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General
It is a smart accounting platform for both personal and business use. Track income, expenses, manage GST filings, Tally-style ledgers, inventory, and generate reports \u2014 all in one place.
Yes! The core features are completely free. We use an optional wallet-based micro-charging system for premium features like report downloads and email reports. The admin can enable or disable charging at any time.
No. HisaabKitaab is a web-based application. Just open your browser, sign up, and start tracking. It works on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Yes! We offer a Guest Mode on the Personal Portal. Click "Try as Guest" on the homepage to explore the dashboard with demo data. Note that guest data is not saved.
Personal Portal
You can track income and expenses, categorize transactions, view monthly/annual summaries, generate PDF/Excel reports, link accounts with family or friends (joint account), and manage your wallet.
You can send a linking request to another personal user via their email. Once they accept, both of you can view each other's entries in a combined view. You can unlink at any time.
The admin can enable charging for entries and reports. When enabled, a small fee is deducted from your wallet balance for each action. You can top up your wallet, and the admin can also credit your wallet manually.
Business Portal
We support GSTR-1 (Outward Supplies), GSTR-2A, GSTR-2B, GSTR-3B (Monthly Summary), GSTR-9 (Annual), ITC (Input Tax Credit) reconciliation, HSN summary, and e-invoice generation.
The Tally module provides ledger management, voucher entries (payment, receipt, journal, contra, sales-purchase), inventory tracking (stock in/out/reports), daybook, and trial balance \u2014 similar to TallyPrime features.
When you create a sales entry with a customer's GST number, and that customer is also registered on our platform, they will receive a notification to accept or reject the entry. This helps reconcile books between businesses.
Yes. A valid GST number is required to sign up for the Business Portal. This is used for GST report generation, B2B matching, and auto-fetch features.
Security & Privacy
Absolutely. We use bcrypt password hashing, PDO prepared statements (no SQL injection), XSS prevention with htmlspecialchars, CSRF token protection on all forms, secure HTTP-only session cookies, and blocked direct access to config and log files.
Your data is stored in a MySQL database on your own hosting server. We do not use any third-party analytics or tracking services that access your financial data.