Garment Store Billing Software · India 2026

Garment Store Billing Software. Bill variants. Track GST.

Built for Indian cloth shops, not accountants. One app handles size–colour variant stock, correct textile HSN GST, season-wise inventory and dead-stock alerts. From ₹799/year — Chandni Chowk to Surat.

  • GST invoice in under 10 seconds with auto textile HSN
  • Size × colour variant stock that updates on every sale
  • Season-wise + dead-stock (30/60/90-day) reports
  • WhatsApp invoice & auto payment reminders
  • Cloud backup, multi-device (phone, tablet, desktop)

Free trial, no credit card · Free migration · No install

  • From ₹799/year
  • 12,000+ businesses
  • Bill in <10s
  • GST-ready since 2017
Garment store owner billing with Accountune software
  • 4.9/5 rating
  • 12,000+ businesses
  • Bill in <10s
  • GST-ready since 2017

Accountune research · 2026

What manual billing is actually costing garment stores

  • ₹9.3 L crIndia's apparel market in 2024-25, growing ~7% a year since 2017-18.CareEdge / IBEF apparel outlook
  • 41%share now in organised retail — branded buyers expect a proper GST bill, not a slip.IBEF apparel analysis, 2025
  • 30+ SKUsone kurta in 6 sizes × 5 colours = 30 entries no paper register holds honestly.Accountune onboarding data, 2026
  • 60%average billing-time cut garment shops report in their first cycle on variant-level billing.Accountune first-party data, 2026

CareEdge Ratings, India Apparel Retail outlook (Business Standard, Jan 2026); India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) apparel analysis, 2025; Accountune first-party onboarding data (12,000+ Indian SMBs), 2026.

In short

What is garment store billing software?

Garment store billing software is a retail tool that bills clothing by size and colour variant, applies the correct textile HSN code and GST slab automatically, and tracks season-wise stock and dead inventory in real time. Indian cloth shops, boutiques and apparel wholesalers use it to replace Excel and manual registers. Accountune is one such cloud platform, starting at ₹799/year with no accountant needed.

Understanding the garment counter

What makes a garment store different — and why generic software fails

A garment is a matrix, not a product. One style multiplies into size variants (S, M, L, XL, XXL), colour variants, and sometimes a fit or style variant — so a single design easily becomes 30 to 60 separate stock-keeping units (SKUs). No paper register can hold that count honestly, which is why a walk-in hears “available” when only XL/Blue is actually on the shelf.

Textile GST runs on price-point slabs. Per the CBIC notification implementing the GST Council's 56th-meeting recommendations (effective 22 September 2025), readymade garments and made-up textile articles priced up to ₹2,500 per piece attract 5% GST, while those above ₹2,500 attract 18% — the earlier 12% slab and the old ₹1,000 threshold were both removed under this “GST 2.0” rationalisation. Each rate maps to its own HSN code; get the slab wrong and your CA finds it three months later during GSTR-1 filing.

Generic tools treat a garment like a tin of biscuits. Software built for a grocery or hardware shop stores a garment as one item, one price, one stock count. That single assumption is why most billing tools fail a cloth shop — they can never tell you M/White is out while XL/Blue sits unsold.

Built for cloth retail, end to end. Garment billing software handles the variant matrix, the textile HSN database, season tagging, return-exchange linking, and supplier ledgers in one place — for retail counters, boutiques and apparel wholesalers alike. Cleanly coded, monthly CA time on garment data drops from about two days to roughly two hours.

Entities covered on this page

  • GST
  • GSTIN
  • HSN code
  • CGST
  • SGST
  • IGST
  • GSTR-1
  • GSTR-3B
  • ITC
  • SKU
  • variant matrix
  • textile GST slab
  • GST 2.0
  • e-invoice
  • e-way bill
  • season tag

6 counter failures Accountune fixes

The daily billing failures that are quietly draining your business

These are not hypothetical. They happen in small businesses across India every month — and each one quietly costs money or hours.

  • Problem 01

    Size–colour stock is always wrong — you find out at the counter.

