Will my CA accept 399Apps instead of Tally?
Short answer
Yes — your CA can work with 399Apps. Because every plan includes unlimited users, you give your accountant their own free login to view ledgers, GST returns and reports in real time, and you can export trial balance, P&L, balance sheet and GSTR-1/GSTR-3B data to Excel anytime. No Tally license or pen-drive hand-off needed.
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Working with your CA: 399Apps vs staying on Tally
How your accountant accesses your books, and what it costs to bring them in.
| Feature | 399Apps (Nidhi Books) | Tally (desktop) |
|---|---|---|
| Accountant access | Their own free login (users are unlimited) | Shared data file, pen-drive or remote desktop |
| Where they work | Any browser, from their own office | Only on the PC where Tally is installed |
| Cost to add your CA | ₹0 — every plan has unlimited users | Multi-user needs the Gold license (~₹67,500 one-time) |
| What your CA sees | Today’s books, live | Only the file you last shared with them |
| GST returns | GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, TDS, e-invoicing built in | Built in (with a TSS subscription) |
| Data export | Excel / CSV / PDF anytime — ledgers, trial balance, GST | Excel / PDF export |
Pricing reflects publicly listed plans and is indicative; verify current pricing with each vendor.
How your accountant actually uses 399Apps
The most common reason businesses hesitate to leave Tally is the CA: “my accountant only works in Tally.” With 399Apps that objection mostly disappears, because every plan includes unlimited users at no extra cost. You add your CA as their own login with the access they need — view-only or full — and they work from their own office, on any browser, without you emailing files back and forth.
Because the books live in the cloud, your CA always sees the current position, not a month-old copy you remembered to share. There is no TallyVault file to hand over, no version mismatch, no “send me the latest backup” at filing time. When something needs checking, you are both looking at the same live data.
What you can hand your CA at filing time
For monthly and annual compliance, your accountant needs the standard financials — and 399Apps produces them. You can export the trial balance, profit & loss, balance sheet and party-wise ledgers to Excel or PDF, and pull GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B summaries straight from your billing data. Every CA already works in Excel, so these slot directly into their workflow.
GST returns come from the same source as your invoices, so the figures reconcile. GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, TDS and e-invoicing are built in, which means the numbers your CA files are the numbers you billed — not a separate spreadsheet someone re-keyed.
The honest part: 399Apps is not Tally
If your CA insists on doing the actual accounting inside Tally on their machine, 399Apps will not import into their Tally company — it is a different system, not a Tally clone. What you give them instead is a free login to see everything live, plus Excel/PDF financials and GST data they can use directly. In practice most CAs are fine with this once they have access; a few who only ever touch Tally may not be.
The honest advantage is that your data is never locked in. It is your records, exportable to standard formats whenever you want, on cloud or self-hosted. Before you switch, the simplest step is to show your CA a free-trial login and ask if the reports and access work for them — most say yes once they see it.
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