Accounting isn’t for taxes. Accounting is for running the business.

The logic of double-entry bookkeeping is commonly associated with Luca Pacioli, who described it in 1494. Since then, accounting has been the instrument that makes a company measurable, controllable, and scalable.

And today there’s a very “Swiss” paradox: Switzerland has about 637'000 companies, and over 90% are SMEs.
Yet a large share of these businesses still operate without real-time bookkeeping. In practice, many rely on a Treuhandgesellschaft mainly for tax filings and the year-end close — and the Balance Sheet (Bilanz) arrives months after the financial year ends.

That’s why many owners assume accounting exists “for taxes only.” But to actually manage a business, you need the key numbers in front of you at all times: Balance Sheet, P&L / Income Statement (Erfolgsrechnung), VAT (MWST), liquidity / cash flow, cash accounts (Kasse), bank accounts, and open items — open AR & AP (Offene Posten in Debitoren- und Kreditorenbuchhaltung) — and, if relevant, crypto wallets.

Without that, running a company is like driving at night without headlights and without a dashboard: you can move forward, but the risk of wrong decisions is high.

Hiring an in-house accountant? Expensive.
This is where technology and AI change the economics: with Arvut, you delegate the bookkeeping and operational routine to us — and you get the effect of a “24/7 accountant,” often at a cost lower than hiring even a junior or an intern.

On top of that, we handle the routine around incoming and outgoing invoices (Eingangs- und Ausgangsrechnungen): payment statuses, payment proofs (Zahlungsnachweise), supporting documents (Belege), and reminders / dunning (Mahnwesen).

And you get a fully digital office — one workspace for customers, contacts, opportunities, tasks, meetings, and communication.

In the second video, I’ll show you our accounting app. It’s not built for accountants — it’s built for owners and management: a clear, “showroom-style” dashboard where, in a few clicks, you see your financial position and instantly open the supporting document linked to each posting.

Demo version of our accounting software is available at: https://demo.arvut.ch
Login: Demo, Password: Demo.

Select the company Simple Example AG and the year 2023.

We run accounting simultaneously in four languages: German, French, Italian, and English.

Journal entries — this section shows all transactions.
Blue icons indicate transactions related to accounts payable, and green icons indicate transactions related to accounts receivable. Click an icon to see the transaction history for a specific account. Each journal entry includes the relevant supporting document.

In the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable sections, you will find the open items registers.

Cost Center / Profit Center — expenses and income by department.

In the VAT section, you can see VAT paid and VAT payable.

The Balance Sheet is the core report showing assets and liabilities.
Assets: funds in bank accounts, cash accounts, and crypto wallets; accounts receivable; accumulated VAT; fixed assets (with depreciation).
Liabilities: the company’s obligations.
Total assets equal total liabilities. Profit is also reflected on the liabilities/equity side — its calculation is shown in the Profit and Loss (P&L) report.
From any line, you can drill down into the account details.
In the Accounts section, you can see movements for all ledger accounts.

All information is available at any time, from any computer.
This is more than just accounting software: it also includes vendor and customer invoice management, sales and expense charts, and flexible period selection (one year, two years, three months, etc.).
A ready-to-use report for the tax authorities is also available — you can print it or save it as a PDF.

And we do all the work for you — using AI and modern technology. As a result, you are freed from routine tasks and can focus on managing and growing your business.
In the video above, you can explore the software in more detail.