Addsworth for Mac
Core Edition for Mac · free to try, $499 one-time
Canadian accounting
for Mac
Addsworth Accounting keeps double-entry books for Canadian businesses on your Mac, with GST/HST reports, GIFI mapping and the year-end close. It holds several companies, and a companion app works with the same books on iPhone and iPad.
In beta on TestFlight — how to join.
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Complete accounting
Double-entry journals, bank rec, reports, GST/HST, and year-end close.
CRA-aligned
GIFI mapping, printable GST/HST forms, and fiscal period controls built in.
Own it on Mac
Free to try on the sample company. $499 one-time covers every company you keep, permanently.
Built for Canadian Business
Addsworth maps your accounts to the CRA's General Index of Financial Information (GIFI) for the T2 schedules. The tax code on each journal line writes its GST/HST to the sales tax accounts and into the GST/HST report. Your T2 schedules and your GST/HST report agree with your books.
Chart of Accounts
Add accounts, assign CRA GIFI codes, and keep your trial balance aligned with your tax working papers.
Journal Entries & Posting
Double-entry journals with separate debit and credit columns. A locked period accepts no postings, which protects figures already reported to the CRA. The audit log records each reopening, with the user, the time and the reason.
Financial Reports
Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, and Trial Balance — with grouped sections, custom templates, and CSV, PDF, or print export.
GST/HST Compliance
A line-by-line report of your return’s figures, built from your books and kept as versions: the version you filed keeps its figures, and an amendment lists each line it changes. Record the filing date and confirmation number, settle and pay from the report, and use the Quick Method with its $400,000 limit measured for you.
Sales Tax on Every Line
Choose a tax code and the editor writes the GST/HST and provincial tax lines to your tax accounts. Enter amounts with tax included, set the place of supply for a journal or a single line, and record your PST, RST or QST registration.
Bank Reconciliation
Import bank statements from a CSV file and reconcile them against your ledger.
Starter Charts & Import
A new company starts with a chart of accounts for its type and province. Import a chart with a review before anything is written, and renumber an account after posting with its history kept.
Bad Debts
Write off a bad debt and record its recovery, with the GST/HST adjustment, and the BC PST share where it applies, worked out for you.
Multi-Company
Manage multiple businesses from one installation at no extra cost. Each company has its own chart of accounts, journals, and fiscal periods.
Fiscal Period Management
Create fiscal years and set each period to Open, Adjustment Only or Locked. Each change of status goes into the audit log.
Customer & Vendor Management
Maintain customer and vendor records, tag eligible AR/AP journal lines, and report GL-level balances by customer or vendor.
iCloud Sync & Local Backups
Your data lives on your Mac and can sync through your private iCloud account. Local backup and restore tools are included.
macOS Screenshots
macOS workflow from onboarding to year end. Use the arrows for more.
Designed and built in Canada. Addsworth Accounting keeps your books and your CRA reporting in one Mac app.
The dashboard shows cash, receivables, what the business owes, net worth and six financial ratios, all from posted entries.
Multi-level Chart of Accounts. Open accounts to see posted transactions, edit to add Bank Account and GIFI Code links.
Bank and GL Account linking makes reconciling bank statements quick.
Journal editor with jurisdiction-aware, Canadian sales tax codes.
Generate the line by line GST/HST report from your books; record the return's filing date and CRA confirmation number.
Generate T2 Schedule 100 & Schedule 125 summaries with prior-year comparatives. Print or export to PDF and CSV.
Copy a customizable report from the built-in Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow or Trial Balance seed templates.
Track customer/vendor balances at the GL level with tagged journal lines and AR/AP reporting.
Generate the year-end closing journal, review it, then finalize it to close the fiscal year.
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Native on Mac
Addsworth Accounting is a native Mac app, with a companion app for iPhone and iPad.
Works Offline
Your books are stored on your Mac, and day-to-day accounting needs no internet connection. iCloud sync is optional on the Mac — but the iPhone and iPad companion receives your books through it, so it needs sync switched on.
Privacy
No Addsworth account or password is required. Primary financial data stays on your Mac and, when you enable sync, in your iCloud account.
One Purchase
You buy Core once, and every future version of Core is yours, with the fixes and compatibility work that keep it current on macOS. Supported on the current macOS and the one before it.
Companion on iPhone and iPad
Capture draft journals and browse the full ledger on iPhone and iPad, and edit routine data on an iPad. Posting stays on your Mac. The FAQ sets out what each device does.
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Pricing
Both apps are free to download. The Mac app unlocks with a single purchase; the iPhone and iPad companion is a monthly subscription. Prices in Canadian dollars.
Addsworth Accounting
For Mac.
$499 one-time · free to download
Try every feature free on the built-in sample company. Payment begins when you create a company of your own.
- Every company you keep, on one unlock
- Chart of Accounts with GIFI mapping
- Journal entries & posting, with sales tax lines written for you
- Customer & vendor balance tracking
- Financial reports, templates & export
- Bank reconciliation with CSV import
- GST/HST reports kept as versions
- T2 Schedules 50, 100 and 125, and T2125
- Fiscal period controls & audit trail
- Year-end closing entries
- Optional iCloud sync
- Built-in help centre
Addsworth Companion
For iPhone and iPad.
$20/month · 7-day free trial
Works on books created on your Mac. Requires Addsworth Accounting for Mac with iCloud sync switched on.
- Review your financial reports
- Browse the Chart of Accounts and journals
- Capture draft journals on iPhone and iPad
- Edit routine data on iPad
- Posting stays on the Mac, as do companies
Later editions
Later editions layer onto your existing app, with Business and Tax priced as separate layers.