    M/White says “available,” only XL/Blue is left, the bill is cancelled, and the customer walks to the shop next door.

    Walk-ins lost at the counter
    Accountune fix

    Variant matrix per garment

    Each style holds its full size × colour grid; every sale deducts the exact variant, so the day-end report is right with zero manual counting.

    No more counter surprises
  • Problem 02

    Wrong textile HSN and GST slab on every other bill.

    Cotton, synthetic, ≤₹2,500, >₹2,500 — each maps to its own HSN and 5%/18% slab. A wrong slab is a compliance failure found months later.

    GSTR-1 mismatches
    Accountune fix

    Built-in textile HSN database, applied automatically

    Set code and slab once per product; CGST/SGST/IGST is computed by category and state on every invoice; GSTR-1/3B come ready.

    Clean, file-ready GST data
  • Problem 03

    The festive billing queue eats the busiest hour.

    Diwali rush, ten customers waiting, staff typing each item by hand while the queue grows.

    Sales lost to slow checkout
    Accountune fix

    Barcode billing — a 5-item bill in under 20 seconds

    Scan the tag; product, size, colour, price and GST load instantly. Works with USB, Bluetooth or phone camera.

    The queue moves, no sale lost
  • Problem 04

    Return-exchange ka hisaab gum ho jaata hai.

    Fashion returns are constant — wrong size, change of mind, defect. Without a link to the original bill, refunds and stock both go wrong.

    Refund & stock errors
    Accountune fix

    Return tracking linked to the original invoice

    The returned variant goes back to stock, the customer ledger adjusts, and the GST credit note generates automatically.

    Returns reconcile themselves
  • Problem 05

    Season stock piles up — you act after the window closes.

    The Diwali collection arrives in September; without season tracking you're guessing, and by November you're discounting unsold festive stock.

    Dead festive stock
    Accountune fix

    Season-wise stock and sales reports

    Tag each product Summer/Winter/Festive and read sales per collection, this year vs last.

    Act inside the window, not after
  • Problem 06

    Buyer and supplier outstanding grows with no clear picture.

    You sell to boutiques on credit and buy from many suppliers; the numbers never match.

    Cash flow you can't see
    Accountune fix

    A ledger per buyer and supplier + auto WhatsApp reminders

    Every invoice, payment and return updates in real time; reminders go at 7/15/30 days past due.

    Cash flow you can actually see

Sign-up to first bill — in 15 minutes

How Accountune works for a garment store — from day one

No IT person, no install. Most garment owners create their first bill within 15 minutes of signing up.

  1. Step 012 min

    Sign up free

    Phone or email — no credit card, no install. Hindi or English interface, ready in minutes.

  2. Step 02Day one

    Add products with variants + print barcode labels

    Set the size × colour matrix once per style and assign the textile HSN and GST slab. Then generate and stick barcode tags for every variant straight from Accountune.

  3. Step 03~20 sec / sale

    Bill by scanning

    Scan the tag, the bill builds itself, and share the GST PDF on WhatsApp in one tap. Stock deducts the exact variant automatically.

  4. Step 04live

    Read your reports — anytime

    Sales, profit, outstanding, dead stock and GSTR reports update live on your phone. Your CA can log in read-only for filing.

Variant matrix, textile HSN, season tags, dead-stock alerts and GST returns all run from one screen — on the phone, on the floor.

What you get

Everything a garment store needs, nothing it doesn't

From variant billing to textile GST to season reports — one connected system. Every sale deducts the exact size and colour and books the right slab on its own.

Fast counter billing

Invoice in under 10 seconds

Search by product name or barcode scan. GST, HSN, price auto-filled. Print or WhatsApp in one tap.

Automatic inventory update

Stock accurate without extra entry

Every sale deducts from stock; every purchase adds back. Live count at any moment.

Udhaar & customer credit tracking

Not one rupee missed or disputed

Per-customer digital account with timestamped history. One-tap WhatsApp reminders.

GST invoicing + GSTR reports

Zero manual tax calculation

CGST, SGST and IGST correct on every invoice. GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B ready at month end.

