Simple, real bookkeeping for small businesses.
No subscription, no clutter, no guessing.
accountingTECH is a Windows program. You enter the transactions; it keeps proper double-entry books behind them — invoices, bills, receipts, journal entries, the general ledger, trial balance and statements — in one file on your own disk.
| Date | Entry | Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Oct | Invoice 1841 · Ashgrove Joinery | Sales | — | 1,240.00 |
| 02 Oct | Invoice 1841 · Ashgrove Joinery | Trade debtors | 1,240.00 | — |
| 05 Oct | Bill 77 · Northgate Timber | Purchases | 612.40 | — |
| 05 Oct | Bill 77 · Northgate Timber | Trade creditors | — | 612.40 |
| 09 Oct | Receipt 318 · Harbour Cafe | Current account | 480.00 | — |
| 09 Oct | Receipt 318 · Harbour Cafe | Sales | — | 480.00 |
The accountingTECH ledger window
Built to stay out of your way.
Most small business accounting is a login to somebody else's computer, with more layers than the job needs. accountingTECH keeps the books real and the surface small: fewer screens, and no decision made behind your back.
Fewer steps, fewer screens
QuickBooks Online buries a simple job under layers of menus, dashboards and add-ons. Here an invoice or a bill is a short form and a post. Less to click, and less to relearn every time you sit down.
You pick both sides
This section will be updated.
Posted means posted
Once an entry is posted it is locked. Mistakes come out with a reversing entry against the original, the way a bookkeeper does it, so the trail stays honest and nobody quietly edits history.
Nothing you did not ask for
No payroll, no bank feeds, no automations in Version 1 — deliberately. Each one is where other programs start deciding things for you. Every figure here traces back to an entry you made.
The books, end to end — without the menu tree.
Enter a transaction once and proper double-entry books are kept behind it. Every screen below writes into your own ledger, and every report comes straight back out of it.
Invoices
Raise the invoice, print it or save the PDF, and see who still owes you.
Bills
Enter what you owe, post it to the right expense account, and clear it when you pay.
Cash receipts
Money in, recorded the day it lands — cash, cheque or transfer.
Disbursements
Money out, with the account it left and the account it hit.
Journal entries
Post the entry yourself, line by line, and watch both sides balance.
Ledger & trial balance
Every posting to every account, and a trial balance proving debits equal credits.
Income statement
Income against expense for a period, ready to read or hand over.
Balance sheet & cash flow
What you own and owe as of a date, plus where the money actually moved.
Bank reconciliation · year-end close and lock · backup · Excel export
In build now — beta testers shape the last of it
Local file versus monthly cloud.
A fair look at the difference, with no small print. If a cloud subscription is the better fit for you, keep it — this page will still be here.
A business around $500,000 in revenue, and the bookkeeper who runs its books.
Too big for a spreadsheet, too small to want an accounting department. That is the first customer — whether you keep the books yourself or keep them for several clients.
Books you can follow
You never learned debits and credits, and you do not want software guessing them for you. Each entry shows both sides and what it does to the accounts, so the books are real and you understand what you just posted.
- Real double entry, explained as you go
- Invoices, bills and receipts in one file
- Statements you can hand to a lender
Several small clients, no per-seat bill
If you already pay a lot for QuickBooks Online and dislike working in it, this is the smaller tool. One file per client, opened from your own machine, with nothing standing between you and the ledger.
- One file per client, kept apart
- The program never second-guesses your posting
- Reversing entries, as you would do by hand
Ask for an invitation.
accountingTECH is in beta on Windows. Leave your email and we will send a download link when your group opens — usually within a few days.
- Invitations go out in small waves, so we can fix what testers find before the next group.
- Testers get the Windows installer and a license that keeps working after the beta ends.
- Your books stay in a local file from day one — nothing to migrate back out afterwards.
The things small businesses ask first.
What does it cost?
There is no subscription. Beta testers get the program free, and the license they receive keeps working after the beta closes. When it goes on sale it is bought once, like any other desktop program.
Do I need to know double entry?
No. The program never picks the debit or credit for you — it shows both sides of the entry and what happens to each account, so you learn the mechanics as you post. If you already know them, nothing gets in your way.
What if I post something wrong?
Posted entries are locked. You correct them with a reversing entry against the original, exactly as a bookkeeper would, so the history of the books stays intact and the trial balance still proves out.
Is payroll or a bank feed included?
Not in Version 1, and that is deliberate. No payroll, no bank feeds, no automations. You reconcile the bank against the statement in front of you, and every figure traces back to an entry you made.
Which version of Windows do I need?
Windows 10 or Windows 11, on a normal desktop or laptop. The installer is a single file and the program itself is light enough for an older office machine.
What happens if my computer dies?
The books are one file and there is a backup command. Copy it to a USB stick, a network folder or a second drive; if the machine dies, that copy is your restore. There is no export step and no support ticket to wait on.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Opening the ledger, posting an entry, reconciling the bank and printing statements all happen on your machine. No connection is used to do the work.
Can my accountant see the books?
Your accountant receives reports rather than the program: general ledger, trial balance, income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement — printable, or out to PDF and Excel and sent however you already send them.
I already use cloud accounting. Should I switch?
Not during the beta. Keep your current software and run accountingTECH alongside it on last month's figures, so you can compare what it does before anything moves.