Business
Receivables and payables as full subledgers — customer invoicing, vendor bills, payment application and statements — alongside fixed assets and recurring journals.
Tax
Corporation and partnership return preparation on the same ledger, with expanded T2 schedules, filing-status tracking, and electronic filing to the CRA.
Why Addsworth
Canadian Tax Reporting
GIFI codes, GST/HST reports, T2 Schedule 50, 100 and 125 summaries, T2125 support and fiscal period controls are all part of Core.
One Purchase, Every Company
Add the companies your work needs, each with its own chart of accounts, journals and fiscal periods. One unlock covers them all, whether you keep a single set of books or a practice full of them.
Where Your Data Is Kept
Your data is stored on your Mac and, when sync is on, in your iCloud account.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a GIFI code?
The General Index of Financial Information (GIFI) is a CRA code set used to report financial statement data on Canadian tax returns. Every line on your Balance Sheet and Income Statement maps to a GIFI code. Addsworth includes all 769 CRA GIFI codes.
What does it cost, and can I try it first?
Addsworth Accounting is a free download, and every feature works against the built-in sample company, with no time limit. A single $499 CAD purchase lets you create companies of your own. Sample data exists for evaluation and cannot be filed with the CRA.
Do I need an internet connection?
No. Day-to-day accounting works entirely offline. An internet connection is needed only for iCloud sync and Apple services such as the App Store.
Can I manage multiple companies?
Yes. One unlock covers every company you keep, each with its own chart of accounts, journals, fiscal periods, and tax settings. The licence is held by you rather than by any one company, so a bookkeeper carrying a full client list buys once.
How does Addsworth handle GST/HST and provincial sales tax?
You enter a line at its price and choose its tax code. The editor works out the tax and writes it to your GST/HST or provincial tax accounts, on a line of its own. You can enter an amount with tax included, change a tax amount to match a supplier’s rounding, and set the place of supply for a whole journal or one line. A company that is registered for PST, RST or QST states it once, and a sale in that province is offered the combined code.
What happens to a GST/HST report once you file the return?
Each save of a period’s report is kept as a version. You file the return yourself, online or on paper, from the report’s figures; then record the filing date and the confirmation number the CRA gives you. The version you filed keeps its figures; a later version amends it and lists each line it changes. From the report you settle the tax accounts and record the payment or refund. Addsworth does not file the return for you.
What platforms are supported?
Addsworth Accounting runs on Mac. Addsworth Companion runs on iPhone and iPad, and is a separate subscription.
Do I need a Mac to use the iPhone or iPad app?
Yes. Addsworth Companion works on books created on your Mac — it cannot create companies of its own. It receives your data through iCloud, so sync must be switched on in Addsworth Accounting. Without a Mac and iCloud, the companion has nothing to show you.
What can I actually do on an iPhone or iPad?
Both devices capture draft journals. You can create, edit, save, copy and delete a draft at the client's office or the supplier's counter, and post it later on the Mac. An iPad goes further and edits routine data: the descriptive fields of bank accounts, new accounts added to the chart of accounts, bank reconciliation, and generating reports. Editing an existing account and closing a posting period stay on the Mac. An iPhone browses the ledger and runs the dashboard. Neither device posts. Posting and reversal, creating a company, opening balances, fiscal periods, tax configuration, imports, GIFI code assignment, and anything else that changes a figure you report to the CRA all stay on the Mac.
Is my financial data secure?
Your data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your private iCloud account. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Is Addsworth available yet?
Addsworth Accounting is in beta on TestFlight. To join, see Test the Beta. This page will carry the App Store link once it is live.
What's the difference between the editions?
Addsworth Accounting ships the Core edition: general ledger accounting, GL-level customer and vendor balance tracking, bank reconciliation, financial reports, GST/HST reports kept as versions, sales tax lines written from each tax code, bad-debt write-off and recovery, printable and exportable T2 Schedule 50, 100 and 125 summaries, and T2125 support. Business covers receivables and payables as full subledgers — invoicing, bills, payment application and statements — with fixed assets and recurring journals. Tax covers corporation and partnership return preparation on the same ledger, with expanded T2 schedules, filing-status tracking, and electronic filing to the CRA. In every edition, the figures can be printed or exported for you to file by other means.
Where do I find help?
In the app: the Help button in the toolbar opens every guide, with search. On the web: addsworth.com/help lists the same guides and carries the ones worth reading before you download, starting with Getting Started.
Help
Each guide covers one task, such as reconciling a bank account or backing up your books. The app also has guides on the CRA rules for GST/HST, the Quick Method and the T2 schedules. You can search every guide from the Help button in the app.
Start here
Getting Started with Addsworth Accounting
Create your first company, read the dashboard, set up the chart of accounts, record journal entries, reconcile a bank account, track GST/HST, run reports and back up your data, in eight steps.
Test the Beta
Addsworth Accounting is in beta on TestFlight, Apple's service for testing an app before its release. To join, email support@fairknowe.com from the address you would like the invitation sent to. You need a Mac with macOS 15.6 or later. An iPhone or iPad with iOS 18.6 or later is optional.
Each tester who sends one written report on a beta build receives an offer code for an Addsworth Core licence for the Mac, without charge, when Core goes on sale in the Canadian App Store, where it is priced at $499. A written report describes a task you did in the app, in enough detail for us to repeat it, and what you found. Something missing or unclear counts as much as a fault, and so does a result that falls short of what you expected. The Beta Terms, shown when you install the build, set the conditions.
Contact
Addsworth is developed by Fairknowe Inc.
Questions? Reach us at support@fairknowe.com