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SaaS and Startup Accounting

An annual subscription collected in April is not April’s revenue. It is twelve months of revenue and, on day one, mostly a liability. Books that treat cash as revenue make a SaaS business look wildly profitable in the month it sells and empty in the eleven that follow, and investors notice immediately.

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Pick the speed and depth that matches your need. Same quality, same CA team — only the timeline changes.

starter

14,99919,999

Timeline: Monthly retainer

Monthly bookkeeping
Revenue recognition and deferred revenue
Monthly financials
GST returns including export treatment
LUT filing and renewal
MRR, ARR and churn tied to the ledger
Investor MIS pack
ESOP accounting
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29,99939,999

Timeline: Monthly retainer

Monthly bookkeeping
Revenue recognition and deferred revenue
Monthly financials
GST returns including export treatment
LUT filing and renewal
MRR, ARR and churn tied to the ledger
Investor MIS pack
ESOP accounting

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59,99974,999

Timeline: Monthly retainer

Everything in Growth
Unit economics: CAC, LTV, burn multiple
ESOP accounting and share-based payment expense
GST refund on accumulated ITC
Data room financials for a raise
Capitalisation policy for development costs
Metrics reconciled to audited books
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Government fee — paid by you at actuals

No government fee applies to the bookkeeping. The LUT is filed on the GST portal at no charge and renews each financial year. A refund of accumulated input credit under Rule 89 carries no filing fee either, though a CA certificate is required where the claim exceeds ₹2 lakh and that certification is priced within the Complete plan.

Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.

All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.

How it works

Onboarding

Set the recognition policy

Annual plans spread across twelve months, usage billed as consumed, and setup fees treated according to whether they are a distinct performance obligation.

Monthly

Close and defer

Books closed, with the deferred revenue liability for services billed but not yet delivered carried properly rather than left off.

Monthly

Metrics from the ledger

MRR, ARR, net revenue retention, churn, CAC, LTV and burn multiple derived from the books rather than assembled separately in a spreadsheet.

Before a raise

Reconcile for diligence

Reported metrics tied back to audited books. Where those two disagree in a data room, the spreadsheet loses.

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Documents required

Subscription and billing report from your billing system
Customer contracts, particularly annual and multi-year plans
Payment gateway and bank statements
Invoices raised to overseas customers
Current LUT, or last year’s if renewal is due
ESOP scheme, grant letters and valuation report, if any
Development cost breakdown, for the capitalisation question
Existing MRR or ARR workings, so we can reconcile them

Why CorporateWalla®?

Revenue over the service period

Not on collection. Booking an annual plan as revenue in the month it sells misstates every month of the year, in both directions.

Deferred revenue on the balance sheet

Usually the largest single balance on a SaaS balance sheet, and the one most often absent from books kept by a generalist.

Metrics that survive diligence

MRR and ARR derived from the ledger. When the deck and the audited books disagree, the deck is what gets discounted.

Export of services handled

Most Indian SaaS bills overseas, which means zero-rated supply, an LUT, accumulated input credit and a refund claim worth actually making.

ESOP expense, before it surprises you

Share-based payment expense is recognised over the vesting period. It is a non-cash charge that founders meet for the first time in a board pack.

Capitalise only what qualifies

Some development cost may be capitalised, most early-stage development is expensed, and getting it wrong is an audit adjustment waiting to happen.

Frequently asked questions

Amounts billed for services not yet delivered. An annual subscription collected up front sits mostly in deferred revenue on day one and releases to revenue monthly.

SaaS Accounting in major cities

Pan-India coverage — we serve 13+ Tier-1 cities and growing

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