Quick answer
What do accounting and bookkeeping services include?
Accounting and bookkeeping services cover recording every sale, purchase, expense and bank entry, reconciling GST input credit with GSTR-2B, tracking TDS, running payroll, and producing monthly profit, cash and receivables reports. The same books then feed GST returns, TDS returns, the income tax return and the year-end audit.
- Daily or weekly entry of sales, purchases and expenses
- Monthly bank and GSTR-2B reconciliation
- Payroll, TDS on salary, PF and ESI support
- Monthly MIS: profit, cash, receivables, payables
- Tally or Zoho Books, your choice
What do accounting and bookkeeping services cover?
Bookkeeping is the recording side: entering invoices, bills, receipts and bank lines. Accounting adds the checks and reports on top: reconciliations, adjustments, ledgers that agree with statements, and figures a director can act on. Most small Delhi businesses need both, done every month rather than in a rush at year end.
Our scope usually includes:
- Books of account: sales and purchase registers, expense vouchers, journal entries for depreciation and provisions, and petty cash.
- Bank and card reconciliation: every bank line matched to an entry, with unexplained receipts flagged for you to answer.
- GST reconciliation: purchases matched to GSTR-2B and sales matched to what goes into GSTR-1.
- TDS tracking: deduction on rent, contractors, professionals and salary, with challans recorded.
- Payroll: salary sheets, payslips, deductions and the statutory returns that follow.
- MIS: a monthly pack with profit, cash position, ageing of receivables and payables, and GST liability.
Which monthly deadlines do accounting services in Delhi feed into?
Accounting services in Delhi run on the GST and TDS calendar: GSTR-1 by the 11th and GSTR-3B by the 20th for monthly filers, or the 13th and 24th after the quarter for Delhi businesses in QRMP, plus quarterly TDS returns. Books need to close before each of these dates.
| Return | Who files | Due date |
|---|---|---|
| GSTR-1 (monthly) | Regular GST taxpayers | 11th of the next month |
| GSTR-1 (QRMP) | Small taxpayers who opted for quarterly returns | 13th after the quarter |
| GSTR-3B (monthly) | Regular GST taxpayers | 20th of the next month |
| GSTR-3B (QRMP, Delhi) | Delhi is in the 24th-day group | 24th after the quarter |
| TDS returns | Every deductor with a TAN | 31 Jul, 31 Oct, 31 Jan, 31 May |
| GSTR-9 | Above the exemption limit | 31 December after the financial year |
Sources: GSTN QRMP FAQ; GSTN IFF FAQ; TDS dates as reported by TDSMAN. Checked October 2026.
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How do GST and TDS reconciliation work in bookkeeping?
GST reconciliation matches every purchase bill in your books with what suppliers reported in GSTR-2B, so you claim only input credit that is actually available. TDS reconciliation matches deductions in the books with challans paid and amounts reported in the quarterly return.
Why GST matching matters more since 2025
From the July 2025 tax period, the outward liability auto-filled into GSTR-3B from GSTR-1 can no longer be edited in 3B, as reported by tax publishers; corrections go through GSTR-1A before 3B is filed. That makes it important to get sales right before the return, not after. Check the GST portal for the current position on this rule.
Returns also cannot be filed after three years from their due date under a 2025 change reported by ClearTax, so old gaps cannot wait indefinitely. Our GST return filing page covers these rules in detail.
TDS under the new Income-tax Act
From the first quarter of tax year 2026-27, new TDS return forms apply under the Income-tax Act 2025, as reported by TDS software providers: 138 in place of 24Q for salary and 140 in place of 26Q for other payments. Q4 of FY 2025-26 still uses the old forms. See TDS return filing for the full mapping.
What do payroll services include for a small business?
Payroll services cover the monthly salary sheet, payslips, deduction of TDS on salary, PF and ESI calculations where they apply, the quarterly salary TDS return, and annual salary certificates for employees. Good payroll keeps salary costs in the books matched to bank payouts.
Each month we take attendance and changes from you (joiners, leavers, increments, advances), compute net pay, and post the entries. Under the new Act, the salary certificate that was Form 16 is reported to become Form 130 from tax year 2026-27; we follow whichever form the TRACES portal issues for the period.
Khubchandani & Co. lists PF and ESI returns among its services, which helps manufacturers and shops with a larger workforce.
Tally or Zoho Books: which software should you use?
Use Tally if your accountant works on a desktop in your office, you hold inventory or run a factory, or your past years are already in Tally. Use Zoho Books if you want cloud access from anywhere, online invoicing and a bank feed. Both handle GST.
- Stay where your history is. Moving software mid-year creates reconciliation work. We normally switch only at the start of a financial year.
- Inventory-heavy businesses (Wazirpur steel units, wholesale traders) tend to stay with Tally for stock and batch tracking.
- Service firms and start-ups often prefer cloud software so founders, the accountant and the auditor all see the same file.
We do not resell either product. You hold the licence in your own name, so the data stays with you if you change accountants.
Can you clean up a bookkeeping backlog?
