Books, VAT and export paperwork for Bangladeshi software exporters

What an exporter's books involve

• VAT on services from abroad

  VAT on services bought from abroad, like AWS and Google Workspace, has to be worked out when you pay and put in your return.

  How Lekha handles it

• Money from clients abroad, on a deadline

  Every export invoice has a four-month deadline for its money to reach Bangladesh, and the bank's certificate shows it arrived.

  How Lekha handles it

• Month-end by spreadsheet

  Your consultant gets spreadsheets and WhatsApp photos, and the return is retyped by hand.

  How Lekha handles it

How it works

1. 1

   We set you up

   We import your opening balances from Tally or Excel, check them against your trial balance with you, and train your team.

2. 2

   You go live

   You start working in Lekha on the first of a month.

3. 3

   You run each month

   Invoices, bills, withholding and the VAT return come from the same books.

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Everything in one set of books

• VAT invoicing

  Mushak 6.3 invoices for local and export sales, and credit and debit notes, numbered without gaps.

• VAT return

  The Mushak 9.1 return worksheet from your own documents, with carry forward and refunds.

• Withholding tax

  TDS and VDS when you pay bills, TDS challans and Mushak 6.6 certificates.

• Export proceeds

  Receipts at the bank's rate, the repatriation deadline, PRCs and ERQ.

• Payroll tax

  Monthly salaries with suggested salary TDS, challans and certificates.

• Project profit

  Income, direct cost and margin for every project and client.