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Most accounting software is built for London, Sydney or San Francisco. If you trade in two currencies, report to ZIMRA, ZRA or ZATCA, take mobile money and lose the signal now and then, these are the questions to ask.
Zivobooks vs
QuickBooks
QuickBooks Online is one of the best-known accounting products in the world, built first for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Austral...
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Xero
Xero is a popular cloud accounting product from New Zealand, with a large app marketplace and strong bank feeds in Australia, New Zealand and the UK....
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Sage
Sage has served Southern African businesses for decades, and Sage Pastel desktop is still common in South Africa, Zimbabwe and their neighbours. Sage’...
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Zoho Books
Zoho Books is part of the wider Zoho suite of business apps, with strong support for VAT in the Gulf and India. Zivobooks is built for businesses in S...
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Seven questions to ask any accounting software
And how Zivobooks answers each one.
Two currencies in one sale
Price in US dollars and take ZiG (or rand, or any currency you trade in) at the till or on an invoice, in the same sale, with exchange differences posted.
Fiscalisation with the tax authority
Built in, to each authority’s specification, for ZIMRA (Zimbabwe), ZRA (Zambia), MRA (Malawi), AGT (Angola), BURS (Botswana), Lesotho, ZATCA (Saudi Arabia) and the UAE; live in each country once its authority approves Zivobooks.
A till for the counter and tables
An offline till with X and Z reports, supervisor PINs, loyalty, vouchers, lay-bys, and tables with a kitchen screen.
Mobile money
EcoCash, MoMo, Airtel Money and M-Pesa numbers on every invoice, Paynow and Pesepay checkouts, and mobile money at the till.
Payroll with local rules
Built in across Southern Africa and the Gulf, from ZIMRA PAYE and NSSA to SARS EMP501, the UAE WPS file and Saudi GOSI.
Languages
English, Portuguese and Arabic (right to left), for Mozambique, Angola and the Gulf.
Moving across
Imports from QuickBooks, Xero, Sage and Zoho Books, and every report as PDF, Excel or CSV.
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