Kontur-Elba is an online accounting service for individual entrepreneurs and LLC entrepreneurs who maintain accounting according to the simplified tax system, patent or tax registration number. All actions related to working with the service are carried out through the Kontur-Elba personal account, into which the registered client can log in 24 hours a day from any access point.
The service is ideal for companies with up to 50 employees that do not have an accountant on staff or outsource.
Personal account features
Each user registered in the system has the right to use the Kontur-Elba personal account in free test mode for a month. The company also gives entrepreneurs who opened an individual entrepreneur less than three months ago a whole year of free premium service.
What do you get by subscribing to a package of online accounting services from Kontur-Elba:
- The system is always updated in accordance with current legislation.
- Generating and sending reports online.
- 24/7 technical support.
- Receiving advice on accounting and legal issues.
- Tax calendar with automatic reminders by email and SMS.
- Integration with four online banks for quick processing of orders and statements.
- Access to documents via mobile app.
- Reconciliation of information about existing debts with tax data.
- Informing about upcoming inspections.
- Using an electronic signature.
- Convenient accounting of goods movement and simple inventory.
- Special prices for maintaining records of several organizations.
- Verification of counterparties by requesting an extract from the state register.
- Automatic reporting for employees.
- Special offers from system partners.
Registration and login to your personal account
When you go to the official Kontur-Elba website, at the top of it you can see a link to the system access form. New and registered users also get access to their Elba Contour personal account through the mobile application (functionality is limited). For new users, simple registration is carried out - by clicking on the “Login” link from the site menu and clicking on the “Register” option in the authorization form, you need to select a password and enter:
- E-mail address
- taxation system
In addition, it is possible to indicate the management of several individual entrepreneurs and LLCs and use the available promotional code. After reading the license agreement, complete the registration by clicking on the “Start using” button.
If you have already registered in the Elbe Contour online service, then the question will definitely arise where entrance to the Elbe? And perhaps the topic of entering Elba means authorization-authentication. Let's look in order at how E organized lba Contour login
Elba Kontur login to your personal account - select a site to log in
We probably need a little preface - there is Elba’s website, where your personal account is located, this site has never changed, since the launch of the web service in January 2010: elba. contour ru There are sites with prices, a blog, articles, among them there is the site of the Elba developer itself - the SKB Kontur company, and there are sites of SKB Kontur partners, all of them are official, all (partner sites) are marked with a red insert on their main pages, indicating that this is “official SKB Kontur partner website." Actually, there is no difference from which official site you go to the site with your personal account - the real site is the largest, how it is proposed to enter Elba is a little lower, but let’s say right away that it was decided to disable the login button, but an alternative was proposed. Usually everyone chooses one option, and it is used most often. And, by the way, you can also figure this out in order to choose the most convenient option.
There are several options for entering the Elbe:
1) in principle, you can go to the main page of the Elba promo site from the developer company itself (SKB Kontur), and click on the beautiful “login” button. Accordingly, the address of the news site (promotional site) can be added to your browser bookmarks (you can log in and work with Elba through Opera, Mozilla, Google Chrome, and, in fact, through any browser, as long as you like it and are modern). Alternatively, if the browser remembers the addresses visited, then you can select the address of the Elba login page directly in the address bar. You can work in the same way with any SKB Kontur partner site - in particular, with this site.
2) you can go directly to the Elba login page (website with a personal account). The difference with the first option is small - the news will still be shown, and in personal account It’s even more convenient to view them - on the official website the news is hidden in the “blog” section, and in your personal account there is a so-called “news digest”. This is a small block with headings latest news. In general, there is a choice. The memorization options are the same as in the first case. Entrance to the Elbe looks like that:
3) download shortcuts (““) to the desktop (you can leave only one shortcut to log in). Here, who is already used to it. If you are more comfortable with shortcuts, then download a set of shortcuts for working with Elba and leave only the one you need.
How did Contour Elba organize login using passwords-SMS-push?