Low stock alerts

Reorder before the shelf goes empty

Custom minimum per product; alert via app, email or SMS.

Barcode scanning

Packaged goods billed in 3 seconds

USB, Bluetooth or phone camera; auto-fills name, price, GST, HSN.

WhatsApp bill sharing

Professional bills, no printing cost

PDF invoice to the customer's WhatsApp in one tap.

Supplier & purchase records

Never overpay a supplier again

Every purchase logged; supplier-wise outstanding always visible.

Daily business reports

Full business picture in 2 minutes

Sales, top products, slow movers, daily profit, pending dues — one dashboard.

Staff access control

Counter staff see billing only

Role-based logins; profit and purchase data stay owner-only. Full activity log.

Customer credit limits

Cash flow protected without awkwardness

Set a max credit per customer; alert fires before the bill is created.

Cloud backup

Data safe even if every device is lost

Automatic daily backup with 256-bit encryption; log in from any device.

The short version

The two-minute version of why teams switch

Does it know M/White from XL/Blue, get textile GST right by itself, and flag what isn't selling in time? Here's Accountune vs Tally, Zoho and Vyapar on the features that decide a cloth shop (verified May 2026).

Comparison of Accountune, Tally, Zoho Books and Vyapar across garment-billing capabilities.
CapabilityAccountuneTallyZoho BooksVyapar
Size × colour variant matrixnativemanuallimited
Textile HSN auto-slabbuilt-inmanual setupbasic
Barcode billingadd-on
Season-wise stock
Dead-stock 30/60/90 reportmanuallimitedbasic
Return linked to invoicelimited
Cloud-basedbuilt-inpaid extrasync only
Mobile billing appfullview-only
WhatsApp invoicenativelimitedthird-partylimited
GSTR-1 / 3B exportone clickmanualGSP
Multi-user with rolesPro, 5Gold tierper-orglimited
Free migration help48 hrdealerselfself
Our take

Accountune is the only mainstream option that ships native size×colour variants, automatic textile HSN slabs, season tracking and dead-stock reports together — at ₹799–₹4,490/year, with built-in cloud and free 48-hour migration.

Rated 4.9/5 by 12,000+ Indian businesses.
Year-1 cost · 1 firm · 3 users
  • Accountune₹1,849
  • Vyapar₹7,188
  • Zoho Books₹8,988
  • Tally Prime₹24,000

Is this right for your store?

Which garment stores benefit most from Accountune

An honest read on where Accountune fits best — from Chandni Chowk cloth shops to Surat apparel wholesalers and seasonal boutiques.

Readymade garment & cloth shops

Best fit · 100+ styles

Juggling 100+ styles across sizes and colours — the variant matrix keeps every size/colour count honest.

Boutiques with seasonal collections

festive · bridal · summer

Season tags and per-collection reports let you clear festive and bridal lines inside the selling window.

Apparel wholesalers

credit + multi-GSTIN

Billing retailers on credit with multi-GSTIN needs — buyer/supplier ledgers and reminders built in.

Owners who run the shop from a phone

not a desktop

Stock, GST and reports on the phone, on the floor — same live data on tablet and desktop too.

Recognise your shop? You're exactly who Accountune is built for.

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Accountune GST & Retail Compliance Team

8+ years advising Indian SMBs on GST and retail operations

Based on

  • 12,000+ Indian SMB onboardings
  • India · 2017–2026
Published 2026
Most garment shops don't lose money on bad selling — they lose it on stock they can't see. The shop that knows, on the 20th of October, that 40% of its festive line hasn't moved still has time to act. The shop that finds out in December is just discounting to clear shelves. Variant-level stock isn't a luxury for cloth retail; it's the whole game.

Buyer's guide · 2026

How to choose garment billing software in India — the complete checklist

Evaluate any tool on these seven checks before paying. For a cloth shop, each one separates real garment software from a grocery-style biller.

  • Variants

    Does it track size and colour as separate variants?

