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"Banana accounting software just like the fruit banana, low price but with lots of benefits! Looking to the future, I sincerely wish this high-quality universal Swiss product will be used in every corner of the world.-Feng Yong, Dubai, 2019"

Did you know that Banana Accounting 9 offers a practical, always at hand, integrated calculator?
Just enter your calculation in any non protected cell containing values, such as the Opening balances column in the Accounts table or the Amount column in the Transactions table.

Free Banana 9 Time Sheet, tailor made to record your flexible working hours!
All companies must record employes' working hours. On May 14 2019, the European court of justice decreed that "Member States should require employers to establish an objective, reliable and accessible system for measuring the daily working time of each worker." Find more in the Euronews.com, Frankfurter Allgemeine (DE) and Il Sole 24Ore (IT).

The new 9.0.4 update of Banana accounting 9 software (Download), delivers some new aspects, also interesting for new users: Starter Edition is now a Free Version, inclusive of free and unrestricted access to the use of the Cash Book (without VAT) and Timesheet applications. For all other applications, 70 lines of recordings can be saved, without purchasing a valid license key.

Update 9.0.4 of Banana Accounting 9 has just been released (refer to our Download page). The update is free for those who have already purchased a version 9.
We strongly recommend you to update to this new release, as it delivers some improvements and new functionalities compared to the previous version.

10 good reasons to upgrade now from Banana Accounting 6 to Banana Accounting 9

Banana Accounting 9 has been nominated among the Top 20 most popular accounting software. The Top 20 ranking was published by the famous Capterra portal, a world leader site providing resources to those looking for software for their business.

10 good reasons to upgrade now from Banana Accounting 7 to Banana Accounting 9

We recommend that you visit the End of the Year closure and New Year page, which reminds you how to proceed with year-end operations. You will also find how to start recording immediately in the new year, even if the previous year's accounts have not yet been closed. 

Are you calculating your work time with the Banana Time Sheet? Download the files with the 2019 calendar, now available for free on these pages:

Time sheet - simplified recording 2019 - if you only record the total hours worked per day

Time sheet - systematic recording 2019 - if you indicate the start and end time of work and breaks

Banana Accounting was developed by focusing on the user, his needs and expectations.
We wanted to create an accounting tool that was both professional, understandable and easy and fast to use.

Read how Banana Accounting applies, as widely as possible, the 10 usability heuristics for user interface design.

GIFs are not just for memes or messaging apps anymore. Companies like Slack, Invision, GitHub and others are increasingly using GIFs to showcase their user experience, improve their documentation, highlight new features or even demonstrate how to use their software or app.

We have created a video tutorial to present Banana Business Plan.

This very interesting feature will enable the financial and economic planning of your business. Planning is very important for any company,  especially for Startups that have to overcome initial difficulties related to paving the way for business, comprehend and anticipate the various scenarios that will arise and ensure the liquidity available on which they may count.

These information pages are available to create the new accounting year and update the initial balances:

If you are unable to locate the command for the Swiss VAT report, after switching from version 8 to 9, you probably have not yet had a look at the new apps menu. The command to access the new forms for VAT reporting are not located in the Account1 menu but in the new apps menu. Give it a browse to discover what other possibilities the new apps menu has to offer.

It is mandatory In Switzerland to record the hours worked (Federal Labour Law, Article 46 and Ordinance 1 on the Labour Act, Article 73). The Time sheet utility, integrated in Banana Accounting 9, is free of charge for everyone.

The new version 9 of Banana Accounting has been successfully launched, and is now available wirh all authorized online and offline retailers. For those who manage Swiss VAT, the new version is strongly recommended as from January 1, 2018, as  rates have changed and therefore the user must adapt the VAT Codes table.  Unlike previous versions that don allow you to update the VAT table, Banana 9 also allows you to obtain the facsimile of the VAT reports  for the 4th quarter 2017 and those of 2018.

The most recent version of Banana 9 Accounting has been updated with version 9.02. Given the numerous improvements and benefits, we encourage you all to download this most recent release (this is free for who already already works with version 9 and available at a reduced price for who owns previous versions): download

Changes compared to the first Banana 9 version

It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that the test version (Beta) of Banana Accounting 9 is made available to all users, so everyone is able to try it out for free until April 30th and return to us with their impressions and comments.
This version is the result of 3 years of work, that took place in close contact with our users, who (through their involvement with the Experimental version), had the opportunity to try out the new features while they were being developed and returned some very valuable advice and comments to us.