Accounting software for consultants. Bill the advice. Keep the books.

Accounting software for consultants records the fees you bill, the money clients pay and the TDS they keep back, what you spend, and turns all of it into books: profit and loss, balance sheet and ledgers. For a consultant it should start with invoicing, because that is where most of the records begin.

Invoice the first month, then turn the invoice into a subscription on Business. It invoices the client every month, quarter or year, and can issue and email each invoice on its date. Clients pay each invoice as usual.

Yes, as invoice lines: the number of hours or days as the quantity, “hours” or “days” as the unit, and your rate as the price. There is no timer or timesheet, so keep your hours where you track them now.

When you record a payment, enter what reached your bank and the TDS kept back, with its section: 393 under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (194J before April 2026). Together they settle the invoice. On Business the TDS posts to TDS Receivable, and the TDS report lists it by customer and section, to check against your Form 168 (formerly 26AS).

Usually 10% on professional fees and 2% on technical fees, once a client's payments to you cross ₹50,000 in the tax year, worked out on the fee before GST. Individuals not under audit generally don't deduct it. Our TDS guide has the details.

Yes, on Business. From the start date you choose, every invoice, payment, expense, supplier bill and credit note posts balanced entries on its own. You get the trial balance, profit and loss, balance sheet, general ledger, customer and supplier ledgers, and bank reconciliation from your bank's CSV statement.

Yes. Invite your CA with the Accountant role. On Business they can add journal entries, enter opening balances, reconcile the bank and download reports, without asking you for files. Locking a month once your GST return is filed is kept for owners and admins.

Every invoice shows Unpaid, Partly paid, Paid or Overdue. On Growth, Collections ages what each client owes into not yet due, 1–30, 31–60, 61–90 and over 90 days, with promises to pay and follow-ups. See tracking outstanding payments.

No. It keeps your billing and books, and gives your CA the profit and loss, TDS and ledgers they need. Income tax returns and presumptive income are worked out by you or your CA.

Starter for quotes, invoices, payments with TDS, receipts and reminders. Growth adds expenses, reports, GST returns and collections. Business adds automatic books, the TDS report, monthly fee invoices that send themselves, and client statements.