Canada

Small business accounting software for Canada, bought once

AcboBooks has a Canadian edition in the same licence: Canadian dollars, GST/HST with input tax credits, PST and QST by province, CPP, EI and provincial tax payroll, T4 and T4A slips, Canadian cheque layouts and date formats. Choose Canada when you create the company.

It is a Windows desktop program with the books in a file on your own computer, bought once for $399.99 with no subscription.

Try free for 15 days Buy once, $399.99

No card, no account. Windows 10 and 11. United States and Canada.

Payroll with CPP, EI and provincial tax, T4 at year end.

What it means

In practice

Sales tax the CRA way

GST/HST collected and input tax credits tracked on every transaction, PST and QST where they apply, and a return by period that nets ITCs against GST/HST payable. Tax groups for provinces that charge both.

Payroll for every province

CPP and CPP2, EI with the employer multiple, federal and provincial tax tables, vacation pay, pay stubs, direct deposit files in the Canadian format, and T4 and T4A slips at year end.

Your file, your computer

No cloud account, no data stored outside the country, no subscription. The company file is encrypted with your password and stays on your PC; your accountant gets a copy or a login.

What is in the licence

The whole job, in one price

Sales and money in

Estimates, sales orders, invoices, statements

Receive payments, deposits, undeposited funds

Card payment links through Stripe

Customer credits, refunds, bad-debt write-off

Purchases and money out

Bills, purchase orders, item receipts

Pay bills in batches; print cheques

Vendor credits, 1099 and T4A tracking

Petty cash and expense entry

Banking and books

OFX, QFX and CSV statement import with matching

Reconciliation with a report

Enforced double-entry; closing date and audit trail

Multi-currency with dated rates

Payroll and people

US federal and state payroll; W-2 and 1099

Canadian CPP, EI, provincial tax; T4 and T4A

Direct deposit files, pay stubs, liabilities

Overtime, vacation, sick time, deductions

Stock and jobs

Inventory with cost of goods and stock status

Jobs, classes, progress invoicing

Items: service, inventory, subtotal, discount

Reports and sharing

Profit and loss, balance sheet, ageing, cash flow

Drill from any figure to the transaction

Excel export with live formulas; PDF

Multi-user on the office network; accountant access free

Invoices with GST/HST and provincial tax on each line.

What it does not do

· No phone app and no Mac version; Windows 10 and 11 only.

· No live bank connection; it imports the statement file your bank provides.

· Card payments go through a Stripe payment link rather than a built-in processor.

· One company per file; open as many files as you have businesses.

· Quebec: QST and provincial payroll are handled; Revenu Québec electronic filing is not built in.

Questions people ask

Before you download

Does it file GST/HST returns?

It produces the return figures by period, line by line, with input tax credits netted. You file through CRA My Business Account and record the payment or refund in AcboBooks.

Are the payroll tables current?

Federal and provincial tables are updated with each release, and updates are included for twelve months. The payroll guide on this site lists what each release covers.

Can I switch from QuickBooks Desktop Canada or Sage 50 Canada?

Yes. Export the lists, import them, enter opening balances as of your start date, and bring in bank statements for history. The QuickBooks Desktop and Sage 50 pages describe the steps.