Of course, web services are still new and many questions arise about them in terms of security, reliability, etc. In fact, all this lies in the area of stereotypes. There used to be accountants at enterprises. This was considered reliable, everything was kept in papers at the enterprise, you could go into the office and ask for something, demand something, etc. Nobody considered all sorts of fires, pregnancies, etc., as safety risks, because it was considered part of life, yes, risks, but it doesn’t exist in a different way, without risks. And when incoming accountants appeared - accounting outsourcing - then a new wave of fears arose, because in addition to the already familiar fires, pregnancies, much less responsibility and reliability were added, control almost disappeared, etc. And no one thought about computer programs at all! And if you just imagine that Windows on accountants’ home or office computers, which is exposed to hundreds of risks, is not protected at all, then... questions about web services seem somewhat naive. FSB, FSTEC, data centers, security departments, etc., etc. — a lot of people, laws, technologies and institutions are behind web services, so absolutely everything that can and should be used is used here. About a million users have registered in the Elbe Circuit in 8 years! So if you have any doubts, you just need to ask, and you also need to choose those methods of protection against unauthorized entry that you consider necessary.
So, how does authorization and authentication work when entering Elba? Elbe Contour offers to log in to the system by entering a login (email) and password, this is a mandatory requirement, everything else is a matter of user choice. You can log in via SMS, and the early 2018 update allows you to authenticate via Push notification works like this:
You can also check the “remember me” box in the settings (login window) - then you can log in even after closing the browser. Here the user himself must decide whether it is worth checking the box, or, in general, it might be better to work in “incognito” mode - and this modern opportunity Modern browsers have it. You can configure the login in your personal account in the settings:
Although it doesn’t matter whether you log into your personal account directly or through a promotional site, if you prefer to log in through a promotional site, then, as mentioned above, you can enter Elba through the official promotional site e contour ru (although sometimes confused with “e elba" or "e contour elba", "e-kontur.ru elba", "elba.ru", "elba.com", "elba skbkontur.rf", "kontur.ru elba". For a short period of time, Elba was called " Kontur.Accounting Light version"), and through the website of Elbe’s partners.
What's new in the Elbe Circuit:
Attention, only some updates of the Elbe Circuit are published here. They happen almost every week, but they all make it into the news - the state is constantly changing something in reporting forms, calculation formulas, various details, etc., etc. Since Elbe's mission is to hide such changes and give time to conduct business, most of these changes are not published. And if they require participation, decision-making, etc. - then, of course, Elba talks about them.
Elbe Circuit - updates 2018/2019
- Elba Contour has integrated with Sberbank. Now the current account in Sberbank online is synchronized with Contour Elbe
- the course “Everything will get out of control” has appeared, this is a set of life hacks for very, very acute situations in business, the course is free
- it became possible to write to technical support through mobile applications on iOS and Android. The Elbe Contour program has become even more mobile!
- Elba Circuit began to independently calculate simplified tax rates in all regions. No government agency issues such information for reference; now Elba will do such work
- Elba takes into account 1% of contributions from the difference between income and expenses under the simplified tax system, income minus expenses
A new authorization method has been introduced that allows you to depend less on cellular operators (SMS): enter the password on your computer → receive a push notification on your phone → click on it → Elba will open on your computer.
Elbe circuit - updates 2017
- acquiring is automatically taken into account
- updated application for Android (09.17)
- automatic reminder to pay the bill, Elba sends it herself
- integration with Kontur.Market
- new tariffs came into force in 2017
- you can combine the simplified tax system and a patent
Elbe Circuit - autumn-winter 2016 updates
- Export of acts from Elbe to Diadoc
- Updated application on iOS: new filters and documents, etc.
Elbe Circuit - spring-summer 2016 updates
- functionality for dismissing employees in Elba has been added
- SZV-M can be taken through a mobile application (both on Android and iOS)
- Custom menu now allows you to customize the interface yourself
Elbe Circuit - winter 2016 updates
- The task of preparing a report to Rosstat has already appeared
- the task of preparing financial statements is available
- integration of Elba and Tinkoff Bank took place
Elbe Contour - autumn 2015 updates
Long-awaited personnel documents have appeared in Elba. Now on the “Employees” tab there are templates for typical employment contracts, staffing schedule, vacation schedule. For an LLC, there is a separate order for the director to assume the position and an order for the director to perform the duties of an accountant.
