Fintech · Accounting software
DinarBooks
Canadian small business accounting built in Edmonton, where GST, HST and provincial tax are the product rather than a localisation setting.
Alberta beta, not yet public
How it was made
Most accounting software sold in Canada was built somewhere else and translated afterwards, which is why GST, HST and provincial tax always feel bolted on. DinarBooks starts from the Canadian return and works backwards.
It is a true double entry ledger with the invariants enforced in the database itself, not in application code that hopes for the best. Debits equal credits because the ledger will not accept anything else. Bank statements import by file, run through a review queue with rules, and reconcile the account to zero. Not close enough, zero.
The positioning is as unusual as the product. The site publishes what has not been built yet, payroll and live bank feeds among them, next to what has. Pricing says the beta is free and the price is not set. The invitation reads as a conversation rather than a funnel, because the company is recruiting a small number of Alberta businesses, deliberately.
UMTI students look at this one for honesty in marketing. It is the clearest example in the group of a site that sells by telling you exactly where the product stops.
What was built
- Double entry ledger with database enforced invariants
- GST, HST and provincial tax with per component rounding
- CRA ready return worksheets
- Bank statement import with a review queue and reconciliation
- Multi user roles, including bookkeeper and accountant invitations
Status
In beta. The film above was captured from the product's own site.
Pictures from the project
Closer in.
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