Made in Canada for Canadian businesses

Payroll, scheduling & books — done properly.

Schedule staff, clock their hours, pay them right with CRA's own formulas and keep the books — in your browser and on Windows.

  • No credit card to try
  • Payroll from $5/month in year one
BooksAuto Payroll: A pay run: CPP, EI and tax worked out with CRA's formulas BooksAuto Scheduling: The week's schedule, shifts and the tablet time clock BooksAuto Bookkeeping: Statements read to the cent and sorted into accounts BooksAuto Documents & e-Sign: Ask clients for documents and get them signed online
A pay run: CPP, EI and tax worked out with CRA's formulas
CRA T4127payroll formulas
CPP · CPP2 · EIyear-to-date maximums
PD7Aremittance schedules
CPA-005direct deposit files
T4 · ROECRA XML & ROE Web
AES-256encrypted SINs & banking
13provinces & territories, Quebec included
3products that share one staff list
30day free trial — no credit card
3 waysto work: Desktop, Cloud, or both in step
Desktop, Cloud, or both

Three ways to work. One set of books.

BooksAuto is the first system in Canada that keeps a Windows desktop app and the cloud in step with each other. Choose how you like to work — and change your mind whenever you want.

Desktop

On your own computer

The Windows app. Your books stay on your PC, in the folder you choose.

  • Works with no internet at all
  • Every company is its own encrypted file
  • Backs itself up as you work
  • Updates itself when a new version is out

Best if you want your data in your own hands.

Priced per company. Same price as Cloud.

See Desktop rates
Cloud

In your browser

Nothing to install. Sign in from any computer, tablet or phone.

  • Start in minutes, from anywhere
  • Your whole team on the same books, each with a role
  • Client and employee portal included
  • Backed up for you every night

Best if your team works from more than one place.

Priced per company. Same price as Desktop.

See Cloud rates
A first in Canada Cloud + Desktop

Both, always in step

Work on the office PC, carry on in a browser at home. Both show the same books.

  • No remote desktop app to buy or set up
  • No need to leave the office computer switched on
  • Internet down? Keep working — it catches up later
  • One sign-in for the app and the website

Best if you want to work from anywhere.

Add $5 per company a month.

See Cloud + Desktop rates
Your books, kept in three places

Lose a laptop, not your books.

However you work, BooksAuto lets you keep three separate copies — so one accident never costs you your records.

If you work in the Cloud

  1. On BooksAuto's cloudSaved every night, with earlier versions you can go back to.
  2. On your own computerDownload a password-locked copy whenever you like.
  3. In your Google Drive or OneDriveKeep that copy in your own drive — or add the Windows app and it is sent there for you.

If you work on the Desktop

  1. On your computerThe company file, plus automatic backups beside it.
  2. On a USB or network driveA second copy in any folder you choose.
  3. In your Google Drive or OneDriveConnect it once, then back up with one click.

Choose Cloud + Desktop and you get all of these together. Backups are locked, so only you can open them.

For bookkeepers and accountants

E-signatures are built in. No second subscription.

Stop paying another company a high price just to get a signature. Send engagement letters, forms and documents to your clients straight from BooksAuto, and get them back signed.

  • Send a document to sign without leaving BooksAuto
  • Ask clients for their documents and receive them in the same place
  • One price for your whole account, however many clients you have
  • An add-on to Bookkeeping, at $30 a month
One place for your team's time and money

Payroll. Scheduling. Bookkeeping. Use one — or all three.

For every company you choose only the modules it needs. Together, they share one staff list: approved hours become pay runs, pay runs become books.

On its own or with Payroll SCHEDULING

Scheduling & time clock

Build the week's schedule, let staff clock in on a tablet or their phone, approve the hours — overtime by your province's rules.

$15per company / month, up to 10 staff
  • Tablet time clock with photo punches
  • Staff app: shifts, swaps, time off
  • Hours into payroll — or exported for your accountant
Explore Scheduling
For accountants & businesses BOOKKEEPING

Bookkeeping

Statements read to the cent, transactions sorted for you, invoices, reconciliation, GST/HST and working papers — next to the payroll they come from.

