Accounting without repetitive entry
From everyday business work to books you can trust.
Photograph a bill, enter a payment, import a bank statement or work from your phone. Fastbooks prepares the accounting, shows what needs attention and keeps every important number connected to its source.
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Record what happened
Speak it. Type it. Photograph it.
Tell Fastbooks what happened while the details are still fresh. It prepares the right document for you to review—nothing is posted behind your back.
Speak it. Type it. Photograph it.
Capture a transaction while the business context is still fresh, using the input method available at that moment.
What you will see
A plain-language command opens the correct prepared review destination instead of silently posting anything.
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Review beside the original
Turn a supplier bill into a ready-to-review purchase.
Keep the original bill beside the prepared purchase while you confirm the supplier, items, GST and totals.
From bill to books
Reduce repetitive invoice entry without hiding uncertain values or the original source.
What you will see
The prepared purchase document appears beside its source, with unresolved fields clearly marked for review.
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Work across the office
Run Fastbooks once. Use it from every authorised device.
The EXE keeps the company data. Staff sign in from office browsers, laptops and phones over the private LAN.
One EXE. Many users.
A business can keep one installed company server while several authorised users work from browsers on the same trusted office network.
What you will see
Two browser users open the private office URL, sign in independently and work against the same company served by the EXE.
Work directly from your phone
Staff can capture and update work from a phone while the business data remains controlled by the installed desktop authority.
What you will see
A permitted user opens FataFat on a phone, updates a record and sees the same change on the authority laptop.
Capture on mobile, review with authority
Record the bill where it appears while keeping final accounting decisions in an authorised session.
What you will see
A phone-captured invoice appears in the same company review queue without becoming an official entry automatically.
Mobile capture without mobile posting risk
Convenient capture does not quietly weaken accounting control.
What you will see
The paired device can submit a bill source but is refused when attempting an official accounting decision.
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One familiar review screen
However the work arrives, review it the same way.
Bills, bank rows, imports and manual entries all open in the same document screen, with the source and exact issues beside them.
One reviewed document lifecycle
Learn one document workflow instead of trusting different rules for every intake source.
What you will see
A manual entry and an AI-prepared entry produce the same document behavior and downstream effects.
Keep the source beside the work
Correct from visible business evidence instead of trusting an opaque extraction result.
What you will see
The reviewer selects a field and compares it with the exact retained source before accepting it.
Fix problems where they appear
Understand what is wrong without searching the whole document.
What you will see
Selecting a problem marker focuses the owning field and shows the evidence required to resolve it.
Jump to the next issue
Complete complex invoice review one issue at a time.
What you will see
After one correction, the next unresolved field receives focus immediately.
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Keep entering the document
Find the right party or item without leaving the bill.
Search by item code, reuse what Fastbooks has learned, or create the missing master and return straight to the field.
Create the missing master without leaving
Resolve missing setup work at the moment it blocks the transaction.
What you will see
A missing item is created and immediately selected in the invoice line that requested it.
Evidence-backed master discovery
Use repeated evidence to prepare setup work without silently inventing master data.
What you will see
Several invoices reveal a repeated party or item and show every source that supports the proposal.
Type the item code. Find the item.
Operators can use the short codes printed on supplier paperwork without losing the business's normal item names.
What you will see
Typing OS-001 finds Oil Seal immediately, but the invoice still stores and shows Oil Seal as the item name.
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Before you approve
Know the number and the effect before you save.
See the next document number and the ledger, GST, stock and balance impact before approval. Repeated imports are stopped before they create duplicate work.
Number every document from one rulebook
Sales, notes, journals, payments, receipts, contra and other supported documents can follow the business's numbering conventions consistently.
What you will see
Give Contra its own series, preview the next number, save it and see Journal continue on its separate sequence.
See the accounting impact
Understand the accounting consequence before approving an official effect.
What you will see
The preview shows party, GST, bank, stock and ledger effects together, including negative-stock warnings.
One accounting authority
Automation may prepare work, but official effects remain explicit and reviewable.
What you will see
An AI or bank source cannot bypass the final review and posting authority of the canonical document.
Retry without duplicating the books
A network or processing failure should not create the same accounting effect twice.
What you will see
Uploading or retrying the same supported source does not create a second official document effect.
