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Reports Overview

ABSS Books generates over 20 financial, GST, and MIS reports in real time. There is no end-of-day batch processing — every report reflects your most recent transaction instantly.

Always real-time

Reports update the moment a transaction is saved. If you post an invoice at 3 PM, your P&L reflects it at 3:00 PM — not at midnight after a batch run. You can run any report at any time, including during peak business hours.

Report categories

Financial Reports

Core accounting statements — always real-time, no batch processing.

Profit & Loss Statement

Income vs. expenses for any date range. Compare with the same period last year. Drill down from totals to individual transactions.

Balance Sheet

Assets, liabilities, and equity as of any date. Verify opening balances after migration and see the live net worth of your business.

Cash Flow Statement

Operating, investing, and financing cash flows prepared using the indirect method. Useful for bank loan applications and investor presentations.

Trial Balance

All ledger accounts with debit and credit totals. Use this to verify that your books balance before sending to your CA or auditor.

GST Reports

GSTN-compliant reports for monthly and quarterly GST filings.

GSTR-1

Outward supply return auto-populated from your sales invoices. Export the JSON file in the exact format accepted by the GST portal. Supports B2B, B2C, exports, and CDNs.

GSTR-2A Reconciliation

Compare your purchase invoices against the GSTR-2A data filed by your vendors. Identify mismatches before claiming ITC to avoid scrutiny.

GST Summary

Month-wise summary of output tax (collected from customers) vs. input tax credit (ITC claimed from vendor invoices). Net GST payable at a glance.

HSN Summary

GSTR-1 Table 12 requirement: HSN-wise summary of outward supplies. Sorted by HSN code with total taxable value and tax amounts.

Sales & Receivables

Track revenue, collections, and outstanding customer balances.

Customer-wise Sales

Revenue breakdown by customer for any period. See your top 10 customers, average order value, and total business per customer.

Item-wise Sales

Which products/services are driving revenue. Useful for SKU rationalisation and pricing decisions.

Debtor Ageing

Outstanding customer receivables bucketed by age: 0–30 days, 31–60 days, 61–90 days, 90+ days. Includes customer phone and email for follow-up.

Sales Register

Line-by-line listing of every sales invoice with invoice number, customer, amount, GST, and payment status. Exportable to Excel.

Purchase & Payables

Monitor procurement spend, vendor dues, and input tax credit.

Vendor-wise Purchase

Total purchases from each vendor for any date range. Compare spend across vendors for cost negotiation.

Creditor Ageing

Outstanding vendor payables bucketed by due date. See which vendors are overdue and plan your payments to avoid late payment charges.

Purchase Register

Every purchase bill with vendor name, bill number, amount, GST, and payment status. Filter by vendor or date range.

Expense Report

All non-inventory expenses (travel, utilities, office supplies, etc.) categorised by expense type. Useful for budget tracking.

How to access reports

  1. 1

    Log in to ABSS Books and click 'Reports' in the left sidebar.

  2. 2

    Choose a report category: Financial, GST, Sales & Receivables, or Purchase & Payables.

  3. 3

    Select the specific report. A date picker appears at the top — choose your date range.

  4. 4

    Apply filters if needed: branch, customer, vendor, or item. Click 'Apply'.

  5. 5

    The report loads instantly. Click any row to drill down to individual transactions.

  6. 6

    Use the Export button (top right) to download as PDF, Excel, CSV, or GST JSON.

Export formats

PDF

Print-ready format. Letterhead with company logo auto-included.

Excel (.xlsx)

Editable spreadsheet. Useful for further analysis or sharing with your CA.

GST JSON

For GST reports only — the exact JSON format accepted by the GSTN portal for direct upload.

CSV

Comma-separated for import into other systems or for custom analysis.

Schedule automatic report delivery

Any report can be scheduled to arrive in your inbox — daily, weekly, or monthly. Useful for P&L to the owner, ageing reports to the collections team, or GSTR-1 summaries to the CA.

  1. 1

    Open any report and configure your preferred date range and filters

  2. 2

    Click the clock icon at the top right of the report

  3. 3

    Choose frequency: Daily, Weekly (Mon), or Monthly (1st of the month)

  4. 4

    Enter one or more email addresses — separated by commas

  5. 5

    Click 'Save Schedule' — ABSS sends the report at the configured time

Filing GSTR-1 using ABSS

Go to Reports → GST Reports → GSTR-1

Select the filing month and verify the summary (B2B count, B2C total, CDN count)

Click 'Download JSON' — this file is formatted exactly to GSTN specifications

Log in to the GST portal (gstin.gov.in), go to Returns → GSTR-1, and upload the JSON

Verify on the portal and submit. ABSS marks the filing period as 'Filed' once you confirm