Where AI saves accounting time

If entering, checking and posting a purchase bill takes five minutes by hand and 30 seconds with AI, that task is 10× faster. From three minutes, it is 6×.

That is a worked example. Edernal has not measured this speed-up.

Enter a purchase bill

Copying the supplier, invoice reference, lines and tax into a form is work AI can take on. In the Edernal Books pilot, a photo or PDF is read for review. A draft is created once the supplier and required details are ready.

The person checks the draft against the original and posts it. The saving comes from replacing typing with review. A blurred photo, a new supplier or an unusual purchase can still take longer.

Use the short bill-review checklist.

Record a payment

When a customer sends a payment screenshot, first check the credit in your bank record. Google Pay’s own guidance tells recipients to match the transaction reference and amount with their statement.

Once you have checked the credit, try ‘Ramesh paid ₹5,000 by UPI for INV-410’. In early-access Ask, Edernal prepares a receipt for confirmation. Check the customer, amount, payment method and which invoice it settles.

Leave out the invoice number and Edernal proposes settling the oldest dues first. Ask uses the details you type; it does not read the payment screenshot.

Create invoices and reminders

Try ‘Create an invoice for Ramesh for 10 tins of paint at ₹800 each’ or ‘Remind my overdue customers’.

With changes enabled, Ask prepares an invoice or reminder list for approval. The reminder preview lists the customers and dues, and flags missing phone numbers and invoices reminded in the last three days. Delivery to real customers is not yet verified.

Count the whole job

Try a representative batch of your own bills. Record hands-on time and elapsed time separately. Include uploads, waiting, review, corrections and failed reads. Compare both routes at the same level of accuracy.

Time bill entry, receipts and reminders separately. A faster bill-entry task leaves the CA’s judgement, reconciliation and other work to be done. The useful result is knowing which part of your day got shorter, and by how much.

Product status checked on 9 November 2026. Ask changes are off by default and follow each person’s permissions. Bill capture is in the pilot. Ask us whether these workflows are open to your business.

See what Ask can prepare in Edernal.

Choosing AI accounting software: questions to test in a demo.

Source

Google Pay Help: check a recipient’s bank statement against the transaction reference and amount.