can focus on work that creates real value.

Compliance

Helping firms meet reporting requirements with more confidence and less confusion.

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Efficiency

Improving workflows so teams spend less time repeating manual reporting tasks.

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Profitability

Creating reporting systems that support healthier firm performance and better use of time.

Beyond the work

Built around clarity, growth and real life.

Donnie’s days are spent with his children, evolving, creating solutions and finding joy in life’s adventures. The work at Entry Counts is designed to give accounting firms back the space to focus on the positive aspects of life: family, friends, growth and health.

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Family

Better systems give people more time and energy for the parts of life that matter most.

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Growth

Clear reporting processes help firms grow with more confidence and less operational friction.

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Solutions

Entry Counts focuses on practical solutions, not complexity for the sake of complexity.

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