    The deal-breaker. If a tool stores “Kurta” as one item, it can never tell you M/White is out while XL/Blue sits unsold.

    Accountune

    Accountune builds a full size × colour matrix per style.

  • Textile GST

    Is the textile HSN and GST slab automatic?

    Under GST 2.0, garments sit at 5% (≤₹2,500) or 18% (>₹2,500) across many HSN codes; manual entry guarantees errors.

    Accountune

    Accountune ships a built-in textile HSN database.

  • Seasons

    Can it tag and report by season?

    Festive, summer and winter lines have selling windows; you need to read sales per collection.

    Accountune

    Accountune tags each product by season and reports sales per collection.

  • Dead stock

    Does it flag dead stock early?

    Aged inventory quietly locks working capital; you need 30/60/90-day alerts, not a year-end shock.

    Accountune

    Accountune lists every slow garment with value and days idle.

  • Phone + cloud

    Will it run on the phone — and on the cloud?

    A cloth shop owner is on the floor, not at a desktop. Look for a real mobile app on live cloud data.

    Accountune

    Accountune is cloud-native with a full mobile app; same live data everywhere.

  • Credit

    Does it handle buyer and supplier credit properly?

    Apparel runs on credit both ways — you need a ledger per party with reminders.

    Accountune

    Accountune keeps a ledger per buyer and supplier with auto WhatsApp reminders at 7/15/30 days.

  • Real cost

    What's the real cost — and is migration free?

    Watch the renewal, not the sticker: Tally is ₹26,550 one-time + ₹4,500/year TSS; Zoho Standard is ₹8,988/year + GST.

    Accountune

    Accountune is ₹799–₹4,490/year with free 48-hour migration.

Compiled from CBIC GST 2.0 guidance and 12,000+ Indian SMB onboardings · Accountune Research.

Verified customer reviews

What business owners say about Accountune

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4.9/5 rating · Trusted by 12,000+ Indian businesses

4.9/5 rating across 12,000+ Indian businesses. Customer outcomes shared with permission. Verified Accountune customers. Quoted reviews are reproduced verbatim.

  • Billing time reduced by 50%

    Making GST invoices for customers is so much quicker now. Checkout moves smoothly, and the billing mistakes we used to make have all but vanished.

    Vivek MalhotraGarment Store · AmritsarVerified
  • 1,000+ size and colour variants managed easily

    Keeping tabs on sizes, colours and designs across so many categories was tough before. Now my inventory always stays accurate and bang up to date.

    Nidhi AgarwalFashion Boutique · SuratVerified
  • Stock visibility improved dramatically

    I can check in a second whether any product, size or colour is available. It's saved us from losing sales and kept our customers happy.

    Sameer AnsariClothing Retailer · PatnaVerified
  • Seasonal inventory tracking made simple

    Handling festive and seasonal collections is far easier now. The reports show me what's moving fast, so I can plan my buying much better.

    Kavita SethiApparel Store · DehradunVerified
  • Billing aur inventory dono 2× faster

    Sale hote hi stock apne aap update ho jaata hai. Ab manual counting aur billing ki galtiyon wali jo problem thi, wo kaafi kam ho gayi hai.

    Mukesh SharmaReadymade Garments Shop · JodhpurVerified
  • Daily sales reports ek click mein

    Pehle sales ka data jodne mein kaafi time lag jaata tha. Ab report turant saamne aa jaati hai, aur business kaisa chal raha hai ye track karna aasaan ho gaya hai.

    Pradeep JainKids Wear Store · BilaspurVerified

Pricing

Everything a garment store needs — from ₹799/year

Every plan includes the day book, cash book, GST entries and reports. Growth adds e-invoicing, GSTR-2B reconciliation, bank reconciliation and CA remote access; Pro adds multi-location and unlimited users.

