Straight answers about the software your business runs on.
Practical notes for owners, managers and accountants who are choosing new software, or wondering why the old one does not add up. No jargon you have to look up, and no advice that only works if you buy from us.
Customs duty
CESS steps down on 1 April 2027, again in 2028, and ends in 2029
One order already sets every line’s CESS to 2029, but the tariff guide prints only this year’s rate. What steps down and when, and why a cut is worth more than the CESS itself.
ASYCUDA World
Frame it first: why agents prepare the CusDec before ASYCUDA, and hand it over as XML
ASYCUDA World is where a declaration is lodged, not where it is worked out. What a wrong cage costs, and how XML ends the retyping.
Customs duty
Why your duty estimate is a few rupees off: how Sri Lanka Customs rounds
The spreadsheet says 1,184,260, the assessment says 1,184,262. The five rules behind the difference, and a two-minute check for your own duty sheet.
Old software
Still running your shop on an old MS Access system?
Many Sri Lankan shops still bill on software built with Microsoft Access or Visual Basic 6 years ago. It still works. Here is what it is quietly costing, and what moving looks like.
Money owed
Credit customers and post-dated cheques: keeping the book straight
Selling on credit and taking post-dated cheques is normal in Sri Lankan trade. How to stop the arguments, the forgotten cheque dates and the drawer that never counts right.
Card payments
Card payments in a Sri Lankan shop: settlement, commission and the surcharge rule
Why the bank deposit never matches the day's card sales, how to record the commission properly, and why adding a card surcharge is not allowed in Sri Lanka.
Money and rounding
Why your POS total is off by 0.01, and how to stop it
A bill shows 700.01, the day report and the drawer disagree by a few cents. Where those cents come from, and the four rules that stop them for good.
Choosing software
Desktop or cloud software for your business: an honest comparison
Where your records live, what happens when the connection drops, what it costs over three years, and when cloud really is the better answer.
Buying software
12 questions to ask before you pay for business software
The questions that separate software you will still trust in five years from software that holds your records hostage, with what a good answer sounds like.
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