The return that does not match the books
GSTR-2B says one thing, your purchase register says another, and the gap only becomes visible when input tax credit has already lapsed.
How to reconcile GSTR-2B against your purchase registerCompliance & finance ops
Your compliance calendar and your books should be the same system.
Filings are built from numbers. When the obligations live in one tool and the numbers live in another, the gap between them is where penalties, lapsed credit and notices come from. Correct keeps both in one place so the gap surfaces as an alert rather than as a notice.
Why this category did not exist
Three kinds of software touch this problem. Each solves one half and leaves the other to a spreadsheet.
| Software | What it tracks | What it leaves out |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance platforms | Statutory obligations, due dates, filings | No books. They tell you a return is due, not whether it will reconcile. |
| Accounting software | Invoices, ledgers, bank reconciliation | No statutory layer. Nothing knows AOC-4 is due or that DIR-3 KYC lapses this month. |
| Firm practice tools | A firm's client list, tasks and fee billing | Built to run the firm, not the company. They bill the firm's clients; they don't keep a company's own ledger. |
What the gap actually costs
The filing nobody owned
A due date sits in one person’s calendar, the evidence sits in someone’s inbox, and the penalty accrues per day while both are true.
What GSTR-3B actually costs when it slipsThe credentials nobody can find
GST and MCA logins live with whoever set them up. When that person changes, the company loses access to its own filings.
Who should hold GST and MCA loginsWhat one system looks like
01
Obligations, dated and owned
Every ROC/MCA, GST, TDS, PF/ESI and DPDP obligation that applies to you, with an owner, a due date, and the penalty attached if it slips.
Compliance calendars →
02
Evidence in the same place
Challans, board resolutions, notices, agreements and portal logins, encrypted, with access granted per person and revocable.
The vault →
03
The books that feed the filings
Invoices, vendors, clients and reports live in the same system as the obligations they are the basis for.
Finance ops →
04
Reconciliation across both
Books matched against returns before the portal does it for you, with an evidence pack that stands up in an audit.
Reconciliation →
One company, or every company you look after
The same system runs a single company or a portfolio of client companies, with records scoped per entity and access granted per person. Advisors work inside the account rather than alongside it, and the company keeps its own records either way.
Running compliance for one company versus many