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Accounting System

IFRS-ready books, invoicing, payroll postings and tax for Ethiopian businesses. A cloud accounting system with a full general ledger, receivables, payables, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, budgeting and VAT/withholding reports — integrating directly with our POS, e-commerce, hotel, pharmacy and ERP systems so transactions post themselves.

Accounting System: Financial overview (sample screen with illustrative data)
Accounting System: Financial overview (sample screen with illustrative data)
Financial overview · Income, expenses, profit, cash and receivables ageing.

Sample screen with illustrative data

general ledger with audit trail
Double-entry
Ethiopian tax reports ready to file
VAT & WHT
from POS, ERP and payroll
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Built for
  • SMEs, traders and service companies
  • NGOs and donor-funded projects
  • Construction and contracting firms
  • Accountants serving several clients
Accounting · Modules

12 modules, one integrated system

Each module feels familiar, shares data and is supported by the same team.

  1. 01

    Chart of accounts

    IFRS-aligned templates per industry.

    Shares data with 11 more modules

  2. 02

    General ledger

    Journals, recurring entries and period close.

  3. Sales & receivables

    Quotations, invoices, receipts and ageing.

  4. Purchases & payables

    Bills, supplier payments and ageing.

  5. Banking

    Bank accounts, transfers and reconciliation.

  6. Fixed assets

    Register, depreciation and disposal.

  7. Budgets & projects

    Budgets by department, project or donor.

  8. Tax

    VAT, withholding and TOT reports.

  9. Payroll posting

    Salary journals, pension and income tax.

  10. Multi-currency

    ETB, USD and other currencies with revaluation.

  11. Financial statements

    Trial balance, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow.

  12. Integrations

    POS, e-commerce, hotel, pharmacy and ERP feeds.

Accounting · Sample screens

Inside Accounting

Sample screens with illustrative data, with the key details called out.

Accounting System: Financial overview (sample screen with illustrative data)
Accounting System: Financial overview (sample screen with illustrative data)

Sample screen with illustrative data

Screen 01 / 02

Financial overview

Income, expenses, profit, cash and receivables ageing.

  1. 1Month-by-month income vs expenses
  2. 2Receivables ageing for collections
  3. 3Bills and invoices due this week
Accounting System: Invoice with automatic journal (sample screen with illustrative data)
Accounting System: Invoice with automatic journal (sample screen with illustrative data)

Sample screen with illustrative data

Screen 02 / 02

Invoice with automatic journal

Every document posts balanced double entries.

  1. 1Professional invoices with VAT
  2. 2Automatic journal entry per document
  3. 3Debits always equal credits
  4. 4Email or print to the customer
  5. 5Payment recorded against the invoice
Accounting · How it works

From first request to final report

  1. 01

    Record

    Invoices, bills and receipts captured

  2. 02

    Post

    Double entries created automatically

  3. 03

    Reconcile

    Bank statements matched

  4. 04

    Close

    Period closed with adjustments

  5. 05

    Report

    Statements, tax and management reports

Results for our clients

Result 01

Books that are always up to date

Result 02

Faster audits and tax filing

Result 03

Real-time view of cash and profit

Built on one platform

Every Sahan system is built on one platform

So each new module you add feels familiar, shares data and is supported by the same team.

How the platform fits together
  • Multilingual

    Somali, Amharic, English and Arabic, including right-to-left.

  • Role-based security

    Granular permissions, two-factor login, full audit logs.

  • Web + mobile

    Responsive web plus Flutter apps for Android and iOS.

  • Offline-ready

    Field apps keep working without a connection.

  • Payments & SMS

    Mobile money, bank and SMS notifications built in.

  • Dashboards

    Real-time KPIs and exportable reports everywhere.