Zoho Books' 2025 Wrapped
Before we turn the page to a new year, it’s time to revisit the updates that made financial management simpler and more intuitive. This annual roundup brings together the most impactful features and enhancements we delivered in 2025, offering a clear look at the updates that shaped your accounting experience this year.
We’re taking a moment to look back at the major updates we delivered throughout 2025. Here’s a curated recap of the features and enhancements that shaped the product across the year.
Bill Projects in Phases With Progress Invoicing
Progress invoicing lets you split a large project bill into smaller payments. With Zoho Books, you can bill customers at different project stages, keeping cash flowing and ensuring you get paid in manageable installments.
Automate Sales Tax With Avalara [US & Canada Editions]
Zoho Books partnered with Avalara to automate sales tax. When you create or edit a sales transaction, it instantly applies the correct tax based on your registration, what you sell, and your customer’s location, while also handling exemptions.
Simplify VAT on Second-Hand Goods With Profit Margin Scheme [UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & Oman Editions]
The Profit Margin Scheme (PMS) helps you avoid double taxation when dealing with second-hand goods. Instead of calculating VAT on the full selling price, it applies VAT only on the profit you make from reselling the item.
Group Related Customers With Customer Hierarchy
Customer Hierarchy lets you group related customers under a parent–child model. By grouping locations, departments, or projects under one parent customer, you can track transactions, streamline payments, and generate consolidated reports with ease.
Apply Multi-level Discount to Transactions [Global & India Edition]
You can now apply discounts at both the line item and transaction levels. You can even track and monitor discounts in separate accounts.
Introducing Partial Payments for Retainer Invoices [Global, US, and UK Editions]
You can now record partial payments for retainer invoices, allowing customers to settle their retainer balances in multiple installments.
Print Self-Invoice [India Edition]
GST-registered businesses must issue a self-invoice within 30 days when buying from an unregistered supplier under RCM. With Zoho Books, you can quickly generate and print self-invoices, ensuring GST compliance.
Configure Threshold Limits for e-Way Bills [India Edition]
You can set a custom e-Way Bill threshold limit based on a transaction’s taxable amount for intra-state movements.
Generate e-Way Bills for Intra-State Movement of Gold [India Edition]
You can generate e-Way Bills for intra-state movement of gold without needing Part-B or transporter details.
eTIMS Integration for Seamless e-Invoicing [Kenya Edition]
Zoho Books integrated with eTIMS, making e-Invoicing effortless. You can sync items, customers, invoices, bills, and users to the eTIMS portal and upload them to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for accurate, seamless, and compliant tax reporting.
Import/ Export E-Invoices in the XRechnung and the ZUGFeRD Format [Germany Edition]
Zoho Books supports the e-invoicing formats XRechnung 3.0.2 and ZUGFeRD. You can import bills and vendor credits in both formats, and export invoices and credit notes as XML files in XRechnung.
Export Transactions in Factur-X Format [Global Edition - France as country]
Factur-X is a standard for e-invoicing in France that embeds an XML file within a PDF/A-3 document. In Zoho Books, you can export your invoices and credit notes in the Factur-X format.
Reconcile Corporate Cards in Zoho Books
You can reconcile corporate cards added in Zoho Expense directly from the Banking module in Zoho Books. If automatic bank feeds are unavailable, you can manually import or exclude statements as needed.
Quick Categorize [US Edition]
Quick Categorize in Zoho Books lets you categorize multiple bank transactions at once. withdrawals are auto-treated as Expenses and deposits as Deposit From Other Accounts, making reconciliation faster and easier.
Axis Bank Connected Banking in Zoho Books [India Edition]
Zoho Books now supports Axis Bank Connected Banking, enabling you to initiate vendor payments directly from Zoho Books, fetch automatic bank feeds, and view live account balances.
Direct VAT Filing With EmaraTax [UAE Edition]
Zoho Books now supports direct integration with EmaraTax, allowing you to fetch VAT returns and voluntary disclosures, review mismatches, and file your VAT returns directly from Zoho Books. This helps you stay fully compliant with UAE tax regulations.
