A virtual accountant is an outsourced accountant who keeps your books remotely, inside your own accounting software, every month. CorporateWalla's CA-led team records transactions, reconciles bank and ledgers, prepares GST and TDS data and delivers monthly financials and MIS, from ₹2,499/month, without you hiring, training or supervising an in-house accountant.
Plans from ₹2,499/month. Published monthly plans are ₹2,499, ₹8,999 and ₹17,999, all excluding GST. Professional fees; applicable taxes and government/statutory charges, where relevant, are separate. Final scope and pricing depend on transaction volume, entities, software and reporting requirements.
A Virtual Accountant is an outsourced accounting professional or team that works remotely with a business through digital accounting workflows.
The service can cover routine accounting operations, reconciliations, monthly closing, financial reporting and other agreed accounting responsibilities. The appropriate model depends on transaction volume, internal controls, software, complexity and the level of support required.
In practice, hiring a virtual accountant online means three things: your books stay in your own Tally, Zoho Books or QuickBooks file; documents reach the accountant through an agreed digital channel instead of a desk in your office; and the work runs to a fixed monthly calendar with a named reviewer, rather than whenever an employee gets to it.
| Task | How often | What you receive |
|---|---|---|
| Record sales, purchase, expense, receipt and payment entries | Weekly or as agreed | Up-to-date ledgers in your software |
| Bank and credit-card reconciliation | Monthly (more often on higher plans) | Reconciliation statement with unmatched items listed |
| Customer and vendor ledger review | Monthly | Receivables and payables ageing |
| GST data: sales register, purchase register, ITC match against GSTR-2B | Monthly or quarterly | Return-ready GST working for your approval |
| TDS on vendor and salary payments | Monthly, with quarterly statements | TDS working and payable summary |
| Payroll accounting entries (where in scope) | Monthly | Salary journal and statutory dues ledger |
| Month-end close: accruals, prepaids, depreciation, trial balance review | Monthly | Closed trial balance |
| Financial statements and MIS | Monthly or quarterly | P&L, Balance Sheet and, on higher plans, MIS |
| Auditor and tax-adviser queries | As they arise | Schedules and ledger extracts on request |
Which rows apply to you depends on the plan and the written scope. Filing returns on the government portals is done only where filing is expressly included in the engagement.
| Deliverable | Starter | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping volume | Up to 150 transactions | Up to 400 transactions | Higher volume, agreed in scope |
| Bank reconciliation | Yes | Bank and credit card | Bank, card, loan and investment |
| Monthly P&L and Balance Sheet | Yes | Yes | Yes (periodic financials) |
| MIS reporting | — | Yes | Yes |
| GST | Return data preparation | GST/TDS return support | Wider GST/TDS/payroll/statutory work |
| Cash-flow and budget support | — | — | Yes |
| Review layer | Dedicated accounting resource | Resource plus supervisory support | Broader ongoing support |
| Published fee (excl. GST) | ₹2,499/month | ₹8,999/month | ₹17,999/month |
Taken from the published plan cards on this page. Transaction limits, filing responsibility and turnaround dates are fixed in the engagement letter.
The work is planned backwards from the statutory dates that apply to you. For a monthly GST filer the calendar typically looks like this:
| When | What happens | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 1st–5th | You share last month's sales, purchase and expense documents and bank statements | Agreed in the engagement |
| By the 11th | GSTR-1 for the previous month (13th of the month after the quarter for QRMP filers) | GST portal due date |
| By the 20th | GSTR-3B for the previous month (22nd or 24th after the quarter for QRMP filers, depending on your State) | GST portal due date |
| Monthly and quarterly | TDS deposit and quarterly TDS statements, on the dates under the Income-tax Act, 2025 and its rules | See TDS return filing |
| Month-end close | Reconciliations, adjustments, trial balance review and the monthly reporting pack | Agreed in the engagement |
GST dates are as published on the GST portal and can be extended by government notification. To see what a missed GST date costs, use the GST late fee calculator.
The safest arrangement is one where the accountant never needs your most sensitive credentials in the first place. That is how we set the engagement up:
These are the controls we use and ask you to keep in place. They reduce risk; they are not a guarantee against every form of unauthorised access.
Compare like with like: our published monthly fee against what an employee would actually cost you, including the review an employee still needs. The in-house column uses an assumed salary so the arithmetic is visible — replace it with the salary you would actually pay in your city.
| Cost line (per year) | In-house accountant (assumption) | Virtual Accountant Standard plan (published fee) |
|---|---|---|
| Salary or professional fee | Assumed ₹25,000/month CTC = ₹3,00,000 | ₹8,999 × 12 = ₹1,07,988 + GST |
| Recruitment, training and cover for leave or exit | Borne by you | Our responsibility under the engagement |
| Laptop, workspace and accounting software | Borne by you | Software subscription borne by you; no workspace or hardware |
| Supervisory review of the books | Usually bought separately from a CA firm | Included at the level stated in the plan |
| Statutory employer costs | Apply where your establishment is covered | Not applicable — we invoice a fee |
Illustrative only. ₹25,000/month is an assumption for the calculation, not a market survey figure. Published fees exclude GST. A business that needs a full-time person on site, every day, may still be better served by an in-house hire with an external CA review at close — see outsourced accounting vs in-house.
Other accounting environments can be assessed for compatibility.
Software licences or subscriptions are separate unless expressly included in the engagement.
Monthly Bookkeeping is focused on recurring transaction recording and reconciliation.
Virtual Accountant emphasises an ongoing outsourced accounting resource/team and can include broader accounting operations, reporting and review.
Use Monthly Bookkeeping when the requirement is primarily recurring bookkeeping. Use Virtual Accountant when the business needs a broader ongoing accounting function or dedicated resource.
Accounting & Bookkeeping describes the broader outsourced accounting function.
Virtual Accountant emphasises the delivery model: ongoing outsourced accounting support through an assigned resource/team. There can be delivery overlap between the two.
A Virtual Accountant focuses on accounting operations and maintaining financial records.
A Virtual CFO focuses on financial planning, analysis, forecasting and management decision support.
A business may use both where operational accounting and strategic finance requirements are separate.
Share your business model, accounting software and monthly transaction volume. We can help define whether Monthly Bookkeeping, Accounting & Bookkeeping or a Virtual Accountant model fits your requirement.
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Government fee — paid by you at actuals
Professional fees; applicable taxes and government/statutory charges, where relevant, are separate. Software licences or subscriptions are separate unless expressly included in the engagement.
Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% upfront, 50% on delivery.
Final scope and pricing depend on transaction volume, entities, software and reporting requirements. Package limits, deliverables and filing responsibilities are confirmed in the engagement.
Understand the business model, entities, GST registrations, transaction volume, software and reporting requirements.
Configure or review the agreed accounting environment and establish the workflow.
Establish how invoices, bank statements, expense records, payroll data and other source documents will be shared.
Record and classify transactions and maintain relevant ledgers.
Reconcile bank, card, customer, vendor and other agreed balances.
Identify exceptions, complete agreed adjustments and prepare the monthly accounting pack.
Deliver the agreed financial reports and review them at the agreed frequency.
Expand or change the scope as transaction volume and finance requirements grow.
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