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The general ledger itself — where transactions land, how they get classified, and how the local tax return comes out the other end. In Chandigarh the deciding constraint is usually gst state code 04 · cgst + utgst, administered by Chandigarh Excise & Taxation Department — so that is what every product below is judged against first.
Showing Chandigarh, India — INR, GST, DD/MM/YYYY.
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| Criterion | Built for this market | Built for this market | Built for this market | Built for this market | Built for this market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local tax return from the ledgerWhether the periodic indirect-tax return is built from posted transactions, or has to be assembled somewhere else. | GSTR-1 / 3B / 9 from the ledger — Fully supported | GSTR-1 / 3B generated locally — Fully supported | GSTR-1 / 3B in India edition — Fully supported | GST returns generated locally — Fully supported | GSTR-1 export — Supported with a caveat |
| Bank feedsHow transactions get in: a live connection to the bank, or a file you download and upload. | Statement import, all major banks — Supported with a caveat | Manual statement import — Limited | Feeds for some banks, import for the rest — Supported with a caveat | Manual statement import — Limited | Manual entry — Limited |
| AI categorisationWhether transactions, bills, and receipts are classified by a model or by hand-written rules. | Included on every plan — Fully supported | Not available — Not supported | Rules and bank rules — Limited | Not available — Not supported | Not available — Not supported |
| Multiple entitiesWhether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one. | Included — Fully supported | Multiple companies per licence — Supported with a caveat | One organisation per subscription — Limited | Multiple companies per licence — Supported with a caveat | One business per subscription — Limited |
| Accountant accessWhether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat. | Free, unlimited — Fully supported | Share the data file — Limited | Free accountant seat on most plans — Supported with a caveat | Share the data file — Limited | Export for the CA — Limited |
| Pricing modelHow the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume. | Per organisation — Fully supported | Perpetual licence + AMC — Supported with a caveat | Per organisation, extra users charged — Limited | Perpetual licence per install — Supported with a caveat | Per device, per year — Supported with a caveat |
| InventoryStock tracking depth, and whether it costs extra. | Included — Fully supported | Deep inventory and godown tracking — Fully supported | Separate Zoho Inventory for depth — Supported with a caveat | Strong for trading and distribution — Fully supported | Basic stock tracking — Supported with a caveat |
| Migration inHow much work it is to bring existing books across. | Assisted, included — Fully supported | Export and re-import — Limited | Import templates provided — Supported with a caveat | Export and re-import — Limited | Export and re-import — Limited |
| Local supportSupport in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules. | India-based, three languages — Fully supported | Dealer network nationwide — Fully supported | India-based — Fully supported | Partner-led, regionally concentrated — Supported with a caveat | Multi-language phone support — Fully supported |
| Integrations and APIMarketplace breadth and whether there is an open API. | Open REST API + webhooks — Fully supported | Via connectors and XML — Supported with a caveat | Deep Zoho suite plus open API — Fully supported | Limited — Limited | Limited — Limited |
| Multi-currencyForeign-currency invoicing and revaluation, and which tier it starts at. | Included — Fully supported | Supported in higher edition — Supported with a caveat | On higher plans — Supported with a caveat | Edition dependent — Supported with a caveat | Limited — Limited |
| Mobile appWhat you can actually finish on a phone, not just view. | iOS and Android — Fully supported | Companion app only — Limited | iOS and Android — Fully supported | Mobile app for viewing and billing — Supported with a caveat | Mobile-first by design — Fully supported |
| Works offlineWhether the product is usable without a connection. | Cloud only — Limited | Fully offline — Fully supported | Cloud only — Not supported | Fully offline — Fully supported | Works offline and syncs — Fully supported |
Local tax return from the ledger
Whether the periodic indirect-tax return is built from posted transactions, or has to be assembled somewhere else.
Bank feeds
How transactions get in: a live connection to the bank, or a file you download and upload.
AI categorisation
Whether transactions, bills, and receipts are classified by a model or by hand-written rules.
Multiple entities
Whether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one.
Accountant access
Whether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat.
Pricing model
How the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume.
Inventory
Stock tracking depth, and whether it costs extra.
Migration in
How much work it is to bring existing books across.
Local support
Support in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules.
Integrations and API
Marketplace breadth and whether there is an open API.
