Sawubona! Zoho Finance Suite is now VAT-ready in South Africa

 Zoho Finance Suite has been serving businesses in South Africa through its Global edition for many years. Now, we are launching a fully VAT-compliant South Africa edition that has been carefully developed to meet the needs and wants of South African businesses. This edition will help you simplify your business operations, fulfill your tax obligations, meet the standards of regulatory compliance, while you can focus on growing your business.

Introducing the Finance and Operations suite for South Africa

Accounting demystified with Zoho Books 

An indispensable need of all South African businesses is VAT compliance. Along with our usual set of robust features, such as accounts payables, accounts receivables, online payments, purchases, sales, projects, integrations with Zoho apps and third-party apps, we have given special attention to ensure your business is always VAT-compliant at all levels.

Once you’ve enabled the VAT settings for your organization, you can create VAT-compliant sales and purchase transactions after adding customers, vendors, and items to your organization. VAT rates will be automatically populated for your sales and purchase transactions. Refer to this help document to learn more about VAT. 

Stop worrying about maintaining individual VAT return files. You can now generate the VAT201 Return report in Zoho Books which follows the standards and specifications mentioned by the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS). You can also generate the VAT Audit Report file in Zoho Books and download it if necessary to help you with your audit process.

If your business is VAT-registered, you can enable the Domestic Reverse Charge and ensure that VAT is not bypassed at the supply chain.

We’ve gone a step further and also included an option for you to record any VAT penalties, in case you've missed your deadline to file your returns.

Explore Zoho Books and try these features using our 14-day free trial. All these new features are available at plans starting from R82.5 a month billed annually. 

Stay on top of your inventory game with Zoho Inventory

Zoho Inventory, our inventory and order management app, enables businesses to monitor inventory, manage orders from multiple channels, centralize order fulfilment, oversee warehouse operations, and ensure VAT-compliant billing. Shopify integration is now available so that online businesses can consolidate their orders and have them under one roof—Zoho Inventory. Worried about shipping? We’ve also supported The Courier Guy integration for you.

Also, reap the benefits of our premium features such as stock counts, serial and batch tracking, warehouse management, and bin locations.

Plan starts from R37.5 a month billed annually. Explore Zoho Inventory to see how seamless stock and order management can work for your business. 

Streamline your travel and business spending with Zoho Expense

Zoho Expense revolutionizes expense management with an intuitive platform that makes capturing, categorizing, and tracking expenses effortless. Our stellar features like mobile receipt scanning, automated expense reporting, and customizable approval workflows ensure you maintain tight control over spending while adhering to company policies.The real-time insights and detailed expense reports provided by Zoho Expense enable you to manage budgets more efficiently.

What's the deal for South Africa? Zoho expense now supports various tax treatments such as VAT registered, non-registered, and overseas VAT options. With our intuitive self-booking feature, employees can seamlessly book flights, hotels, taxis, and trains in line with company policies. This not only reduces administrative tasks but also keeps travel arrangements streamlined and policy-compliant.

Explore how Zoho Expense can transform your travel and expense reporting.

Boost your online sales with Zoho Commerce 

Zoho Commerce is your go-to-destination when you’re looking for an e-commerce platform to grow and maximise your online business. Witness how painless building and running your online store could be with Zoho Commerce, as we are now live and VAT-compliant in South Africa.

You can craft stunning store fronts, maintain your inventory, and handle orders like a maestro—all from one intuitive dashboard. It’s more than just pulling out a template for your store. Unravel the SEO magic, multi-channel selling, and integration with payment gateways at your fingertips, making it simpler than ever to captivate customers and boost your sales.

Experiment with Zoho Commerce and stay ahead of competition in the realm of online selling.

Master the art of professional practice management with Zoho Practice 

Zoho Practice is a comprehensive solution that lets accountants manage every facet of their day-to-day activities. Client relationships become a breeze with detailed profiles and streamlined communication, all housed in one secure place. Organize your documents like a pro, access them instantly, and collaborate seamlessly with your team. And when it comes to making sense of your practice’s performance, our platform’s robust reporting and help throttle you make smarter decisions and deliver exceptional results.

Zoho Practice isn’t just about managing tasks; it’s about transforming the way you work. Check out Zoho Practice and streamline your client’s accounting and bookkeeping.

Scale up your subscription business With Zoho Billing 

Zoho Billing transforms subscription management with its easy-to-use platform. You can automate billing cycles, manage usage-based charges, and configure complex pricing models effortlessly while ensuring VAT compliance. With Zoho Billing, you can effectively manage the entire subscription lifecycle, including upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations. Empower your customers with the self-service portal, allowing them to access account details, invoices, and payments, and manage their subscriptions seamlessly. You can rightly call it an all-in-one billing software.

Discover how Zoho Billing can alleviate your subscription adversities.

Raise invoices and receive payments faster with Zoho Invoice 

Zoho Invoice simplifies your billing process with its user-friendly platform. You can create professional VAT- compliant invoices on the go with our customizable templates, automate payment reminders, and integrate with payment gateways to accelerate cash flow. And there's a lot more that you can accomplish. You can track invoice statuses in real time and manage recurring invoices effortlessly.

Zoho Invoice is completely free, so you can create stunning invoices right away. 

Provide personalized payment pages with Zoho Checkout

Collecting payments from your customers or donations for a noble cause is made simple with Zoho Checkout. Design personalized payment pages, integrate with your favourite payment gateways, and collect one-time or recurring payments confidently as our payment pages are PCI compliant.

Try building your own payment page with Zoho Checkout

Gear up to elevate your business

We have other exciting features built into each software and what we've mentioned here is only a sneak peek of what we offer in the South Africa edition. Sign up for a free trial to experience the future of financial management with Zoho’s finance suite of apps.

Visit our website to learn about other Zoho products and how they can benefit your business. Join the growing number of South African businesses that are already leveraging Zoho’s innovative solutions for greater efficiency and growth.

Stay tuned for more updates, and start witnessing the power of Zoho today!

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