CAIT, Acer and Tally together launches plug-n-play solution for traders’ transition to GST

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), India’s largest national body representing non-corporate sector,  today  launched “BIZGURU”, a one-stop plug and play business solution for seamless transition of  to Goods and Service Tax regime (GST).

Powered by Acer’s world-renowned PC products and pre-installed Tally ERP 9,  by Tally Solutions Limited, a premier accounting software company, the ‘BizGuru’ is launched by CAIT for non-corporate sector and allied verticals to embrace technological advancements impacting positively to business expansion and speeding up operational control.

While launching Bizguru, Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog complimented CAIT for such revolutionary step together with Tally and Acer. He added, “Traders are important element of successful rollout of GST in the country and hence it is essential that they have affordable and integrated access to combination of hardware and software which ‘BizGuru’ is making a reality. GST would help eliminate the inspector raj and paperwork standing as a obstruction for investors, resulting establishing a link among traders of the country to transform it into ‘One Market’.”

said that henceforth digital technology will drive trade & commerce in the Country and as such trading community, the last mile connect with consumers need to adopt computerisation at a faster speed.

The Country is passing through the biggest technological changes which will make data analytic critical for success of GST in India. Leakages in the taxation system will be no more exist which will lead to greater transparency.

“‘BizGuru’ is launched with the purpose of streamlining the procedural compliance of GST taxation system for traders and providing them with quick solution to expedite automation of business formats. Traders will have to merely switch on the solution and they can get up and running with accounting and GST compliance,” said Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the CAIT.

Furthermore, to strengthen the solution, CAIT has also partnered with HDFC Bank to equip traders with financial tools and resources, thus facilitating an easier transition to digital payments through bank’s country wide network.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Harish Kohli, President and Managing Director, Acer India said, “We are excited to bring in an exclusive GST Solution, BizGuru, along with CAIT and Tally to offer a unique Plug and play solution to the customer. We are committed towards providing innovations that will help all businesses to expeditiously become accustomed to GST requirements, thus enabling them to focus on their core business and accelerate their growth journey in this digital era.”

Mr. Tejas Goenka, Executive Director, Tally Solutions added, “As the GST journey began in the country, we realized that many traders have not felt the need to automate but with GST this will be difficult to live without because of the need to upload transactions for invoice matching. We are happy to have come together with CAIT & Acer to deliver Biz Guru, a complete and affordable plug and play solution which will help the trader community automate their business and comply with GST. Pre-installed Tally which accountants are well versed with means that there are no hassles for the business owner and even if they want to learn an otherwise easy solution, we will extend support there too.”

“The GST taxation system is completely new format of taxation system and hence a comprehensive, user friendly solution is need of the hour, said Mr.  Praveen Khandelwal.

“It is imperative that small businesses and traders adopt technology and understand procedures of compliance. At a time when the Government is moving towards e-governance, the businesses cannot remain aloof from technology. BizGuru is infused with a wide range of features that will meet the business requirements and customer expectations with the GST roll-out,” he added.

CAIT has also taken a big leap forward in its attempt to train and educate the trading fraternity on GST compliance and adoption of digital payments through its national campaign launched on May 01, 2017 in association with MasterCard, HDFC Bank and Tally Solutions under which total market camps, seminars.