Accounting & Finance

Sales Are Good.
Bank Balance Says Otherwise.
Is Your Business Profitable?

Basic Accounting Software tells your CA what happened last month. It tells you nothing about what's happening right now. Expand smERP gives you a live P&L, real margin per order, and a balance sheet you can actually read - so you stop running a business on estimated profitability.

2days
To close monthly books - was 2 weeks
25 %
Less likely to face compliance fines
250+
Manufacturers on Expand smERP
Finance Dashboard - Live
This Month
Quarter
YTD
Revenue
β‚Ή41.2L
↑ 12% vs last month
Gross Margin
22.4%
↓ 1.2% - investigate
Net Profit
β‚Ή6.8L
↑ 8% vs last month
P&L Snapshot - October 2024
Revenue
β‚Ή41.2L
Cost of Goods
β‚Ή31.9L
Operating Expenses
β‚Ή2.5L
Net Profit
β‚Ή6.8L (16.5%)
⚠ Margin dropped 1.2% - 3 orders below target margin. Review needed.
Basic Accounting Software vs. Expand smERP - Know the Difference

Basic Accounting Software Is for Your CA.
Expand smERP Is for You.

This isn't a comparison. It's a distinction. Basic Accounting Software is an outstanding accounting tool - for auditors. Expand smERP is a financial command centre - for owners who need to run the business, not just record it.

Basic Accounting Software - What It Does Well
The Auditor's Tool
Records transactions accurately after they happen
Produces statutory reports: trial balance, balance sheet, P&L
GST filing and TDS management - well built
Your CA can close books at month-end
Best-in-class for pure accounting compliance
Expand smERP Accounting - What You Actually Need
The Owner's Financial Command Centre
Live P&L - updated as orders are dispatched and invoiced, not month-end
Real margin per order - including material, labour, job-work, wastage
Accounts auto-posted from operations - GRN, dispatch, payroll. Zero re-entry.
Receivables and payables live - know who owes what, right now
Books closed in 2 days - not 2 weeks - because data is always current

You don't have to choose. Expand smERP handles your operational accounting completely. Many clients continue to use Basic Accounting Software for their CA's statutory work alongside Expand smERP for business management. We also offer a seamless Basic Accounting Software migration path - your historical data comes with you.

Does This Sound Familiar?

If 3 of These Are Happening -
Your Financial Visibility Has a Serious Gap.

These aren't edge cases. They're the monthly reality for businesses running operations and accounts on separate systems.

Every Month
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Book closing takes 2 weeks and still has open items

Finance team spends the first two weeks of every month reconciling last month. Bills entered late. Bank entries missing. Stock values don't match. The month is half-over before last month is finalized.

Chronic
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Numbers change depending on who you ask

Finance shows one P&L. The operations Spreadsheet shows a different margin. The CA has a third version. At the review meeting, 30 minutes are spent figuring out which number is right - and nobody fully believes any of them.

Silent Drain
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Margins shrinking 4% year-on-year - nobody can explain why

The audited P&L shows margins down 4% vs last year. No system tracks where the margin went - which orders lost money, which vendor overbilled, which batch had excess consumption. Without the data, it can't be fixed.

Every Quarter
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GST reconciliation takes 3 days of manual work

Sales entries in Basic Accounting Software, purchase entries from paper bills, export invoices in a separate Excel. Three sources that need to agree for GST filing. They never do. The team spends 3 days every quarter finding and fixing the gaps.

High Risk
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TDS deducted wrong - or missed entirely - for 3 vendors

TDS applicability manually checked for each vendor payment. Different rates for different categories, different thresholds. One payment processed without TDS deduction. Demand notice arrives 6 months later with interest and penalty.

Owner's Problem
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Working capital is tight - but you don't know which receivable to chase first

β‚Ή42L outstanding from 8 different buyers. Which one is most overdue? Which buyer has a dispute? Which payment was promised for this week? The receivables report is 3 weeks old. You don't know where to start.

See How Expand smERP Fixes This

No pitch. Just a clear picture of where your inventory is leaking.

How Expand smERP Solves It

Live Financials. Real Margins.
Books That Close in 2 Days.

Accounting that updates the moment operations happen - not 3 weeks after. Built for Indian manufacturing and export compliance: GST, TDS, TCS, multi-currency, export invoicing.

LIVE P&L - OCTOBER 2024 Β· UPDATED NOW
Revenue (dispatched & invoiced)
β‚Ή41.2L
Material Cost (GRN-linked, live)
β‚Ή28.4L
Job-work & Processing
β‚Ή3.5L
Operating Expenses
β‚Ή2.5L
Net Profit
β‚Ή6.8L  Β·  16.5%
βœ“ Updated 4 minutes ago Β· Last dispatch entry at 3:42 PM today
✦ Real P&L - not estimated, not month-end

Know Your Profit Right Now.
Not on the 15th of Next Month.