Integration of a current account with Tochka Bank
A new type of document flow, like submissions to the Federal Tax Service. At the moment, only a notification about registering a trade item can be sent from the system.
In order to add a trading object, you need to go to the Details page and check the box “I pay a trading fee”.
Elbe Circuit - spring 2015 updates
“Event Feed” appeared - very convenient opportunity track the primary account, etc. for those who manage several individual entrepreneurs or LLCs on one account
Elbe circuit - winter updates 2014-2015
- In the Elbe interface for cash receipts and debits, the “Appendix” field has appeared, in which you can write the basis for the payment (previously it was only in printed forms PKO and RKO)
- Changes have been made to the integration process with Alfa Bank.
- Currency accounts have appeared - now Elba takes into account not only ruble accounts, in addition, it monitors the conversion! There is no need to check the courses.
Elbe Contour - autumn 2014 updates
The long-awaited outgoing letters to the Pension Fund and the Federal Tax Service have appeared. You can write a letter directly from Elba on the page of your personal account “Letters from the Federal Tax Service and the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation” in the “Reporting” section. You can also respond to incoming letters about retroconversion
Elba Contour - summer 2014 updates.
The main news was the division into two services - Elba Contour for individual entrepreneurs (partially for LLC - CE does not do accounting) and Contour Accounting for LLC.
Elba Contour - spring 2014 updates.
We changed the import of statements - now the check for duplicates for write-offs does not check the exact equality of dates, but +-month because the date for write-offs often changes
- Now in the system it is impossible to create a receipt/debit for a bank if a current account is not specified
- Now you can select the “Citizenship” field for each employee
- made document uploading easier to use with the Safari browser
Accounting Kontur - updates for May 2014.
It is now possible to set a tariff for an employee
- In personal data there is no longer a checkmark about a 5-day 40-hour chart
Elbe circuit - updates for April 2014.
Easy version:
Table 10 appeared in the 4-FSS report
- The logic of the “Print” and “Save” buttons on the document preview has changed
- outsourced accounting receives 3 months as a gift when starting work (after the first payment)
Pro version:
- There was a task to prepare 4-FSS for the 1st quarter of 2014
- The task for preparing 2-NDFL will be relevant until April 2 (end of reporting)
11 Elbe Contour - updates for November-December 2013.
Easy version
- The document type “goods acceptance certificate” has been added to the reconciliation report with counterparties.
- Payroll can now also be downloaded in Excel format
Pro version
- In the service, using the “Reviews and Suggestions” link, each user will now go to UserEcho
- the Profit Declaration has been improved
- added Production calendar for 2014
10 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for October 2013.
- the ability to send corrective reports for tax and accounting reporting has become available.
- import from Excel has appeared in working with goods (works by copying columns in Excel tables, that is, through the clipboard, and not by exporting files)
- the “rejected” status appeared for the issued invoice
09 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for September 2013.
Pro version - Accounting Kontur
- In the “Rounding the amount to be paid” setting, you will be able to select the value “Round up to the full ruble”.
- and etc.
Light version - Accounting Kontur
- the main page in your personal account will now change according to your wishes - by dragging and dropping the blocks you need, you will form the most important information for you on the main page
- changes for UTII: if there are two identical types of activity in one tax, with one OKATO and K2 coefficient, then they can be combined (this is more profitable!)
08 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for August 2013.
Pro version - Accounting Kontur
- a new salary certificate has appeared upon dismissal - now it includes periods of exceptions
Light version - Accounting Kontur
- An online warehouse has appeared!
- Multi-user mode - by default, all new users are assigned the same limited rights
07 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for July 2013.
Pro version.
Your organization now has the opportunity to maintain several current accounts:
a) in the details you can indicate which of them will be the main one. By default, this is the first account;
b) in documents (payment order, bank order, invoice for payment, accounting certificate) the default account is set to the main account, but you can reselect another account
c) in other documents, where the account is displayed only in printed form along with other details of our organization, the main account is displayed
You can use a qualified electronic signature in our online accounting!
