43.6532° N, 79.3832° W · Toronto

Hello, bonjour · Software development · Canada

You think, we build

You think of a GST/HST invoice tool for an Ottawa consultancy. We build it.

Baats LLC is a software development company. You bring the idea, and we design, build and run the software that makes it real. Our prime product is Baats Accounting, accounting and e-invoicing software for businesses in Canada.

TorontoMon to Fri

BAATS-CANADA-001Shipped

Idea“Invoices that charge the right GST, HST, QST or PST for wherever the customer is in Canada.”

  1. ThinkRead place-of-supply rules for every province
  2. SpecTax lines for GST, HST, QST and PST
  3. BuildReturns for the CRA and Revenu Québec
  4. ShipBaats Accounting Canada

ProductBaats Accounting

  • GST 5%
  • HST 13 to 15%
  • QST 9.975%
  • PST
  • CRA
  • Revenu Québec
  • English and French
  • CAD

Canada at a glance

The rules we build around in Canada.

GST
5% federal
HST
13% to 15% in participating provinces
QST
9.975% in Québec
Languages
English and French

Ideas we'd build in Canada

Made for how business works in Canada.

Examples of the kind of software we build. Bring yours.

English and French

Apps and documents in both official languages, with Québec French where it matters.

Seasonal and field work

Dispatch, routing and invoicing for snow, landscaping and construction crews.

Cross-province selling

Checkout and invoicing that apply the right provincial tax to every sale.

Our prime product

We build for clients the way we build for ourselves.

Baats Accounting is the product we designed, built and run every day. It handles some of the strictest software rules there are: tax authority e-invoicing, digital signatures and returns that must add up to the cent. That is the standard we bring to your project.

Prime product

Baats Accounting Canada

Accounting software for Canadian businesses. GST, HST, QST and PST worked out on every invoice, with returns ready for the CRA and Revenu Québec.

  • GST/HST, QST and PST
  • CRA and Revenu Québec returns
  • Sales tax by province
  • Bank reconciliation

CAD 32per user per month, before GST/HST and provincial taxes. 14-day free trial.

Visit canada.baatsaccounting.com

What we build

From a first sketch to software people rely on.

Think

Product discovery

We start with your idea and the people who will use it. Workshops, user journeys and a clickable prototype, so you see the product before a line of production code.

Build

Web applications

Fast, secure web apps and customer portals, from internal tools to full SaaS dashboards, built to work on every screen size.

Build

Mobile apps

iOS and Android apps that share one codebase where it makes sense and go native where it matters.

Build

SaaS platforms

Multi-tenant products with sign-up, billing, roles and audit trails. The same foundations we use for Baats Accounting.

Build

Integrations and APIs

Tax authority portals, e-invoicing networks, payment gateways, banks and ERPs, connected so your data moves on its own.

Run

Cloud, support and care

Hosting, monitoring, backups and updates after launch, with a team that already knows your code.

How we work and what a project looks like

How a project runs

Four steps, the same ones every time.

  1. Think

    We listen, read your market's rules and agree what success looks like. You get a short written brief.

    1 to 2 weeks
  2. Spec

    Screens, data and a clickable prototype. You get a fixed price and a date for the build.

    2 to 3 weeks
  3. Build

    Short cycles with a working release every two weeks that you can try yourself.

    From 6 weeks
  4. Ship

    Launch, monitoring and a support plan. We stay on to run and improve it.

    Ongoing

Hello, bonjour. Got an idea? Tell us. We'll build it.

Send a few lines about what you want to make. We reply within one business day with questions, a rough plan and a way to start.