Free

For Getting Started

₹0/yr

+ taxes

Start Free Trial
  • Upto 100 Invoices
  • 10 E-Way Bills
  • Expenses, Receipts & Payments
  • All Financial Reports
  • Activity Logs
  • Only 1 User
Mobile Light

Perfect for Mobile only Users

₹799/yr

+ taxes · ≈ ₹67/month

Start Free Trial
  • Upto 2 Users (Admin + 1 User)
  • Upto 2000 Invoices
  • Bar Code, Categories & Secondary Unit in Item
  • No Accountune Branding
  • GST Reports
Starter

Perfect for Getting Started

₹1,849/yr

+ taxes · ≈ ₹154/month

Start Free Trial
  • Everything in Free +
  • Upto 2 Users (Admin + 1 User)
  • Upto 2000 Invoices
  • Bar Code, Categories & Secondary Unit in Item
  • No Accountune Branding
  • GST Reports
Growth

Perfect for Growing Businesses

₹4,499/yr

+ taxes · ≈ ₹375/month

Start Free Trial
  • Everything in Starter +
  • Upto 5 Users (Admin + 4 Users)
  • Upto 10,000 Invoices
  • Audit Trail
  • TDS Reports
  • Priority Support

Three yearly plans — Lite ₹799, Growth ₹1,849, Pro ₹4,490. Variant stock, textile HSN GST, season and dead-stock reports are in every plan; e-invoicing, e-way bills and up to 3 users on Growth; multi-location and unlimited users on Pro · Free trial, no card · Free migration in 24–48 hours.

FAQ

The garment handbook

Type a keyword or pick a category — variants, GST, devices, migration. Everything a cloth-shop owner asks before signing up is one keystroke away.

16 answersUpdated Q2 2026
  • Getting Started

    What is garment store billing software?

    It's a billing and inventory tool built for clothing retail. Unlike generic software, it tracks each garment by size and colour variant, applies the correct textile HSN code and GST slab automatically, manages season-wise collections, and links returns to original invoices. Indian cloth shops, boutiques and apparel wholesalers use it to replace Excel and manual registers. Accountune is a cloud version starting at ₹799/year that runs on mobile, tablet and desktop with no accountant or install needed.

  • Getting Started

    Will it work on my phone?

    Yes — Accountune is cloud-native with a full mobile app for Android and iOS, plus tablet and desktop access on the same live data. A shop owner can check daily sales and outstanding from the phone before opening, while billing staff create invoices on a tablet at the counter, with no synchronisation delay. This is a core difference from Tally, which is desktop-first with view-only mobile.

  • Getting Started

    Do I need accounting knowledge to use it?

    No. Accountune is designed for shop owners, not accountants. You create products, scan barcodes, and bill; GST, ledgers and reports are handled in the background. The first invoice typically takes under fifteen minutes from sign-up, and there's no training period. If you can use WhatsApp, you can run your billing on Accountune.

  • Variants & Stock

    How does it handle size and colour variants?

    You set up a size × colour matrix once per style — say S/M/L/XL across four colours, which is sixteen variants. From then on, every sale deducts the exact variant billed and every purchase adds to the exact variant received. Your stock report is accurate at the end of each day with no manual counting. This is the single biggest reason cloth shops outgrow grocery-style billing tools.

  • Variants & Stock

    What is a dead-stock report and why does it matter?

    A dead-stock report flags every garment that hasn't sold in 30, 60, or 90 days, showing quantity, purchase value, and days since the last sale. In fashion, aged stock loses value fast as trends shift. Catching a slow line at 60 days lets you move it at a modest discount; finding it at six months means selling near scrap value.

  • Billing, GST & Barcode

    Does it apply the right GST slab for textiles automatically?

    Yes. Under GST 2.0 (effective 22 September 2025), readymade garments and made-up textile articles up to ₹2,500 per piece attract 5% GST; above ₹2,500 they attract 18%, each under its own HSN code. The earlier 12% slab and the old ₹1,000 threshold were removed. Accountune ships a built-in textile HSN database. You assign the code and slab once per product, and every invoice after that calculates CGST/SGST for intrastate or IGST for interstate sales automatically — so your GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B data is clean and file-ready.

  • Billing, GST & Barcode

    Can it bill using barcodes?

