Multi-Company Accounting: Managing Multiple Books Without Multiple Subscriptions

Why Multiple Companies?

There are several common situations where you need to maintain separate accounting books for separate legal entities:

• You own two or more businesses (e.g., a trading firm and a manufacturing unit)
• You're a CA or accountant managing books for multiple clients
• Your company has branches in multiple states, each with a separate GSTIN
• You want to track a project or joint venture separately from your main business

The Cost Problem with Per-Company Licensing

Tally charges per company (per site). If you manage 10 client companies as a CA, you need 10 licenses. At ₹18,000/year each, that's ₹1,80,000/year — just in software subscriptions.

How AccountManager Handles Multiple Companies

AccountManager stores each company in a separate SQLite database file. At startup, the Company Selector shows all your companies. Switching takes one click — no logout/login, no separate application instance needed.

Each company has: its own Chart of Accounts, its own vouchers, its own financial year settings, its own GSTIN, and its own users. There is zero data mixing between companies.

The Enterprise license allows unlimited companies for ₹19,999 one-time — no annual renewal, no per-company fee. For a CA firm managing 20 clients, that's less than ₹1,000 per client for lifetime use.