When a dispatch happens, revenue is recognized. When a GRN is completed, costs are posted. When a salary is processed, expenses update. Expand smERP's accounting runs in lockstep with operations - so the P&L is always a fact, not a forecast.

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P&L updates the moment a transaction happens

Dispatch, GRN, payment, payroll - every event posts to accounts automatically.

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Owner financial dashboard - from any device

Revenue, margin, receivables, payables - one screen, always current.

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Monthly books close in 2 days - not 2 weeks

Because data is always current, month-end is a review - not a reconstruction.

MARGIN BY ORDER - OCTOBER 2024
#SO-2241 Β· Muller GmbH
2,400 pcs Β· β‚Ή14.2L value
22.4% ↑
#SO-2238 Β· Sharma Exports
850 pcs Β· β‚Ή6.8L value
19.8%
#SO-2235 Β· Rajan Traders
600 pcs Β· β‚Ή3.8L value
-2.1% ⚠ Loss
⚠ #SO-2235: Excess job-work cost pushed margin negative. β‚Ή8,400 loss on this order.
Cost breakdown - #SO-2235
Material
68.2%
Job-work
24.1% ⚠
Overhead
9.8%
✦ Know which orders make money - and which don't

Actual Margin Per Order.
Including Everything.

Most manufacturers know their average margin. Very few know the margin on each individual order - including actual job-work cost, real material consumption, and freight. Expand smERP builds the full cost card per order, automatically, as production and dispatch happen.

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Per-order profitability - material, job-work, overhead

Not estimated from a cost sheet. Actual costs from GRN, job-work invoices, and production records.

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Margin alerts when an order goes below target

Set a floor margin. System flags the moment actual costs push an order below it.

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Margin trend by product, buyer, and salesperson

See which products are consistently loss-making - before your CA shows you at year-end.

GST SUMMARY - OCTOBER 2024
Output GST (Sales)
β‚Ή2,94,800
Auto-calculated βœ“
Input GST (Purchases)
β‚Ή1,82,400
ITC matched βœ“
Net GST Payable
β‚Ή1,12,400 Β· Due 20 Nov
TDS Deducted This Month
Vendors (194C - Job work)
12 vendors Β· β‚Ή1.8L payments Β· TDS: β‚Ή3,600
Deducted βœ“
Professional Services (194J)
3 vendors Β· β‚Ή45,000 Β· TDS: β‚Ή4,500
Deducted βœ“
βœ“ GSTR-1 ready to file Β· All invoices reconciled with portal
✦ Never miss a filing. Never pay a penalty.

GST, TDS, TCS -
Calculated Right. Filed on Time.

For manufacturing and export businesses, tax compliance isn't optional - and the penalty for getting it wrong is real. Expand smERP calculates GST on every transaction, deducts TDS automatically by vendor category, and prepares your GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B for filing - without a separate spreadsheet.

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GST auto-calculated on every sales and purchase entry

Correct rates, correct HSN codes, correct ITC. Nothing manual.

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TDS deducted automatically by vendor and section

194C for job-work, 194J for professionals, 194Q for purchases - all configured once, applied always.

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GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and TDS returns - ready to file

Reports generated from live data. No month-end scramble. No late filing charges.

RECEIVABLES AGEING - LIVE
0–30 days
14 invoices
β‚Ή18.4L
On time
31–60 days
6 invoices
β‚Ή9.2L
Follow up
61–90 days
3 invoices Β· Mehta Exports
β‚Ή6.8L
Overdue ⚠
90+ days
1 invoice Β· Disputed
β‚Ή2.1L
Critical
⚠ β‚Ή8.9L overdue - salesperson auto-notified Β· New orders for these buyers: blocked until cleared
✦ Chase the right invoice - before cash gets tight

Know Who Owes What.
Right Now. Not Next Month.

A receivables report that's 3 weeks old tells you what was overdue before. A live receivables view tells you what to chase today. Expand smERP ages every invoice in real time - and automatically blocks new orders for buyers who are overdue past your threshold.

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Live receivables ageing - 0–30, 31–60, 61–90, 90+ days

Updated the moment an invoice is raised or a payment is received.

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Auto-block new orders for buyers past credit limit or overdue

Sales can't commit new orders to a buyer with 90-day overdue exposure - without a credit override approval.

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Automated payment reminders to buyers

Email or WhatsApp reminders sent automatically at 30, 45, and 60 days. Your team follows up with data, not guesswork.

