For accountants & bookkeepers

Clean books that always reconcile

Real double-entry accounting, automatic postings from every invoice and payment, VAT returns and reports your clients can trust. Paper & Pen does the bookkeeping so you can do the advising.

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True double-entry ledgers
Auto-posted from sales and purchases
VAT returns and financial reports

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Double-entry books

Every transaction posts a balanced journal entry to a proper chart of accounts.

Auto posting

Invoices, payments and stock movements post to the ledger automatically.

VAT returns

Tax is tracked on every document, ready to file a 5% VAT return or any rate.

Financial reports

Profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance and ledgers, on demand.

Audit trail

Every entry traces back to its source document for a clean audit.

Any currency & tax

Handle multi-currency clients and any tax regime worldwide.

No more re-keying

The ledger writes itself

Manual journals are where errors creep in. In Paper & Pen, every invoice, payment, purchase and stock movement posts a balanced double-entry journal to a proper chart of accounts, so the books are always live and always reconciled. You spend your time reviewing and advising, not typing entries, and every figure traces straight back to its source document.

Balanced journals from every transaction
Proper chart of accounts
Full audit trail to source documents

Report and file with confidence

VAT, statements and reports on demand

Pull a profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance or general ledger whenever a client asks, and produce a VAT return with tax tracked on every document. Paper & Pen handles 5% GCC VAT out of the box and any tax rate or currency for clients elsewhere, so you can serve a portfolio across markets. Built in Oman, comfortable everywhere from Muscat to Manchester.

P&L, balance sheet, trial balance, ledgers
VAT tracked per document, ready to file
Multi-currency, any tax regime

Questions

Everything you need to know

Is this real double-entry accounting?

Yes. Every transaction posts a balanced journal entry to a proper chart of accounts, so the trial balance always balances and the books reconcile.

Do invoices and payments post automatically?

Yes. Sales, purchases, payments and stock movements post to the ledger automatically, so there is nothing to re-key and far less room for error.

Can I produce VAT returns?

Yes. Tax is tracked on every document, so you can produce a 5% GCC VAT return or a return at any rate for clients in other tax regimes.

Which reports can I run?

Profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance, general ledger and customer or supplier statements, all on demand and traceable to source documents.

Can I handle clients in different currencies?

Yes. Paper & Pen handles multi-currency clients and any tax regime, so you can serve a portfolio across countries from one platform.

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Let Paper & Pen post the ledgers automatically so your books reconcile and your reports are ready on demand.

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