Yes. Backlog clean-up starts with bank statements, GST returns already filed and sales invoices for the open period. We rebuild the ledger month by month, reconcile it with GSTR-2B and GSTR-1, list mismatches, and give you a corrected trial balance ready for the auditor and ROC filing.
Common reasons for a backlog are a bookkeeper who left mid-year, a founder doing it alone in a spreadsheet, or a business that grew faster than its systems. The hard part is rarely data entry. It is the unexplained bank receipts and supplier bills that never arrived. We send you one consolidated query list rather than drip-feeding questions.
Once the books are current, pending company forms can be filed through our ROC compliance service.
How our monthly bookkeeping process works
The routine is simple and the same every month, so nothing is left for March.
- 1
Documents in
By the 5th you share sales invoices, purchase bills, expense receipts and bank statements over email, WhatsApp or a shared folder.
- 2
Entry and reconciliation
We post entries, reconcile the bank, and match purchases to GSTR-2B.
- 3
Query list
You get one list of missing bills and unexplained entries to answer.
- 4
Returns support
Figures go to your GST and TDS filings before the due dates in the table above.
- 5
MIS pack
You receive a short report with profit, cash, receivables, payables and GST liability for the month.
- 6
Year end
We close the books, prepare schedules for the auditor and hand over the trial balance.
How much do bookkeeping services in Delhi cost?
Bookkeeping fees in Delhi depend on monthly transaction volume, the number of GST registrations, payroll headcount, inventory tracking and whether backlog work is needed. Most Delhi providers we reviewed quote on request rather than publishing rates (seen October 2026).
We follow the same approach for a practical reason: a shop with 40 invoices a month and a factory with 900 entries and 60 employees are different jobs. After one look at your bank statement and GST returns, you receive a fixed written quote that names the monthly scope. There are no government fees for bookkeeping itself. For a wider view of professional charges, see our guide to CA fees in Delhi.
Who are our accounting services in Delhi suited to?
Our accounting services suit owner-run businesses that do not need a full-time accountant: traders, small manufacturers, clinics, agencies, e-commerce sellers and start-ups in their first years. Larger groups that want board-level reporting are better served by a virtual CFO arrangement.
- Khubchandani & Co. Chartered Accountants offers accounting and bookkeeping with GST, TDS, advance tax and PF and ESI returns.
- Moneymji lists accounting and bookkeeping alongside income tax, GST and ROC compliance, and suits businesses that want one monthly compliance package.
- Greenwolf Advisors focuses on dashboards, MIS reporting and financial controls; its virtual CFO services fit companies that have outgrown basic bookkeeping.
You can compare all three on our page of chartered accountant firms in Delhi. Manufacturers near the industrial area can read our page for a CA in Wazirpur.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?
Bookkeeping records transactions: invoices, bills, receipts and bank entries. Accounting checks and interprets those records through reconciliations, adjustments and reports such as profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow. A business needs accurate bookkeeping first; accounting turns it into numbers the owner, the bank and the tax authorities can rely on.
Do your accounting services in Delhi include GST and TDS returns?
The bookkeeping scope covers GST and TDS reconciliation, and filing the returns can be added to the same monthly engagement. Most clients take both together, because the person who reconciles GSTR-2B is best placed to prepare GSTR-3B. The quote states clearly which returns are included.
Do you provide payroll services for small businesses?
Yes. Payroll services cover salary computation, payslips, TDS on salary, PF and ESI where applicable, and the quarterly salary TDS return. We work from the attendance and changes you send each month. Businesses with a handful of staff and those with a larger shop floor both use this service.
Should I choose Tally or Zoho Books?
Choose Tally if you hold inventory, already have past years in Tally, or your accountant works on-site. Choose Zoho Books if you want cloud access, online invoicing and bank feeds. Both are GST-ready. Switch only at the start of a financial year to avoid double reconciliation work.
Can you take over books from my previous accountant?
Yes. We ask for the software backup or export, the last trial balance, GST and TDS returns filed, and bank statements from the handover date. We check that opening balances agree with the last filed returns before posting new entries, and list any gaps we find so you know the starting position.
Do you work on-site or remotely?
Most bookkeeping clients work with us remotely: documents arrive by email, WhatsApp or a shared folder, and we access cloud software directly. Businesses near Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura and Wazirpur can also drop files at our office, a short walk from the Netaji Subhash Place metro station.
How do bookkeeping services in Delhi help at audit time?
When books are reconciled every month, the year-end audit becomes a review of finished records rather than a reconstruction. We prepare ledger schedules, reconciliations and fixed asset details for the auditor. The audit itself is carried out and signed by a practising chartered accountant, independent of the bookkeeping team.
What is an MIS report?
An MIS (management information system) report is a short monthly pack for the owner. Ours shows profit for the month and year to date, bank and cash balances, who owes you money and for how long, what you owe suppliers, and the GST payable. Greenwolf Advisors builds fuller dashboards for groups that need them.
How quickly can a backlog be cleared?
It depends on the number of months and how complete your documents are. Bank statements and filed GST returns let us rebuild most of the ledger; missing bills slow it down. After we see the records, we give a written plan with the order of months and a fixed quote for the whole clean-up.