The guide

Written for accountants and tax practitioners first, and arranged the way a year of work runs rather than the way the app’s menu happens to be laid out.

Every page is written from a screen that has been walked control by control. It says what each one does, when it shows, and what it will refuse. A screen that has not been walked yet says so and stays empty. Nothing here is written from a guess.

Where the walk has reached3 written5 being walked40 not started

See the page templateA worked example on a sales invoice, showing the three blocks every page is built from. Examples only — nothing on it has been walked.

01Start here

What Bisnexus is, how it differs from what you use now, and how to get in.

What Bisnexus isA double-entry ledger with GST, stock and filing on top of it. What it does, and what it deliberately does not.Not written yet Coming from TallyWhat is the same, what is named differently, and what Tally does that this does not.Not written yet Signing inGetting to your books, and switching between the companies you keep.Not written yet

02Set up the company

Everything that has to be right before the first voucher is entered.

Company detailsName, address, GSTIN and PAN, and where each one shows up on a document later.Not written yet The financial yearApril to March, when your books begin, and what a start date changes.Not written yet Chart of accountsThe account groups you start with, and adding your own ledgers under them.Not written yet Opening balancesBringing in what each ledger stood at on the day your books begin.Not written yet

03Bring your books in

Moving from what you use now, without retyping a year of entries.

From TallyMasters, opening balances and history, mapped rather than retyped.Not written yet From ExcelThe columns each import expects, and what happens to a row it cannot read.Not written yet Bank statementsReading a bank PDF or Excel export, and what the app does with each line.Not written yet

04Masters

The lists everything else is picked from. Set these up once and entry gets fast.

PartiesCustomers and suppliers, their GSTIN and state, and why the state decides the tax.Not written yet ItemsName, HSN, unit and rate — and what happens to old invoices when you change one.Not written yet LedgersCreating a ledger, putting it under the right group, and what that group decides.Not written yet Account groupsThe standard groups, what each one rolls into, and when to add your own.Not written yet

05Daily entry

The vouchers. This is where most of the day goes, so it is where the keys matter most.

Sales invoiceRaising a tax invoice: the party, the lines, the tax, the number, and saving it.Not written yet Purchase billLogging a supplier bill and claiming the input credit on it.Not written yet ReceiptMoney in, matched against the bills it settles rather than the party balance.Not written yet PaymentMoney out, and the same bill-wise matching.Not written yet JournalA free entry when no other voucher fits, and the balance it has to hold.Not written yet ContraMoving money between your own cash and bank accounts.Not written yet Credit noteA sales return or a rate correction, and what it does to the customer's balance.Not written yet Debit noteA purchase return or a supplier rate correction.Not written yet Correcting an entryEditing a posted voucher, what gets recorded, and when a closed period stops you.Not written yet

06Find and check

Looking a figure up, and walking it back to the entry behind it.

Day bookEverything posted on a day, in one list, and opening any of it.Not written yet Account ledgerOne ledger's movements over a period, with its running balance.Not written yet Cash and bank bookWhat went through each cash and bank account.Not written yet RegistersSales, purchase and journal registers, and what each one filters.Not written yet Bank reconciliationMatching bank lines against your books, and clearing what is left.Not written yet

07Reports

The statements. Every figure on them can be walked back to the entry behind it.

Trial balanceEvery ledger's closing balance, and what it means when it does not tie.Not written yet Profit and lossIncome against expenses for a period, and drilling into any line.Not written yet Balance sheetWhat the company owns and owes on a date.Not written yet Outstanding and ageingWho owes you, who you owe, and how long it has been.Not written yet Stock summaryWhat is on hand, what it is valued at, and how that valuation is arrived at.Not written yet

08GST, TDS and filing

What the app works out for you, what it will not guess at, and what comes out at the end.

How GST is worked outPlace of supply, why you never pick CGST or IGST yourself, and the rupee rounding.Not written yet TDS and TCSWhich base each is worked out on, and why the two differ.Not written yet GST returnsNot available yet. This page will say what is missing, rather than describe a filing that would be rejected.Not written yet

09Closing and control

Freezing a period, deciding who can do what, and seeing everything that changed.

Locking a monthClosing a period so nothing can be written into it, and the two levels of lock.Not written yet Who can do whatAdding people to a company, and what each role is allowed to reach.Not written yet The audit trailWhat is recorded on every change, who can read it, and why it cannot be switched off.Not written yet

10Keyboard

The whole app runs on the keyboard. This is the full map, and it is generated from the keys the app actually binds — never typed by hand.

The key mapEvery key, what it does, and where it works.Being walked

11The website

The public pages — the bar at the top, the footer, and where every link goes.

The home pageWhat is on the front page, and where each of the four ways in leads.Written The top barEvery control on the bar: what it does, when it shows, and what it will never do.Written The footerWhat sits at the bottom of every page, and where each link goes.Being walked The features pageWhat the page claims the product does, where each claim leads, and what it never does.Written The partner programWhat a partner earns, for how long, what they get, and how to join.Being walked Finding usHow the site is found, and what each public page is for.Being walked Reaching usHow to talk to a person: the message form, the number, the inbox, and when each is answered.Being walked

12For developers

Walled off from everything above, on purpose. Nothing in the other eleven buckets mentions a database, a column or a service.

APINot available yet.Not written yet