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Bank statement to books
Turn each bank row into the right receipt or payment.
Keep the narration, amount and bank reference beside the prepared entry until it is reviewed.
Bank statement to books
Move from statement narration to controlled accounting work without re-entering every row.
What you will see
A selected bank row opens the exact prepared accounting destination with its statement context retained.
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Fix GST before return time
See what is ready, missing or mismatched before preparing the return.
Open the exact purchase or sale behind each GST total and every GSTR-2B mismatch.
GST Control Room
Know what is included, excluded, blocked and ready before preparing the return.
What you will see
A blocked GST amount identifies the exact source document and repair action that controls readiness.
GSTR-2B reconciliation
Identify missing or conflicting purchase tax evidence before return preparation.
What you will see
A mismatch identifies the affected purchase evidence and the next review action.
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Numbers with their working
Open any important number and see how it was built.
Move from a report total to the documents, lines, settlements and exclusions behind it.
Explain this number
Understand why a number appears instead of accepting an unexplained total.
What you will see
Selecting an amount reveals its source documents, source lines, exclusions and direct repair route.
Outstanding and settlement control
Move from a total balance to the documents and settlements that created it.
What you will see
A party balance drills into the exact invoices, receipts, payments and remaining amount.
Period-close and year-end readiness
Know what prevents the books from being considered ready for review or close.
What you will see
The close workspace identifies a blocking issue and opens the exact owning workflow.
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Stock to purchase
Turn low stock into a purchase draft in a few clicks.
Review what is running low, choose what to buy and open a normal purchase draft without posting or inventing missing rates.
Smart inventory actions
Turn stock evidence into a next action instead of exporting disconnected lists.
What you will see
A low-stock item routes from the alert to the exact item and the purchase work it requires.
Low stock to Purchase draft
Move from a stock warning to actionable procurement without rebuilding the selection in a spreadsheet.
What you will see
Select several Buy Now items, choose a supplier and godown, and open the resulting normal Purchase draft.
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Know the real purchase cost
Add freight to the items it really belongs to.
Link transport or other related payments, review the allocation, and apply them to inventory carrying cost without silently changing GST, physical stock or the source voucher posting.
Freight to item cost—without spreadsheets
Keep attributable acquisition cost, closing inventory and COGS on one reviewed carrying-value authority without rebuilding freight calculations in a spreadsheet.
What you will see
Open a saved Purchase, attach a transport Payment, review the amount and basis, Apply cost, then see closing inventory and later COGS use that carrying value.
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Count only the difference
Count stock. Fastbooks prepares only the correction.
Enter the physical quantity, leave matching rows alone and create a stock-adjustment draft only for real differences.
Count stock. Prepare only the difference.
Complete a physical count without manually calculating every stock difference or posting corrections during counting.
What you will see
Enter counted quantities for a godown and open a draft containing only the reviewed increases and decreases.
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Correct without erasing
Fix a mistake without losing the history.
Reversals and edit records keep every correction visible, including who changed it and what it affected.
Correct, cancel and reverse safely
Repair mistakes without losing the history of what changed and why.
What you will see
A posted document shows the reversal impact before the reversal is confirmed.
Audit and edit visibility
Make change history visible to operators, reviewers and accountants.
What you will see
An edit-log entry identifies the changed document and the evidence required to review it.
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Keep work safe through interruptions
Keep useful work moving—even through outages and restarts.
Offline browser drafts, source files and saved books stay tied to the right company, then recover or reconnect through the same authority.
Keep useful work moving offline
A temporary Wi-Fi failure, closed authority laptop or brief server outage does not have to erase useful work or force staff to start over.
What you will see
Create or continue a permitted draft with the authority unavailable, reopen the browser, then reconnect and see the work safely rejoin the company workflow.
Backup, restore and restart recovery
A recoverable failure should not silently discard accounting work or produce duplicate effects.
What you will see
After restart or restore, the same company reopens with its pending work and official effects intact.
Evidence stays with the company
Reviewers can return to the source without exposing one company’s evidence to another.
What you will see
The source opens only inside the owning company and remains evidence until an authorised review applies a proposal.
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Start from what you already have
Bring in old records without creating two sets of books.
