Frequently Asked Questions

Meet Zac, your AI Accountant — and the accounting system he works in. Can't find your question? Ask us in a 10-minute live demo.

Zac and Zaccount

What can Zac do?

Zac is an AI agent built into your accounting system. He drafts your entries straight from your documents, with the documents attached, checks expense claims, and flags problems against IRAS rules and SFRS(I). And you can ask him anything about your numbers.

Does Zac post entries by itself?

No. Everything Zac prepares is a Draft — nothing reaches your accounts until you confirm it. Zac can’t change settings, the chart of accounts, users or permissions, and everything he does is recorded in the audit trail. More on security →

How does Zac help with month-end closing?

Zac does the legwork: he matches your bank statements to invoices and bills, drafts the missing bills and accrual journals, and flags anything that looks wrong before you close the month. Then he prepares your management report in Excel, or this month’s results in a copy of your own template — with an in-depth analysis.

Can Zaccount replace our separate inventory software?

Yes — Zaccount manages your inventory and warehouses and links it all to your accounting. Goodbye to dual systems and endless paperwork: move your operations over, and your stock value always equals the Inventory account in your ledger, at any date. More on inventory management →

Can we move over from our current system?

Easily — we do the heavy lifting with you. Your chart of accounts, contacts, items, stock and opening balances come straight in from your old system’s reports, and Zac gets you ready for Zaccount. More on moving to Zaccount →

Meet Zac

Meet Zac →
Is Zac a separate app?

No. Zac is built into Zaccount — open him from any screen, and he works with the records you’re looking at.

What can Zac read?

PDFs, photos of receipts, Excel and CSV files, contracts and bank statements — up to 300 pages in one supplier-bill file.

Who can use Zac?

Anyone in your company you give a Zac seat to. Everyone else uses Zaccount as normal.

Which costing methods does it support?

FIFO and weighted average. Purchases in other currencies are costed in Singapore dollars, and every reversal puts back exactly the cost it took.

Can we run several warehouses?

Yes. Stock is held per warehouse, with transfers between them, and reports by warehouse.

How does it help at year-end?

Stock valuation as at any date, count adjustments with reasons, and write-downs to net realisable value — all in the system, all tied to your ledger.

Project Accounting

Project Accounting →
How is revenue recognised?

By percentage of completion: billing is held in Deferred Income and costs in work in progress, then recognised together as the job progresses. Completion is measured by cost incurred against the budgeted cost — the cost-to-cost method under SFRS(I) 15.

Can one bill be shared across several jobs?

Yes — a Cost Adjustment splits it line by line, each line capped at what’s left of the original entry.

What happens when the budget changes?

Revise Budget records the new figure and keeps the history; the budget can’t be set below the cost already spent.

How are variations handled?

A variation order becomes its own quotation and project, linked to the original, so its revenue and cost stay clear.

Service Contracts

Service Contracts →
Can each unit have its own fee?

Yes — each piece of equipment has its own line, frequency and fee per visit.

What do technicians see?

Only the jobs assigned to them, with no fees or billing. They sign off visits and add photos from their phone.

What if a unit couldn’t be serviced?

Mark it Not serviced with a reason. That line isn’t billed, and the reason stays on the record.

How do renewals work?

Renew keeps the contract number and records the new term’s dates, fees and PO; past terms stay on the contract.

Expense Claims

Expense Claims →
Can staff claim from their phone?

Yes — the claim form works on a phone, and each line takes a photo of its receipt.

Does Zac approve or reject claims?

No. Zac reads the receipts and leaves notes for the approver; the approver decides, and finance posts.

How does GST on claims reach the GST return?

Each line carries its tax code. A posted claim’s claimable GST goes to Input Tax and into the GST report; disallowed GST stays in the cost.

Can a claim be charged to a project?

Yes — a claim can be for a project or a contract, and its cost lands on that job when it’s posted.

How are staff paid?

From any bank account in your base currency, one at a time or several together, or through Airwallex. Reconcile matches the bank line to the claims it paid.

Security

Security →
Where is our data stored?

In Singapore — your books, files and sign-in data — and backed up daily.

Can staff in one company see another company’s books?

No. Each company’s books are kept separate, and access is given company by company.

Can anyone change the audit trail?

No. It’s written by the database itself, which refuses any edit or deletion, and it can’t be switched off.

Is our data used to train AI?

No. Zac is powered by Anthropic’s Claude, and under Anthropic’s commercial terms your data is not used to train AI models.