    Yes. You generate and print barcode labels for every variant directly from Accountune. At the counter, scanning a tag loads the product, size, colour, price and GST rate instantly, so a five-item sale takes under twenty seconds. It works with a USB scanner, a Bluetooth scanner, or your phone camera — no special hardware needed. During festive rushes this is the difference between a moving queue and lost walk-in sales.

  • Returns, Seasons & Credit

    How does season-wise stock tracking work?

    You tag each product with a season label — Summer, Winter, Festive, or any custom label you create. Sales and stock are then reported separately per collection, and you can compare this year's festive performance against last year's. The point is timing: if you can see by mid-October that a festive line is selling 40% slower than planned, you can discount early and clear it before the window shuts, instead of holding dead stock into the new year.

  • Returns, Seasons & Credit

    Does it track customer and supplier credit?

    Yes. Every buyer — retail or wholesale — and every supplier gets a dedicated ledger. Invoices, payments, purchase returns and outstanding balances update in real time. Automatic WhatsApp reminders go out at 7, 15 and 30 days past due, so collections don't depend on you remembering to call.

  • Security & Multi-Shop

    Can my CA access the data?

    Yes. On the Growth and Pro plans, your chartered accountant gets read-only remote access — they log in from their own office and pull GSTR-ready reports without visiting your shop or you couriering data. Because the underlying data is already coded with correct HSN and GST slabs, CA preparation time drops sharply.

  • Security & Multi-Shop

    Is my business data safe on the cloud?

    Yes. Data sits on AWS India servers (Mumbai/Bangalore), with 256-bit AES encryption, hourly automatic backups, ISO 27001-certified data centres, and a 99.9% uptime commitment. Cloud storage is actually safer than a local computer for a shop: hardware failure, theft, or power damage can wipe a desktop or a register, but your records stay intact and accessible from any device.

  • Security & Multi-Shop

    Can it manage two or more shops?

    Yes, on the Pro plan. You get multi-location and multi-GSTIN support with unlimited users, separate logins per staff and location, and an owner dashboard that shows every shop's sales in one view on your phone. Billing staff at each branch can't see profit or purchase cost, while you and your CA see the full picture across locations.

  • Pricing & Migration

    How is Accountune different from Tally for a garment shop?

    Tally is a powerful desktop accounting system, but it needs a trained operator, a dedicated computer, and ₹26,550 one-time plus ₹4,500/year TSS. It treats variant stock and textile HSN as manual setup. Accountune is built for cloth retail out of the box — variant matrix, textile HSN database, season tags, dead-stock alerts — runs on the phone, and costs ₹799–₹4,490/year. For a shop without a full-time accountant, the gap is operational, not just price.

  • Pricing & Migration

    Is it cheaper than Zoho Books or Vyapar?

    Zoho Books Standard is ₹8,988/year plus 18% GST and is service-business oriented, so garment variant depth is limited. Vyapar Mobile Silver is ₹699/year and Desktop Silver ₹3,420/year, but it's fundamentally mobile-plus-desktop rather than true cloud, with partial variant handling. Accountune sits at ₹799/year for Lite and ₹1,849 for Growth, with native variant and season features and built-in cloud. Compare on garment-specific features, not headline price alone.

  • Pricing & Migration

    What happens to my old data if I switch?

    Accountune provides free migration help, typically completed within 24–48 hours, from Tally, Vyapar, Marg, BUSY, Zoho or Excel. The team imports your products, parties and balances, and you can run both systems in parallel during the transition so nothing is lost. There's a no-data-loss commitment, and the migration is included with any paid plan — you don't rebuild your catalogue by hand.

  • Pricing & Migration

    How much does it cost and is there a free trial?

    Three yearly plans: Lite ₹799, Growth ₹1,849 (most popular), and Pro ₹4,490 — no monthly billing and no hidden costs. There's a free trial with no credit card required, and a 7-day money-back guarantee on paid plans. Free migration help is included. Growth adds e-invoicing, e-way bills and up to 3 users; Pro adds multi-location, unlimited users and API access.

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