How it works

From sign-up to your first
GST invoice in minutes.

Books is designed so a business owner — not just an accountant — can keep clean, GST-ready books. Here’s the whole flow.

1

Create your free account

Sign up with your email and a password. No card, no setup call. You’re the owner of your books from the very first second.

2

Set up your company

Name your book and Books seeds a full Indian chart of accounts (28 groups) automatically. Add your customers, suppliers and items — the forms adapt to each, asking for GSTIN, HSN and credit terms only where they apply.

3

Invoice and record — or just ask the AI

Raise GST tax invoices (single- or multi-line), record receipts and payments against bills, and reconcile your bank. Every posting produces the ledger entry and the GST return line at once.

Or type / say “make an invoice for Sunrise Textiles, ₹45,000 at 18%” — the assistant asks for anything missing and drafts it for you to confirm.
4

See reports and file GST

Day book, trial balance, P&L, balance sheet, comparative P&L, ageing, and sales/purchase registers — all filtered, drill-down and exportable. GSTR-1, 3B, 9, CMP-08 and TCS are computed straight from your ledger.

5

Invite your CA — on your terms

Grant your accountant exactly the access you choose — None, Read, Edit or Full — revocable anytime, with every view audit-logged. And you can export everything, to the paisa, in one click.

Everything inside

The depth of Tally and the clarity of QuickBooks, on one double-entry engine where every posting is the source of truth for every report and return.

Sales & receivables

  • GST tax invoices — accounting or item mode
  • Estimates & sales orders that convert to invoices
  • Delivery challans and credit notes
  • Bill-by-bill settlement & advances
  • Payment links, reminders & late fees
  • Ageing, statements, credit limits

Purchases & payables

  • Purchase bills & debit notes
  • Purchase orders that convert to bills
  • Forward a bill to your inbox to book it
  • TDS deducted right on the bill
  • Reverse charge (RCM) & ITC categories
  • MSME 43B(h) due-date tracking

Inventory

  • Products and services (HSN / SAC)
  • Stock groups, godowns & batches
  • Price lists that auto-apply per customer
  • Bill of materials & assemblies
  • Stock journal — transfer, manufacture, adjust
  • FIFO / weighted-average / LIFO valuation

GST & tax

  • GSTR-1, 3B, 9, 9C, CMP-08 from the ledger
  • GSTR-2B reconciliation & ITC matching
  • e-Invoice (IRN) & e-Way bill on the invoice
  • TDS & TCS that post, not just calculate
  • FY2025-26 sections, rates & thresholds

Accounting & reports

  • Day book, trial balance, P&L, balance sheet
  • Cash flow & 13-week forecast
  • Cost centres, projects & budgets
  • Fixed assets & depreciation
  • Multi-company consolidation
  • Year-end close with a real closing entry

Your team & control

  • Invite an accountant or staff by email
  • Roles the app enforces — accountant, manager, sales, purchase, viewer
  • Every access change audit-logged
  • Turn features on/off per company (F11-style)
  • Full-fidelity export, to the paisa

Two lenses, one engine

Switch between Tally vocabulary — vouchers, contra, F-keys — and QuickBooks vocabulary — invoices, bills, classes — with one click. Only the words change; your data and permissions never move. Filing to GSTN, the IRP and your bank always routes through your CA portal, and until an integration is switched on it says so plainly rather than pretending.

Your AI accounting assistant

Write or speak in plain language and the assistant turns it into the right action — and always asks before it posts anything to your books.

“Create a sales invoice”“Record a ₹20,000 receipt from Metro”“Show me this year’s P&L”“Share the last invoice on WhatsApp”

Common questions

Is my data really mine?

Yes. Books is client-owned — you hold the ledger and lend access to your CA. You can export a full-fidelity backup of everything, any time, and re-import it into a blank book matching to the paisa.

Does the AI post things on its own?

No. The assistant drafts — it gathers the details, shows you a summary, and only posts after you confirm. Nothing is autonomous.

Can I use it like Tally?

You keep the depth you expect — inventory, GST, statutory, keyboard-first entry — without the file lock-in, plus a modern web and AI layer on top.

What does it cost?

Start free. Paid plans (Starter, Pro, Enterprise) add more books, the full AI assistant, e-invoice/e-way bill and priority support. See pricing.

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