Understanding permissions and security
Invite people and work across businesses
Add colleagues and your accountant, and switch between businesses.
Last reviewed 25 October 2026Invite someone
Administrators invite people from Users.
- Choose Add new.
- Enter their email address.
- Choose a role. See Roles and permissions.
- Optionally add a reason, enter your authenticator code, and choose Send invitation.
A new person gets an email with a one-time link to set a password and an authenticator. Someone who already has an account is simply added, and sees the invitation on their Invitations page, where they can Accept or Decline.
Statuses
- Active: signed in and set up.
- Set-up pending: invited, but two-step verification is not set up yet.
- Disabled: access switched off.
More than one business
If you belong to several businesses, choose one after signing in, and switch from the menu under your name. Add a business in the same menu starts setup for another one.
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