Form 4-FSS for the second quarter has been updated
Easy version.
- it became possible to save current accounts not from the directory (both for yourself and for counterparties). This is done manually - data is entered into three fields - BIC, Name and Corr. check
06 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for June 2013.
Pro version.
An advance payment operation has been added to the payment order and cash receipt order; it can be issued for one employee or for a list of employees (for such employees the advance must be approved)
Easy version.
- the type of operation “Penalties and Penalties” was added, in addition, when importing an extract automatically, the system recognizes it by KBK
05 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for May 2013.
Pro version.
- a new tariff plan "Salary" has appeared
Easy version.
- filling in the details of counterparties in documents according to the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
- for invoices, acts, invoices and invoices, page numbers have been added
04 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for April 2013.
Pro version
- fixed asset accounting appeared
- now you can order a cloud digital signature!
- it became possible to purchase a cloud digital signature from the service (Profi). This can be done provided that you have paid for a tariff plan that does not include digital signature in the cloud.
- in the “Organization” section on the “Overview” tab there is now a task for closing the month. When performing this task, Accounting Kontur creates a “Month Closing” document with the corresponding transactions.
Easy version
- instead of the “espionage” section, the service has new capabilities for checking counterparties
- for individual entrepreneurs on UTII you can reduce the tax by 100% of paid contributions
- for business on UTII you can now choose inspections from any region, and not just from the region by type of activity
- when saving the cash book, Accounting Kontur no longer offers a preview, only the “Save in format...” button is visible. This made it possible to significantly speed up it, now even 400 pages of the cash book are saved. in a minute
- the consignment note made it possible to indicate the consignee and payer separately from each other
03 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for March 2013.
Easy version.
-opportunities for checking counterparties have expanded (previously it was possible to receive extracts from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs in minutes, now you can use the capabilities of the special service "Contour. Focus")
Pro version.
- Child care benefits up to 1.5 years old are now calculated automatically. When the child reaches 1.5 years old, the system will stop doing calculations itself.
02 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for February 2013.
Easy version.
- incoming documents appeared - acts and invoices
- 2-NDFL reporting opened (the task became available for execution)
Pro version.
- Opened financial statements for 2012 according to format 5.04 (Order of the Federal Tax Service of Russia dated January 25, 2013 No. ММВ-7-6/35@)
01 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for January 2013.
All organizations now have the task “Entering accounting balances” with a message on the main page
- Added search for money
12 Electronic accountant Elba - updates for December 2012.
Since November 2012, the Elba Electronic Accountant program has become a “Light” version of the program (or rather, online service) “Accounting. Contour”. All updates will continue to be published on the softodrome.
- The task “pay salary and 2-personal income tax” now receives an SMS with the text “It’s time to pay taxes.”
- The book of income and expenses for the bank is now formed according to real amounts, and not according to the amount recorded in taxes. KUDIR for the tax office has not changed
November
- Now in Elba there is no uniqueness in the name of the counterparty. You can create counterparties with the same names but different details.
- the integration of two services has begun - Elba and Eureka. In two months, they should completely merge into the Accounting Kontur service - in the service it will be possible to conduct business using the simplified tax system, UTII and OSNO!!
Collaboration has been implemented in Elbe! Now a separate login (account) has been implemented for the accountant
The Elba online service from SKB Kontur is an indispensable assistant for organizations on the simplified tax system, UTII or patent.
The system will make it easier to do business and help organize work with goods, documents, contractors, and employees.
The functionality of the Elbe Contour web service is truly enormous, given such an attractive price. In this article we will look at how to get started with the program - register and log into your personal account, and also get a year of using the service for free.
In addition, we will figure out what is remarkable about the Elbe Contour, its advantages and capabilities.
Registration
To register in the Elba Contour web service, you need to visit the page https://elba.kontur.ru/AccessControl/Registration and fill out a short form. The following data will be needed:
- E-mail address
- Password to enter your personal account (the more complex and longer, the more secure)
- Taxpayer Identification Number (optional field, needed to activate the free period, we will discuss it below)
- You must indicate your taxation system, or check the box “I run several individual entrepreneurs or LLCs”
Click the “Start using” button and the registration process is completed.
