One place for the paperwork that keeps a business legal.
Butler covers the full cycle: sell, buy, record, reconcile, file and pay. Features unlock by plan, so you only pay for the parts you use.
Sales and customers
- Quotes that convert to invoices
- Valid SARS tax invoices and credit notes
- Sequential invoice numbering per company
- Recurring invoices and payment reminders
- Customer statements and age analysis
- Customer portal with online payment
Purchases and expenses
- Suppliers and purchase orders
- Supplier bills and bill payments
- Expense capture with a photo of the slip
- Expense categories mapped to your accounts
- Creditors age analysis
The books
- South African chart of accounts, editable
- Double-entry general ledger on every document
- Bank accounts with CSV and OFX import
- Reconciliation with suggested matches
- Trial balance, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow
- Financial periods you can lock, with a full audit trail
VAT and compliance
- 15%, zero-rated, exempt and no-VAT per line
- VAT201-style return with drillable figures
- Invoice basis and payments basis
- Five-year record retention
- Export pack for your accountant
Payroll
- Employees with tax numbers and bank details
- Salaries, wages, overtime, commission, allowances
- PAYE, UIF and SDL from dated tax tables
- Payslips emailed as PDF
- Leave balances and applications
- EMP201 figures and bank payment files
Operations
- Products with variants and pricing
- Warehouses and stock levels
- Orders through to delivery with proof of delivery
- Activity log of who changed what
- Roles per company: owner, admin, accountant, staff