Money, books & tax · Botswana
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Not just your business.
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Kagiso Modise t/a Kagiso Catering
INV-0041VAT No. 4880123456
From
Kagiso Modise
14 Tlokweng Rd, Gaborone
kagiso@caters.co
To
Molefe Events
Plot 22, Main Mall
accounts@molefe.events
Date
9 Aug 2026 · due 23 Aug 2026
Pay by EFT
A real Bala invoice — sent as a link on WhatsApp, opened in one tap, paid by EFT.
Reads statements from
Statements read from: FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Access Bank, Stanbic Bank, First Capital Bank, Bank Gaborone, Mukuru.
…and any other PDF or CSV statement — the parser reads the page, not a template.
2
tax authorities
SARS and BURS, each with its own rules
1
journal underneath
every report derived from it, tied out on every read
3
places to work
phone, web and desktop — one set of books underneath
Streams
Everything you earn, in its own lane
A salary. A side hustle. A company. Each one is a stream — and your own life never leaks into your tax numbers.
YOUR STREAMS
Salary
your first stream
Airbnb
made this month
Tutoring
made this month
Get paid
Invoice on WhatsApp. Paid by EFT.
- A proper tax invoice, sent as a link — you see when it's opened.
- Your banking details and both parties' addresses, done for you.
- Reminders chase politely. Recurring invoices raise themselves.
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Tax Invoice INV-0041 · P22,000.00
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14:07
Tax, without the fear
BURS-ready. Properly.
Built for Botswana's actual rules — VAT 002.1, provisional tax, the travel logbook — computed from your books, never guessed.
Returns fill themselves
from the one journal
Logbook rides along
auto-logs your trips
Payslip check
30 seconds, no jargon
Books that refuse to lie
tied out on every read
Your year · live
Change one number. Watch the refund move.
Your own money
The clearest picture of your month
Drop in a bank statement. Every line lands where it belongs — budgets in real-life words, a breakeven day, and what you own against what you owe.
Fill in the blanks
There are four reliable accounting, tax and bookkeeping apps for Botswana.
- 1. Sage
- 2. Xero
- 3. QuickBooks
- BALA
Only one of them understands your hustle — every stream of it, and the person behind it.
Your money has been waiting for this.
How we compare
Named, and honest about it
The fundamentals a one-person business actually needs — including the places where the older names still beat us.
Day to day
Send an invoice from your phone
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Invoice arrives as a WhatsApp link, opened in one tap
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Photograph a slip, expense captured
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Your price list builds itself from what you invoice
- Bala
- Xero
- Set up first
- Sage
- Set up first
- QuickBooks
- Set up first
Your money, not only the business
Salary, side hustle and company in one account
- Bala
- Xero
- Business only
- Sage
- Business only
- QuickBooks
- Business only
What you personally kept this month
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Personal budgets and savings goals
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Savings groups (stokvel)
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Tax, where you actually live
VAT 002.1 prepared from your books
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Provisional tax estimate
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Your personal income tax position
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Travel logbook for your BURS vehicle claim
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Botswana and South Africa in the same product
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
The books underneath
Double-entry ledger and trial balance
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Fixed asset register with depreciation
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Group consolidation
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Open API for other software to connect to
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Your whole ledger exports as plain text
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Multi-currency invoicing
- Bala
- Xero
- Higher plans
- Sage
- Higher plans
- QuickBooks
- Higher plans
Where we're behind, today
Live bank feeds
- Bala
- PDF & CSV import
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Marketplace of ready-made integrations
- Bala
- Xero
- Sage
- QuickBooks
Compared as at 18 August 2026. Xero, Sage and QuickBooks are their respective owners’ trademarks and we are not affiliated with them; where we were unsure, we credited them. Products change — think we’ve got something wrong? Tell us and we’ll correct it.
Meet Flo
Ask Flo. Check the answer yourself.
Flo is Bala’s assistant. Ask about your own numbers in your own words — she answers from your books, and every answer names the report it came from.
- · “How much did I make last month?”
- · “Who still owes me money?”
- · “What should I put aside for tax?”
Flo explains. Your books calculate. You approve.
Flo never invents a figure and never files anything — the numbers are your ledger’s, and the decisions stay yours.
You kept P18,540 in July.
Income P64,200, expenses P45,660.
From your income statement · 1–31 Jul
P23,800 across 4 invoices.
From your unpaid invoices · today
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Your own books. Reconcile the bank, close the month, print the statements a bank asks for.
Professional
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- · One login, every client
- · Each client in its own window
- · Year-end packs a partner can sign as they are
- · Clients invite you in
- · The whole team, each with their own login
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Questions
Fair questions, straight answers
What is Flo?
Bala's assistant. Ask about your numbers in your own words — Flo answers from your books and names the report each answer came from. She never invents a figure and never files anything.
I only earn a salary — is this for me?
Especially you. Budget your salary, check your payslip, and the tax side is ready the day you start a hustle.
Can my accountant use it?
Invite them in. Bala Pro, the desktop practice app, is a download away — Windows or Mac.
What happens to my data if I leave?
It's yours, and it exports cleanly. No lock-in.
Does it work for South Africa too?
That's Ledgr — the same product built for SARS, in rand.
Is my information safe?
Encrypted in transit, never sold, and your banking details appear only on invoices you choose to send.
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