Import spreadsheets, retained data and supported Tally work as reviewed drafts, then keep Tally exchange visible and controlled.
Start from whatever records you have
Begin with the business evidence already available instead of forcing one migration method.
What you will see
The activation workspace shows what every source supports, what conflicts and what remains unresolved.
Spreadsheet and opening-position adoption
Use familiar spreadsheets without granting them silent authority over opening books.
What you will see
The preview shows exactly which rows are accepted, blocked or responsible for an opening difference.
Tally on-ramp with reviewed decisions
Adopt Fastbooks progressively while retaining explicit control over imported master evidence.
What you will see
A Tally master suggestion is accepted or rejected explicitly before it becomes a canonical Fastbooks master.
Tally in. Tally out.
Keep using Tally where the business needs it without re-entering the same accounting work in both products.
What you will see
A supported voucher arrives from Tally as a reviewable draft, while a FataFat document produces a tracked Tally export attempt.
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Open Fastbooks and act
See what needs attention now.
Today’s Work, universal search and role-aware reminders take you directly to approvals, collections, payments and other pending work.
Today’s Work
Start the day from the next required action instead of checking every module manually.
What you will see
One click from the inbox opens the exact blocked review, bank row, draft or stock item.
Search the entire business
Type what you need and move directly to the most relevant workflow.
What you will see
A document number, party balance request or low-stock intent opens a prefiltered destination.
Reminders that know who should act
The right person sees the right operational reminder, with urgency, due state and a direct route to the owning work.
What you will see
An overdue receivable or close blocker appears for the relevant role and opens the exact workflow that controls it.
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Fast dates · repeat without re-entry
Enter dates faster. Plan recurring work across the year.
Type compact dates such as 293 for 29 March, then plan rent, salaries and other recurring entries across the calendar as separate normal drafts.
Dates that keep up with fast entry
Frequent date entry becomes faster and more predictable everywhere the shared control is used.
What you will see
Focus a date, type 293 and immediately get 29 March using the applicable year.
Recurring ledgers, without repetitive vouchers
Prepare rent, salaries, subscriptions, loan payments and other repeating ledger work without entering every date separately.
What you will see
Choose Monthly and Last Working Day, enter the amounts across the year, and open each generated voucher from the calendar.
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Small advantages, every day
Work faster without thinking about the software.
Use the keyboard, calculate inside fields, open a global calculator and recover interrupted drafts without breaking your flow.
Keyboard-first navigation
Experienced operators can work at the speed of their intent.
What you will see
An operator opens a report, selects work and returns without leaving the keyboard.
Calculate inside amount fields
Finish small calculations without leaving the field or opening another application.
What you will see
Typing 1250+18% resolves directly into the numeric field while preserving normal validation.
Calculator anywhere
Keep calculations close to the accounting workflow even when no numeric field is active yet.
What you will see
The latest calculation result is inserted into the focused compatible numeric field.
Continue where you left off
Closing a page or restarting should not erase recoverable unfinished work.
What you will see
After reopening the product, the interrupted review returns with its source and unresolved work intact.
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Make Fastbooks fit your business
Choose how Fastbooks looks, prints and represents your brand.
Preview branding and stationery, prepare clean print/PDF output, choose appearance and add supported extensions without changing the books underneath.
Design the paperwork your customer sees
Manage company branding once in Printables without losing Print/PDF actions inside Accounting and reports.
What you will see
Change a company print or stationery setting and watch the real preview update before printing or saving PDF.
Choose a comfortable accounting surface
Use a layout that suits the operator while preserving the same controls and outcomes.
What you will see
The operator changes density and continues the same workflow with no data or behavior change.
Print and PDF from the same books
Share or physically inspect output without maintaining a second document template outside Fastbooks.
What you will see
A saved document and its printed or PDF version agree on parties, lines, tax and totals.
Guarded FDL extension packages
Customisation should be installable, reversible and inspectable rather than an unrestricted script inside the books.
What you will see
A signed or developer package is inspected, activated for one company, composed deterministically and rolled back safely.
Bring one real business document
See your own invoice, statement or workflow move through Fastbooks.
We will show the exact capture, review and accounting path using your work—not a generic sales slideshow.
01 Bring the source02 Review the prepared work03 See what changes04 Trace the resulting number