$5per company / month in your first year
  • Document requests, reminders & sign-offs
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Financial statements
Explore Bookkeeping

Build your package → · See all prices

See it in action

The real screens — not a mock-up.

Click through what you'll use every day. Tap a picture to see it full size.

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Build the weekLabour cost, sales and overtime warnings while you schedule. Staff ask for shifts and time off in their app.
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The time clock fills the time sheetsPunches from the tablet become hours. Late starts are flagged — approve the week in one click.
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A pay run in minutesCPP, CPP2, EI and tax with CRA's own formulas — cheques, direct deposit and emailed stubs.
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Every employee in one placePay stubs, year-to-date totals and records — grouped by department or pay group.
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Books that follow the workBanking, customers, vendors and payroll in one flow — with what needs you on the right.
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Proved to the centEvery bank and card account against its statement.
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Reports in one clickProfit & loss, balance sheet, aging — print, Excel or email.
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Every client at a glanceSales, labour and the client portal — what's overdue and what came in.
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Document requests that chase for youAsk once; BooksAuto tracks what's received, reminds and lets clients upload from their phone.
Who it's for

Built for two kinds of people.

For business owners

Schedule your team — and pay them, or hand it to your accountant.

Restaurants, shops, clinics and every team that works in shifts. Start with Scheduling, add Payroll when you're ready.

  • Staff clock in on a tablet or their phone
  • Approve the week's hours in one click
  • Share approved hours with your accountant — free for them
For accounting & bookkeeping firms

Every client's payroll, schedule and books — from one screen.

Approved firms pay a special price on every client: $3 Payroll + $3 Bookkeeping per client per month, any number of employees.

  • A company per client, staff see only their clients
  • Clients' approved hours land in your pay runs
  • T4s, ROEs and every remittance date in one list
Take the tour

See BooksAuto work — in under two minutes.

A narrated walk through the real app: the dashboard, the week's schedule, the time clock, a pay run, the books and client documents. Jump to any part.

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Meet BooksAuto: payroll, staff scheduling and bookkeeping for Canadian businesses, all in one place.

Your day starts on the dashboard. Every company you look after, with today's sales, labour cost, and who's working.

Build the week's schedule in minutes. Labour cost is tracked against projected sales as you go, and overtime is flagged before it happens.

Staff swap shifts and ask for time off from their phones. You approve with a single click.

They clock in on the tablet time clock. Hours land in time sheets, with late starts flagged.

Approved hours flow straight into payroll. No retyping.

Payroll takes a few clicks. CPP, EI and income tax are calculated with CRA's own formulas, so you see gross pay, net pay and the remittance before you finalize.

Pay stubs, cheques, direct deposit files, remittances, T4s and ROEs are all prepared for you.

Every employee's year-to-date totals and pay history live in the employee centre.

Bookkeeping follows the same simple flow. Upload a bank statement, and BooksAuto reads it to the cent and sorts every line into the right account.

Reconcile bank and card accounts, and see right away when something doesn't match.

Send invoices with a pay-online link, and always know who owes you.

Profit and loss, balance sheet, sales tax. Every report is ready to print, email, or export to Excel.

With Documents and e-Signatures, ask clients for what you need, get documents signed online, and let BooksAuto follow up for you.

BooksAuto works in your browser and on Windows. Start your free 30-day trial today. No credit card needed.

Up and running today

Up and running in under an hour.

1

Start your free trial

Online in your browser right away — or we email you the Windows app.

2

Add a company

Add your staff once — they're shared by Scheduling and Payroll. One company is included while you try; adding a second means choosing a paid plan for both.

3

Schedule & run payroll

Publish shifts, let staff clock in, approve the hours — then pay, print, deposit, email and remit.

4

Choose modules per company

Payroll, Scheduling, Bookkeeping — only what each company needs, 50% off Payroll and Bookkeeping in your first year.

Ready to schedule and pay your team with BooksAuto?

Buy a plan for your first company in two minutes — 50% off Payroll and Bookkeeping for your first year — or try everything free for 30 days, no credit card.