Bill and collect
Monthly to yearly billing runs, online and offline payments, receipts.
Billing & accounting
Maintenance billing and real accounts, in one place
Bills in one tool, payments in another and the accounts in Tally at year end means hours of re-entry. In Habitat every bill and payment posts to double-entry books as it happens, so the treasurer and the auditor see the same numbers.
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Books that balance
Accrual, double-entry, April–March years with close and lock.
GST built in
Tax invoices, the ₹7,500 RWA exemption, input credit and GSTR summaries.
Module 4 · Billing & payments
Maintenance billed, collected and receipted
Billing runs. Fixed or per sq ft charges, monthly to yearly, with GST.
Collect any way. UPI and cards online; cash, cheque and NEFT recorded by the office.
Late fees & reminders. Percent or flat, with grace days and SMS reminders.
Adjustments. Advances, credit notes, refunds and bounced cheques handled.
Owner or tenant pays. The owner decides who gets the maintenance bill.
Module 5 · Full accounting
Real books your auditor can trust, included
Double-entry, accrual. Every bill and payment posts to the books itself.
Vendors, TDS & GST. Vendor bills with TDS and GST input credit, payments, statements.
Bank reconciliation. Import statements; entries match automatically.
Funds, budgets, year-end. Sinking funds, budgets vs actual, April–March close and locks.
Auditor-ready. Balance sheet, I&E, R&P, trial balance; Tally XML and CSV.
Module 5 · GST compliance
GST done right, every month
Tax invoices with your GSTIN. CGST and SGST on every line, with SAC codes. A bill of supply when no GST applies.
₹7,500 RWA exemption, built in. Flats within the limit pay no GST; above it, GST applies as the rules require.
Input tax credit. GST on vendor bills is claimed as credit and reduces what you pay.
GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B summaries. Monthly sales by SAC and rate, credit notes, ITC and net GST payable, as CSV.
Correct by default. No GST until the society registers. Credit notes reverse their share of tax.
A summary for your CA to file on the GST portal.
FAQ
Questions about Habitat’s maintenance billing & accounting
Can residents pay maintenance online?
Yes, by UPI, cards and net banking, with a PDF receipt. Cash, cheque and NEFT are recorded by the office, and bounced cheques are reversed with one action.
Does it handle GST for housing societies?
Yes. Register your GSTIN and Habitat issues tax invoices with CGST and SGST by SAC code, applies the ₹7,500 per flat RWA exemption, claims input credit on vendor bills and prepares GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B summaries for your CA to file.
Can our auditor or CA use it?
Yes. Give them the Auditor role: they see the balance sheet, income and expenditure, receipts and payments, trial balance and audit trail, and can export CSV or Tally XML.
Can we bring our opening balances?
Yes. Opening dues and advances per flat, bank and fund balances are imported during free onboarding.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no subscription, per-flat fee, setup fee or paid tier, and onboarding, migration and training are free too. The only third-party charge is the payment gateway’s standard fee on online payments, shown before anyone pays.
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