Countries · Africa
Accounting, invoicing & POS software for South Africa.
Retailers, restaurants, contractors, hire companies, and small manufacturers across South Africa run on one platform: 15% VAT posted on every transaction, rand books that also carry dollars, and branches that report separately and together.
- 15% VAT as the shipped default
- Tills that keep selling when the connection drops
- Multi-branch books under one company
- Trades, hire, and retail on one platform
Workspace settings
ZA- Country
- South Africa
- Base currency
- ZAR · South African rand
- VAT
- 15%
- Registration
- VAT registration number
- Languages
- English
Chosen once at setup. Rates, labels, currency, and financial year stay editable — a new rate is a setting, not an upgrade.
Out of the box
What ships for South Africa.
These are the defaults the workspace starts with when you pick the country. Every one of them is a setting you can change.
| Setting | Default for South Africa |
|---|---|
| Tax regime | VAT, with inclusive or exclusive pricing per business, and tax split to its own ledger on every posting. |
| Shipped rates |
|
| On documents | Your VAT registration number and business details on every invoice, quotation, receipt, and voucher. |
| Currency | South African rand (ZAR) as base currency; any other currency on documents with the exchange rate carried into the books. |
| Languages | Workspace in English ; French, German, Spanish, Arabic, and Hindi are also available. |
| Financial year | Companies choose their own year end; the end of February is common. Set yours, and lock closed periods. |
Why it fits here
Built for how business runs in South Africa.
Power interruptions make an offline-first till a practical necessity rather than a feature. Flowyana’s POS keeps selling and printing when the connection is gone, then syncs every settlement back to the books with VAT split out.
A February year end, a 15% rate, and zero-rated lines added where you need them are all settings; closed periods lock, and every posting keeps its audit trail.
Compliance, stated plainly
E-invoicing and filing in South Africa
VAT is in force at 15%; vendors file periodic VAT returns with SARS. SARS has signalled a modernisation of VAT reporting, but no e-invoicing mandate is in force.
Source: South African Revenue Service (SARS), as of September 2026.
What Flowyana does — and does not — claim
- Does: posts VAT to its own ledger on every sale, purchase, expense, and POS settlement; keeps a tax summary that agrees with the ledger; puts your VAT registration number on every document; locks closed periods.
- Does not: claim certified integration with any e-invoicing or filing platform. Get any vendor’s status in writing before you buy — including ours — and let your accountant confirm what and when you must file.
Common in this market
The businesses we see most in South Africa.
Each industry has its own page with the module set, the workflow, and the automation that fits it — and each buys only the modules it runs.
Retail & supermarkets
Barcode tills that keep selling offline, stock per branch.
See the setup →Restaurants & cafés
Floors, tables, kitchen tickets, VAT-inclusive menus.
See the setup →Contractors & field service
Job cards, tickets, and invoicing from one client record.
See the setup →Hire & rental companies
Equipment and property on one register, availability enforced.
See the setup →Producers & manufacturers
BOMs, production orders, wastage, cost from real runs.
See the setup →Questions
Flowyana in South Africa, answered.
Is South African VAT set up?
Yes. The South Africa profile ships 15% VAT with inclusive or exclusive pricing; zero-rated codes are added as settings. Tax posts to its own ledger on every sale, purchase, expense, and POS settlement.
Does the POS work without internet?
Yes. The till keeps selling and printing without a connection and syncs when it returns. The device itself still needs power.
Does Flowyana file VAT returns with SARS?
No. It gives you VAT-split books and a tax summary to prepare the return from; filing is done on eFiling or through your accountant.
Also in Africa
See Flowyana set up for South Africa.
Tell us what you sell and how many branches you run in South Africa. We’ll set the workspace up with your VAT rates, currency, and documents, walk you through it live, and follow up with an itemized quote.