GST TDS [India Edition]
With Zoho Books, you can manage GST TDS for applicable contracts when the total value of a supply under an individual contract exceeds ₹2.5 lakh.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax [UK Edition]
Zoho Books supports Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, helping sole traders maintain digital records and comply with HMRC quarterly reporting. You can connect to HMRC, view submissions, map accounts, and submit updates directly within Zoho Books.
Manage TDS Payments Effortlessly [India Edition]
The new TDS module lets you track monthly TDS liabilities, generate reports, and manage challans in one place. You can create challans, link or override transactions, auto-allocate payments, record partial amounts, and update challan details easily.
Record Income TDS Without Linking It to an Invoice [India & Global Editions]
You can now record income TDS payments separately, without linking them to a specific invoice. These payments are posted directly against the related transactions, making it easier to handle cases where the TDS payment date differs from the invoice payment date.
Input Service Distributor [India Edition]
Zoho Books now supports ISD, enabling businesses to allocate ITC from centralized services across multiple locations efficiently.
Map Additional Columns in Your DATEV Export File [Germany Edition]
Your DATEV export file includes additional columns that remain empty unless mapped to fields in your Zoho Books organization. By mapping relevant fields to these columns, you can ensure their values are included in the export.
General Ledger (GL) Audit Numbering [Global Edition - France as country]
General Ledger (GL) Audit Numbering enables you to generate unique, sequential, and gap less audit numbers for your transactions in Zoho Books.
Customize Exchange Rate Gain & Loss Tracking Account
You can choose how exchange rate differences are recorded in Zoho Books. You can use the default Exchange Gain and Loss account or set separate income and expense accounts for clearer, detailed reporting.
Revenue Accounts Mapping [Germany Edition]
Revenue account mapping in Zoho Books lets you automatically track revenue under specific accounts. Selecting an item in a transaction auto-assigns the correct account, ensuring accurate revenue recording.
Chart View for Reports
With Chart View in reports, you can quickly turn your data into visual charts instead of viewing it in a plain table format. This makes it easier to understand trends, compare values, and gain insights at a glance.
Fichier des Écritures Comptables - FEC Report [Global Edition - France as country]
If your business operates in France, you must file the FEC report, which includes all accounting entries for the fiscal year. You can now generate it directly from Zoho Books.
Track Inventory Adjustments With New Reports
We’ve introduced Inventory Adjustment Summary and Inventory Adjustment Details reports to give deeper insights into inventory adjustments. Both reports support customizable columns, filters, multilevel grouping, custom reports, and scheduling.
Self-Employment Summary Report for Sole Traders [UK Edition]
The Self-Employment Summary report in Zoho Books helps sole traders track income and expenses for Self Assessment. It provides the figures needed to complete and submit SA103F or SA103S forms to HMRC, simplifying tax filing and ensuring accuracy.
Introducing Sales Summary Report
The Sales Summary Report gives you a clear overview of your daily sales activity. It shows the total number of invoices and sales receipts created each day, and includes credit notes issued, their amounts, and outstanding balances.
Advanced Reporting Tags
Advanced Reporting Tags let you track and filter transactions at both transaction and line-item levels. You can organize tags in a parent-child hierarchy, control visibility, restrict user access, and associate them to items, customers, vendors, and transactions for detailed reporting and better business insights.
Introducing Locations
We have introduced Locations in Zoho Books by merging the Branches and Warehouses features. With Locations, you can track the financial performance of different operational locations of your business and manage their inventory in one place. You can monitor stock and profits across branches with Business Locations, while Warehouse Locations allow inventory management at the line item level.
Configure Approvals at Module Level
You can set approvals at the module level for transactions like Quotes or Bills. Employees submit transactions for review, and approvers can edit and approve them, ensuring accuracy and preventing errors.