Here it is worth mentioning a promotion that allows you to use the Kontur Elba system for free for a whole year on the Premium tariff plan. Individual entrepreneurs registered no more than three months ago can take advantage of this offer.
That is, a free year of Elba is a pleasant gift for aspiring individual entrepreneurs.
Enter your TIN in the form described above, or register on another page - https://kontur.ru/elba/signup to participate in the promotion.
Now you can log in to your personal account of the service.
Login to Circuit Elbe
To log into your personal account, simply follow the link https://elba.kontur.ru/AccessControl/Login and enter the e-mail and password specified during registration into the form.
You can check the “Remain logged in” checkbox in order to have access to your personal account without entering a password when next visit site.
You can also log into the Kontur Elba system from the main page of the official website of SKB Kontur by clicking on the button at the top “Login to services” and selecting the appropriate item - “Elba”.
Main features of the system
The Elba Contour web service has a truly huge range of tools for doing business, which will be especially useful for beginning entrepreneurs.
The system will help you get rid of the bulk of the accounting routine and organize business processes.
The Elbe circuit has the following functions:
- Simple work with documentation - creating contracts, issuing invoices, invoices and acts directly in the system’s personal account.
- Convenient financial monitoring - all payment transactions and receipts are stored in Elba’s Kontur personal account and are always available.
- Timely and correct reports to the Federal Tax Service - the service automatically checks the submitted documentation, and tips will help you fill out documents even without accounting knowledge.
- Integration with banks such as Alfa-Bank, Tochka, Tinkoff and Modulbank to automatically receive statements and send payments.
- Goods accounting - the Kontur Elba system allows you to track trade turnover and create the necessary warehouse documents.
- Calculation of salaries, insurance premiums and taxes of employees with storage in personal cards.
- Multi-user mode - the ability for several employees to work in the system under your control.
- Flexible tariffs with different costs per year of using the service. You can view all tariffs and prices for the Elba Contour at the link https://kontur.ru/elba/price.
is an online accounting service that was created to help small entrepreneurs do their bookkeeping without leaving home. Taking advantage of convenient software, tips and ready-made formulas, you can significantly save time and money. The service allows multi-user mode, work with primary documents, and work with invoices. Suitable for individual entrepreneurs and LLCs on the simplified tax system and UTII.
Our readers will be able to fully appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of the service. To do this, we divided the service characteristics into twelve points. We not only looked at the pros and cons of the service, but also compared it with its competitors. You won't find water in our article. Only interesting and useful information.
Interface
It is clear that creative and professional people worked on the design of the Kontur website. Nice graphics, convenient arrangement of elements. The site looks very decent.
The control panel is designed so as not to confuse the user with a large fragmented menu. The idea was implemented perfectly. Elba's interface is one of the most user-friendly we've seen.
Step-by-step instruction
Registration in Elba begins by entering your email on the main page. Additionally, you need to enter a password. It is not necessary to enter a TIN.
Then you need to indicate the form of ownership of your company.
This is what the Elba platform interface looks like.
Directly from the main page, you can create the document you need: agreement, invoice, invoice, deed, invoice, power of attorney. Other documents are also available. From the main page you can note the movement Money.
What immediately catches your eye is minimalism. The number of sections is minimal, but at the same time everything is broken down in such a way that there is no question in which section the desired action is “hidden”.
Let's try to create an invoice. To do this, left-click Invoice.
Fill in the remaining information.
To add an employee, you need to select in the menu - Employees. Check the box there - I am registered as an employer. Then click the Add employee button.
In online accounting Kontur everything is quite simple. Fill in the information (all or part of it) and click the green Save button.
What can you “do with an employee” in Elba? You can print a 2-NDFL certificate, delete an employee, mark dismissal, calculate salaries, record deductions, mark vacation, mark sick leave/vacation.
Other sections available for completion: money, goods, counterparties, reporting, details.