Multi-currency
Foreign-currency invoicing and revaluation, and which tier it starts at.
Mobile app
What you can actually finish on a phone, not just view.
Works offline
Whether the product is usable without a connection.
Criteria are scoped to India: rows that would be meaningless here are not shown rather than being padded with "not applicable". Where we have not verified a capability for this market, the cell says "Not documented" rather than claiming a gap.
Built in India with GST as a first-class concept, not a tax pack.
Built for India and effectively the default in accounting practices.
India edition with GST built in; the vendor is headquartered in India.
India-built, strongest in trading, distribution, and wholesale.
India-built, designed around a phone in a shop.
Same in Chandigarh as everywhere else in India — pricing is national, not regional.
Prices are in INR and exclude GST. Billed annually; monthly billing is available at a higher rate. Per organisation with unlimited users. Verified .
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TallyPrime
Perpetual licence per installation, plus an annual maintenance subscription.
Current TallyPrime pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
Zoho Books
Per organisation, tiered, with paid extra users above a per-plan allowance.
Current Zoho Books pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
BUSY Accounting
Perpetual licence per installation with edition tiers.
Current BUSY Accounting pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
Vyapar
Annual subscription per device, with desktop and mobile priced separately.
Current Vyapar pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
Each page below goes deeper on one product, written for Chandigarh.
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| Requirement | What it demands | HelloBooks |
|---|---|---|
| GST-compliant tax invoice formatLegal requirement · CBIC ↗ | Invoices must carry the supplier and recipient GSTIN, place of supply, HSN or SAC code, and the CGST/SGST or IGST split shown separately. | Covered |
| E-invoicing (IRN + QR)Legal requirement · GSTN / IRP ↗ | Businesses above the notified turnover threshold must register B2B invoices with an Invoice Registration Portal and print the returned IRN and QR code. | Covered |
| E-way bill for goods movementLegal requirement · National Informatics Centre ↗ | Consignments above the notified value require an e-way bill with Part A and Part B completed before transport begins. | Covered |
| GSTR-2B input tax credit reconciliationLegal requirement · GSTN ↗ | Input tax credit can only be claimed against invoices your suppliers actually filed, so the purchase register must be reconciled to GSTR-2B every period. | Covered |
| TDS deduction and AIS matchingLegal requirement · Income Tax Department ↗ | Tax deducted at source must be captured against the right section and reconciled with the Annual Information Statement before the income-tax return. | Covered |
| Books retentionLegal requirement · CBIC ↗ | Books and supporting records must be retained for the statutory period from the due date of the annual return. | Covered |
Chandigarh registers under GST state code 04. Registration is required above ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services (standard threshold). No Professional Tax applies.
Region authority: Chandigarh Excise & Taxation Department ↗ · Chandigarh compliance guide
Partly. Chandigarh registers under GST state code 04. Registration is required above ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services (standard threshold). No Professional Tax applies. The national GST rules are the same wherever you are registered, so the software shortlist barely moves — what moves is the configuration. Anything you choose has to handle gst state code 04 · cgst + utgst correctly on every tax invoice without you remembering to set it per transaction.
Every Chandigarh GSTIN begins with state code 04, so customer and vendor masters can be validated on entry. Intra-UT supplies are taxed CGST + UTGST in equal halves; anything crossing the border attracts IGST. Chandigarh Excise & Taxation Department is the authority to check for anything region-specific — see https://etdut.gov.in/.
Pricing is national, not regional: ₹499 and ₹1,499 per month, billed annually, in INR, plus a free tier. Prices are in INR and exclude GST. Billed annually; monthly billing is available at a higher rate. Prices are per organisation with unlimited users, so a business in Chandigarh pays the same as one anywhere else in India.
In practice the shortlist here is usually TallyPrime, Zoho Books, Vyapar — those are the products with the most local install base and the most Chartered Accountants who already know them. That familiarity is a genuine cost saving, and it is the main reason to stay put if nothing else is broken.
Yes, and at no extra cost. Advisors get their own login with their own permissions, and the seat is free — so bringing in a Chandigarh-based Chartered Accountant does not change your bill. That matters most where the advisor relationship, not the software, is the real switching cost.
Each market has its own tax regime, currency, and shortlist of incumbents. Switch to the one where your business is registered.
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