Accounting, GST and TDS

Accounting, GST and TDS on one ledger

Q: Can my CA work inside Unnati?

Yes. Access is role and permission based, so you can give an external accountant a login that reaches the ledger, journals, tax and reports without opening payroll or pricing. Every action is written to a hash-chained audit trail, so the record of who changed what is not editable afterwards.

Q: Does Unnati connect to my bank account automatically?

Not today. Bank transactions are recorded in Unnati or imported, and then matched against receipts and payments. Automatic bank feeds are on the roadmap. We would rather say that plainly than let you discover it after migration.

Q: Do POS and payroll post into the same books?

Yes. A counter bill from POS and a payroll disbursement both post to the same ledger as a sales invoice or a vendor bill. That is the point of running them on one platform: there is one trial balance, and it is current, rather than three systems reconciled at the end of the quarter.

The documents write the books. Your accountant reviews rather than re-enters.

In short

Every invoice, bill, receipt and payment in Unnati posts to the same ledger, so the books are written as the business runs rather than at month end. The chart of accounts, journal entries, payment batches and bank transactions sit together, with TDS sections, tax masters and a GST section that checks your books against the return.

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GSTR-1 · Aug 2026Ready to fileGSTIN 24AABCS4321K1ZP

Mark filed

CompanyShreeji Polymers Pvt Ltd

GSTIN24AABCS4321K1ZP

Return periodAugust 2026

FrequencyMonthly

Due date11 Sept 2026

Prepared byBhavesh D. — Accounts

Summary

Taxable: ₹1,42,68,400
Output tax: ₹25,71,002
ITC claimed: ₹19,04,880
Net payable: ₹6,66,122

GSTR-1Books vs returnLedgerTDS

Table	Description	Invoices	Taxable ₹	IGST ₹	CGST ₹	SGST ₹
4A	B2B supplies	218	1,20,40,200	6,84,110	7,42,908	7,42,908
5A	B2C large	11	14,22,600	2,56,068	—	—
7	B2C others	340	8,90,400	—	80,136	80,136
9B	Credit notes	6	−84,800	−7,632	−3,816	−3,816

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How it works

Nothing is entered into the books twice

The books are not a separate system that someone feeds at month end. Every document in Unnati posts as it is raised, so the ledger below is a view of the work, not a copy of it.

Step 1 of 6Chart of AccountsFY 2026-27

What happensGroups, ledgers, cost centres and the financial year are set up once.What it carries inSet once. Every posting after this lands on these accounts.

And all of this is already true

The trial balance is currentIt is the same rows the documents wrote, so it does not wait for a posting run.

Books and GSTR-1 can be comparedSide by side, with the difference listed invoice by invoice rather than as one number.

Outstanding is realAgeing comes off the invoices and the receipts against them, per customer and per branch.

A closed period stays closedLock the period and a back-dated edit needs an approval that is recorded.

In more detail

How it works in practice

The screens in order, and what happens as a record moves through them.

The books are written by the documents
A sales invoice, a vendor bill, a payroll run and a POS bill all post to the same ledger at the moment they are raised.
A GST return you have already checked against the books
Most filing trouble is not the return itself but the gap between what the books say and what the return says.
TDS and payment batches with a clear approval line
TDS is deducted under a named section at the rate you configure, and stays visible on the vendor ledger rather than being netted away.

Built for India

GST, TDS and the April-to-March year

Indian accounting has a shape of its own, and the product is built to it rather than translated into it.

Financial years run April to March, with period locking once a return has been filed

GST returns are prepared with a books-versus-return validation so mismatches surface before filing

TDS sections carry their own rates and appear on the vendor ledger, not only in a tax report

Bank feeds, GSTR-2A and 2B reconciliation and fixed asset registers are on the roadmap; bank entries today are recorded or imported

Works with

The modules this one talks to

Unnati is one database, so these are not integrations. They are the same records seen from another screen.

SalesQuotation to e-invoice to challan, unbroken.Purchase OrderMaterial request, RFQ, PO, vendor bill.HRMS and PayrollAttendance, leaves and payroll with approval.POS and RestaurantCounters, KOT, tables, loyalty and offers.

Questions

Accounting: what buyers ask

Does Unnati file GST returns for me?

No. Unnati prepares the return working from your books and shows you where the books and the return disagree so you can fix it first. The actual filing is done on the government portal by you or your CA. E-invoices and e-way bills, however, are generated live through the NIC service from within Unnati.

Can my CA work inside Unnati?

Does Unnati connect to my bank account automatically?

Do POS and payroll post into the same books?

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