Resources
Plain-English guides to owning your books
Straight explanations of Australian small-business accounting, compliance and the ideas behind SAE Books — written to be useful first, and to show their sources.
What a Valid Tax Invoice Needs Under Australian GST
Learn which fields make a tax invoice valid under Australian GST law, when one is required, and how SAE Books records compliant invoices via its API.
Read the guide → GuidePeppol e-Invoicing Explained for Australian Small Business
Understand how Peppol e-invoicing works in Australia, what Access Points do, and how SAE Books connects small businesses to the Peppol network.
Read the guide → GuideSingle Touch Payroll Phase 2 and BAS Reporting in Australia
How Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 works, what disaggregated reporting means for BAS obligations, and how SAE Books handles both in one ledger.
Read the guide → GuideOpen Banking and the Consumer Data Right Explained
Learn how Australia's Consumer Data Right enables open banking via secure APIs, what accreditation means, and how CDR bank feeds work in SAE Books.
Read the guide → Guide · The basicsWhat Is SAE Books? An API-First Ledger You Actually Own
Most accounting software rents you access to your own books. SAE Books is the opposite bet: a double-entry ledger built API-first, self-hosted by default, and open source — so the numbers that run your business live on infrastructure you control.
Read the guide →More guides on GST, BAS, STP Phase 2, open banking and self-hosting are on the way.