The QuickBooks alternative built for Canadian business
SeroBooks is accounting software made in Canada for businesses in Canada and the United States. It works the way QuickBooks Desktop users expect — the same kind of menus, forms and reports — and it was built around Canadian tax from the first day, not added later.
Every province's sales tax
GST, HST, PST, RST and QST worked out per line by where the goods go, for all 13 provinces and territories.
Year-end in the books
GIFI mapping for your T2, and CCA classes with the half-year rule, kept in the same ledger.
Payroll for all 13
Canadian payroll with T4s, RL-1s and Records of Employment is part of the Pro plan.
Inventory and a till
Serial numbers, batches with expiry, warehouse bins, barcode labels and counter sales, all posting to the same books.
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Why Canadian businesses look for a QuickBooks alternative
Most accounting software sold in Canada was written somewhere else first. The basics work: you can charge GST and run a Profit and Loss. The trouble starts with the parts that are only Canadian — PST that a reseller should not pay, HST that changes by province, a T2 that needs GIFI codes, capital cost allowance with the half-year rule. In many products those are left to your accountant and a spreadsheet.
SeroBooks treats them as normal work. The tax on each invoice line follows where the goods are going. A BC, Saskatchewan or Manitoba purchase for resale carries no PST when the supplier is told you are a reseller. Your chart of accounts maps to GIFI, and fixed assets sit in CCA classes with the right rules.
It still feels familiar
If you know QuickBooks Desktop, you already know your way around. SeroBooks has a menu bar with File, Edit, View, Lists, Company, Customers, Vendors, Employees, Banking, Reports, Window and Help. The Home Page shows the flow of work — purchase orders to bills to paying them, estimates to invoices to receiving payment. Write Cheques, Make Deposits, Pay Bills and Receive Payments are forms you will recognise.
There are more than 160 reports in 14 groups, and a report row opens the documents behind it.
Moving your company across
SeroBooks can connect to QuickBooks Desktop and read your company straight across, or import an IIF file or a QuickBooks Online export. You see the trial balance you will end up with before anything is written, and the import can be taken back out in one step if something is wrong.
Choose SeroBooks when…
Choose SeroBooks if you sell products in Canada, file a T2, deal with PST, or run payroll across provinces — and you want all of it in one set of books.
Choose QuickBooks when…
Stay with QuickBooks if your business is service-only with simple tax, or your accountant's practice is built around it and that matters most to you.
Frequently asked questions
Is SeroBooks Canadian?
Yes. SeroBooks is made in Canada, for businesses in Canada and the United States. Canadian and American books are kept as separate companies, each with its own tax and payroll.
Does it handle Quebec?
Yes. QST is worked out alongside GST, and Quebec payroll runs as its own regime with QPP, QPIP and RL-1 slips in the Pro plan.
Can I bring my QuickBooks data?
Yes. Connect to QuickBooks Desktop and read the company across, or import an IIF file or a QuickBooks Online export. A dry run shows the trial balance before anything is written.
Is there a free trial?
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. A card starts it, nothing is charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel before then. See the pricing page for current plans.