What it does
The day’s numbers stay clear. Income in, expenses out — recorded the way you’d write them on paper, kept on your own machine.
Your books live on your machine. They don’t expire with a subscription. They don’t ask for a login every morning. They don’t disappear when an internet connection fails.
It’s built for the small business that does its own bookkeeping. The shape is familiar — receipts, bills, the bank, the categories you already think in. Nothing to learn. Much to recognise.
Australian tax conventions are built in. When the year ends and your accountant asks for the file, you have it ready, in a form they recognise.
How it works
You install it. It opens. You start entering — receipts, payments, invoices, transfers. There’s no setup wizard chasing you for a credit card.
Day to day, the numbers go where they belong. The bank reconciliation shows what’s matched and what’s pending. The categories carry between months without you re-teaching them.
At quarter and year-ends, the totals are already there. You produce the reports your accountant needs and hand them across. Your books stay on your machine the whole time.
Coming from another bookkeeping tool? There’s a one-time companion that helps you bring your history in. Run it once, finish, and never think about migrations again.
What it doesn’t do
It’s not a payroll system. Wages and superannuation belong somewhere else, with a tool built for that.
It’s not a tax agent. It tells you what’s in your books — clearly, accurately. Your accountant tells you what to lodge.
It doesn’t sync to a cloud. There’s no “anywhere access” — by design. Your books stay on the machine you keep them on, until you decide to copy them elsewhere.
Connected to
equosBooks sits beside the EQUOS cloud platform but doesn’t need it. If you already use EQUOS for your operations, this gives your bookkeeping the same calm clarity in a place that stays on your desk. If you don’t use the cloud platform at all, equosBooks stands on its own — small, considered, free to keep.