Blueprints
Blueprints let you define, automate, and streamline your business workflows in Zoho Books. While every module has a default life cycle, Blueprints help you create custom processes that match your business needs.
Enhancements to Record Locking
We’ve enhanced record locking and added a dedicated tab for it under Settings. Instead of being limited to a single rule, you can now create multiple locking configurations.
Webforms
Web Forms let you collect information from anyone inside or outside your organization through a simple, shareable form. In Zoho Books, you can create web forms for your custom modules, publish them, and share the form’s URL with others.
Configure Custom SMTP With Email Relays
You can configure email relay in Zoho Books using custom SMTP, allowing you to send emails directly from your own domain with improved reliability.
Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for Customer and Vendor Portals
Zoho Books lets you enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for your customer and vendor portals, adding an extra layer of security beyond just a username and password.
Replenishments
Replenishments in Zoho Books help you automatically restock low-stock items based on parameters like Reorder Level, Maximum Stock Level, and Order Type. Tasks are generated according to your configured schedule and can be used to create Purchase or Transfer Orders.
Introducing Kit Items
Kit Items in Zoho Books let you bundle multiple individual items and sell them as a unit without requiring manufacturing or assembly. Each kit has its own selling price, SKU, and tax settings, while stock is deducted from the individual components when sold.
Introducing the New Assemblies Module
Zoho Books now offers a dedicated Assemblies module, replacing the former Bundles feature. Assemblies come with customizable columns, support for custom views, advanced search, quick create functionality, and dedicated assembly reports.
The Zoho BillPay add-on gives businesses full control over accounts payable. From onboarding vendors and managing approvals to matching POs with bills, reconciling payments, and handling batch transactions, BillPay streamlines the process, saving time, reducing errors, and improving efficiency.
Zoho Books offers plan-based trials, letting you explore five different plans: Standard, Professional, Premium, Elite, and Ultimate. By default, new organizations are assigned the Premium trial plan.
We've launched the Singapore edition of Zoho Books, tailored specifically for businesses operating in Singapore. This edition comes with GST-compliant invoicing, and features designed to help Singaporean businesses manage their finances seamlessly and stay compliant.
iOS
- At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and watchOS 26. We’ve integrated these updates into Zoho Books to upgrade your bookkeeping experience across all your Apple devices.
- Create invoices in stages based on your project’s progress with progress invoicing.
- Accept contact less payments instantly using Tap to Pay.
- Securely send, sign, and manage documents digitally with seamless Zoho Sign integration.
- Offer customers a smoother payment experience with integrated Paytm payment gateway support.
- Sync your sales pipeline with your finances by integrating Zoho Books with Bigin.
Android
- Easily request and collect W9 forms directly through email.
- You can now manually create bank accounts.
- Payment approvals are now supported with a streamlined approval workflow.
- Bulk download and print options are now available for invoices.
- Apply multiple discounts effortlessly within a single transaction.
- Stamp details are now captured in payments received for the Mexico edition.
- We now support the Singapore edition of Zoho Books.
- Accept contact less payments instantly with Stripe Tap to Pay.
- Added support for managing and validating CSG Forte credentials.
Windows
- Create invoices in phases as each stage of your project is completed with progress invoicing.
- Add an extra layer of control by approving vendor payments before they’re processed.
- Track and manage your stock across multiple warehouses or locations effortlessly.
- Override taxes while editing transactions.
- Stay compliant with updated e-invoicing requirements for Spain and Belgium.
- Across the globe, we ran over 100 webinars in 10+ regional languages, making it easier for users everywhere to understand and get more out of Zoho Books.
- We also hosted 50+ events across global cities, giving users practical, hands-on learning of the latest Zoho Books features and updates
Thank you for being part of our 2025 story. With every release, we aim to make your accounting experience more intuitive and impactful. We look forward to shaping an even stronger, smarter Zoho Books in the year ahead. Here’s to the progress we made together in 2025 and to the innovations waiting ahead.
Cheers to a bright and productive 2026 ahead!
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