BANK RECONCILIATION - HDFC CURRENT A/C
Bank Statement
β‚Ή12,84,200
Balance as per Books
β‚Ή12,84,200 Matched βœ“
Auto-matched transactions - Oct 2024
Auto-matched
186 / 198
Needs review
12
Unmatched items needing attention:
Payment from Fogla Β· β‚Ή3.2L
Received in bank Β· Invoice not yet allocated
Allocate
βœ“ 94% of transactions auto-reconciled Β· Manual effort: 12 entries
✦ Bank reconciliation in hours - not days

Bank Statement vs Books.
Matched Automatically.

Bank reconciliation done manually - every entry matched by a person - takes 1–2 days every month. And it still leaves open items. Expand smERP imports your bank statement and auto-matches 90%+ of transactions against ledger entries, leaving your team to review only the exceptions.

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Auto-import bank statement and match against ledger

System reconciles 90%+ of entries automatically. Your team reviews the rest.

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Reconciliation in hours - not 2 days

Same process, fraction of the time. Books stay current throughout the month.

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Unmatched items flagged with suggested matches

System suggests the most likely ledger entry for each unmatched bank transaction.

Built for Indian Compliance

Every Indian Tax Requirement.
Built In. Not Bolted On.

Expand smERP was built from the ground up for Indian manufacturing and export businesses - with GST, TDS, TCS, multi-currency, export invoicing, FIRC, and duty drawback all native to the system. Not an import from a foreign ERP trying to adapt.

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GST - Full
GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, ITC reconciliation, HSN auto-mapping, export GST (LUT/ARE-1)
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TDS & TCS
Auto-deduction by vendor category and section (194C, 194J, 194Q, 194H). Quarterly returns ready.
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Multi-Currency
USD, EUR, GBP, AED - auto forex adjustment on settlement. Gain/loss posted to books automatically.
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Audit Trail
Every entry logged. No delete. No modify. Corrections through reversal entries only - ISO 27001 compliant.
Before vs. After

Your Finance Function -
Before and After Expand smERP

What businesses report within the first 30 days of going live.

Situation ❌ Without Expand smERP βœ… With Expand smERP
P&L currency Month-end estimate - 2–3 weeks after operations Live - updated with every transaction
Month-end book close 2 weeks of reconciliation work 2 days - data is always current
Margin visibility Average margin at year-end - from CA's audit Per-order margin, live, including all actual costs
GST reconciliation 3 days of manual matching every quarter Auto-reconciled - file directly from the system
TDS compliance Manually checked per payment - errors common Auto-deducted by vendor section - zero errors
Receivables ageing Report 3 weeks old - wrong buyers chased Live ageing - right buyer, right amount, right today
Bank reconciliation 1–2 days manual matching every month 94% auto-matched - team reviews exceptions only
How It Connects

Every Operation Posts to Accounts.
Automatically. Always.

1

GRN Completed

Purchase cost auto-posted to accounts. Stock value updated. Vendor payable created.

2

Sales Dispatched

Revenue recognized. COGS posted. Customer receivable created. GST calculated.

3

Payment Received

Receivable cleared. Bank updated. Forex gain/loss posted if multi-currency.

4

Vendor Paid

TDS deducted automatically. Payable cleared. Bank balance updated.

5

Payroll Processed

Salary expense posted. PF/ESI liability created. Bank transfer linked.

6

Books Always Ready

P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow - current. Month-end is 2 days, not 2 weeks.

2days
To Close Monthly Books
Was 2 weeks on manual systems
94%
Bank Entries Auto-Matched
Manual review only for exceptions
β‚Ή0
TDS Compliance Errors
Auto-deduction by vendor category
25%
Less Compliance Risk
Firms on integrated accounting vs. standalone
The Expand Pilot

Start Small. See It Work. Then Scale.

Start with your core order-to-dispatch workflow. Run it live for 30 days. See every order tracked, every deadline visible, every buyer query answerable in 10 seconds. Then decide.

Stage 1 Β· The Starting Point

Order2Cash Workflow - 30-Day Live Pilot

Your complete sales-to-collection workflow - enquiry, quotation, order, inventory, dispatch, invoice - configured and live in your actual business. Real orders. Real buyers. Real delivery deadlines. Not a sandbox.

No credit card. No software to install. No long-term commitment until you see results.

What Manufacturers Say

Real Factories. Real Numbers.

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β€œExpand smERP has made us a little more organized. It has given us more credibility in terms of providing real-time information to my customers whenever they want it. I personally feel it has helped me a lot.”

Atul Jhunjhunwala
Director, Binayak Hi-tech Engineering Ltd.
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β€œWhat I really liked about Expand smERP was that the responses have been very good. The system is very easy to understand. What truly differentiated Expand smERP from other companies was that they were ready to come on-site.”

Vidur Chandra
Director, Stratus Steel
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β€œExpand smERP has allowed me to stop focusing on the day-to-day duties of accounting and finance, and it has given me a strong foundation and platform to grow my business.”

Navkaran Singh Bagga
Director, Trishan Group of Companies
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