Functional evaluation
| Elbe | |
|---|---|
| Type of ownership | IP; IP/LLC |
| Tax scheme | simplified tax system and/or UTII |
| Personnel accounting | Creating a detailed employee profile; accounting of dismissed employees; accounting of freelance employees. |
| Tax accounting | Generation of payment documents depending on the form of ownership. |
| Inventory control | Main and retail warehouse; materials and goods |
| Cash accounting | Receipt, write-off, movement |
| Calculation wages | Prepaid expense; salaries; bonuses; GPA; other accruals; absenteeism from work: vacations, business trips, other absenteeism; benefits: sick leave, one-time benefits, maternity leave; Holiday to care for the child; contributions; Personal income tax. Not on all tariffs. |
| Reports | Sending reports electronically to the Federal Tax Service. |
| Analytics | Ability to maintain a ledger of income and expenses balance sheet, creation of monetary documents, maintaining inventories, the ability to maintain personnel records. |
| Forms | Document forms |
| Documentation | Invoice for payment, invoice agreement, invoice, invoice, act, advance report, orders. Not on all tariffs. |
| Electronic signature in the cloud | Provided |
| Online data exchange with banks | Provided |
| Expert consultations | Provided. Not on all tariffs. |
| Employee sharing | Provided |
| Double entry | Not provided |
| Checking counterparties | Not provided |
| Number of companies in profile | Unlimited amount |
Kontur.Elba is focused primarily on individual entrepreneurs and allows you to fully work in the system without special knowledge in the field accounting. The program allows you to keep track of primary documents (invoice, deed, agreement, invoice, invoice), receipts and debits of funds and payments of invoices by clients. Tax reporting can be sent via the Internet without an electronic signature (by proxy).
For an LLC, it is possible to generate financial statements at the end of the year based on the data entered into the system financial activities enterprises (only reporting, there is no possibility of maintaining full-fledged daily accounting in Elbe).
Work with employees: setting up salaries, bonuses, regional coefficients, northern bonuses, generating reports on employees. The system allows you to generate payment documents for paying taxes and contributions. The system coordinates the user on deadlines for submitting reports to regulatory authorities, including via SMS and e-mail. There are acts of reconciliation with the Federal Tax Service and suppliers.
In Elbe, accounting is as automated as possible. In the system you will not see standard postings or many registers. The system independently takes into account your transactions when creating documents and indicating the types of transactions, and then at the end of the year, based on all the data, it builds financial statements, having previously shown the data in the balance sheet and suggesting a number of actions to complete the business activities of the year. Rating: 5
Tariff comparison
There are three tariffs in total for the service.
Tariff characteristics
There are only three tariff plans: electronic reporting, online accounting and accounting services. The functions increase in proportion to the cost of the tariff.
Comparison with other tariffs
The first tariff is suitable individual entrepreneurs who want to automate reporting to the Federal Tax Service.
The second tariff provides for accounting of documents and finances.
The Premium tariff adds the ability to keep track of salaries and taxes, submit reports to the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund, and receive expert advice.
Payment for the service
You can pay for the Kontur.Elba service in various ways.
1.Bank transfer (payment will be received within 2-5 banking days):
- p/p for the bank;
- Sberbank receipt (only for individual entrepreneurs);
- file for online banking.
To receive a payment order or receipt, you must click Settings and payment - Tariffs and payment, select the tariff and service period and click on next step follow the link via bank transfer.
2.Instant payment methods (via the Robokassa system, received in the system up to 3 hours):
- Plastic card (VISA, MasterCard, DCL, Maestro);
- WebMoney;
- Yandex money;
- SMS (up to 10,000 rubles for MTS and Tele2 (Rostelecom) subscribers);
- Cash through the QIWI terminal (instructions in the attachment to knowledge 5025).
- Alpha click.
To proceed to payment, you must click Settings and payment - Tariffs and payment, select a tariff and service period, and in the next step follow the link for the most suitable payment method.
Discounts
When registering, by specifying a promo code, the subscriber, when paying for any tariff plan for a quarter/year, receives + 3 months as a gift.
