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Bakeries, sweet shops and mithai counters

Bakery and sweet shop billing software in Nepal

Sweets sell by the kilo or the piece, and each bill takes them off today's count. What is left at closing is written off with a reason, so you see what to bake less of.

  • IRD-format VAT invoices
  • Sweets sold by the kilo or the piece
  • Wastage written off with a reason
  • Free trial, no card required
A café owner in an apron writes up a bill at a table beside his laptop.

In short

What billing software works for a bakery or sweet shop in Nepal?

A bakery or sweet shop in Nepal needs quick counter bills, sweets sold by the kilo or the piece, and a daily count of what is left. Kuver Books gives you counter billing, units with their own prices, expiry on bought-in lots and wastage written off with a reason. It has no recipe module, and it is listed by the Inland Revenue Department under the Electronic Billing Procedure 2074.

Before and after

What changes when a bakery starts counting its trays?

The dashboard shows your top-selling items, so you know what to bake more of. A free connected online store is included with every plan. It is built from the catalogue you already bill from, so boxed sweets and packed goods can sell online from the same stock, and online orders come back into your books.

  • Wastage gets a number

    Every write-off carries a reason and an approval, and a month of adjustment history shows which items you over-bake, which is the evidence for baking less of them.

    Before: Unsold goods thrown away at closing, with no record of how much or which items.

  • Orders stop living in a diary

    Each one is a sales order with an expected date and a status everybody can see, and it becomes the bill on collection without anyone copying it out again.

    Before: Festival and cake orders written in a diary next to the phone.

  • Ingredients and packaging get a minimum

    Bought-in stock is held by lot, low-stock banners appear before a shortage, and the Dashain stock planning guide helps you buy ahead of the festival weeks.

    Before: Running out of khuwa, cream or boxes in the middle of the busiest morning.

  • Every sale is a proper bill

    Invoice numbers run in sequence, reprints are marked as copies, and there are 32 built-in reports laid out by Nepali fiscal year for your accountant.

    Before: A bill book for VAT customers and loose chits for everyone else.

Bakeries and sweet shops

What Kuver Books does for you each day

Sell sweets by the kilo, count today's bake, and see which trays end up as wastage.

  • Barfi by the kilo, keyed in grams

    Give barfi a kilo unit with its own price, then key the weight your scale shows.

  • This morning's bake into stock

    Trays go into stock through an approved adjustment, so the screen shows what is left to sell.

  • Unsold trays written off at closing

    Wastage leaves stock with a reason and an approval. A month of records shows which items you over-bake.

  • Cake and festival orders in advance

    A sales order holds the customer, the expected date and the lines, then converts into the bill.

  • Flour, ghee and boxes by lot

    Ingredients and boxes carry batches and expiry, and a minimum level warns you before they run out.

Bakeries and sweet shops, hour by hour

What does a day at a bakery counter look like?

  1. Early morning

    The first trays go into stock

    The ovens have been on since before dawn, and the first trays of bread, pastries and sel roti come out to the counter. Kuver Books has no recipe and no production order, so it does not know what happened in the kitchen. It records the result. The morning’s bake goes into stock through an approved adjustment, each item with its own batch, so the counter sells from a real count instead of an empty one. Flour, ghee and sugar are marked purchase-only, so they never turn up on a bill.

  2. Mid-morning

    Half a kilo of barfi and two pastries

    The counter gets busy. A customer wants half a kilo of barfi, a quarter of kaju katli and two pastries. Each sweet is a product with a kilo or gram unit and its own price, so the cashier picks it and keys the weight the scale shows. The pastries are sold by the piece. Tax is set per item, so a taxable line carries 13% VAT and a non-taxable one does not, and the bill prints at receipt width. If the cashier is called away mid-bill, the draft is waiting when they come back. Each bill takes what it sells off the morning’s count, so by afternoon the product list shows which trays are still full. There is still time to sell them, with a line discount if you want one.

  3. Afternoon

    Tihar orders taken, khuwa bill photographed

    In the weeks before Tihar the phone rings with orders for boxes of sweets. Each one goes down as a sales order with the customer, the expected date and the lines, and on collection it converts into a tax invoice with nothing re-typed. The open orders list is what the kitchen bakes to, since an order does not hold stock aside on its own. The khuwa and cream delivery arrives with a printed bill, and it is photographed rather than typed. Photograph the bill (PNG or JPEG), up to 5 photos per batch, 20 MB each. You check the filled-in purchase bill beside the photo, approve it, and the lot is opened. 25 AI bill scans a day included on Standard and Premium.

  4. Closing

    What is left, counted and written off

    At closing, what will not sell tomorrow is counted. Day-old bread and cream cakes leave stock through an inventory adjustment with the batch, a reason and an approval, so wastage becomes a number you can watch. Collections are recorded against the method they came in on, since you can record payments across 10 Nepali methods: cash, Khalti, eSewa, bank transfer, ConnectIPS, Fonepay, IME Pay, PrabhuPay, card and mobile banking, the cash-flow ledger locks once the day is closed, and depositing the cash is one screen that shows the arithmetic first.

How does a mixed box of sweets get billed?

A box of sweets is three or four kinds, each weighed. Every sweet is a product with a kilo or gram unit and its own price, so the cashier picks it, keys the weight and moves on. Packed biscuits and drinks scan like any shop item.

  • Weight keyed, total worked out The unit price and the weight you key give the line total.
  • The sweet box is a product too Packaging sold on the bill leaves stock as it sells, so boxes do not run out unseen.
  • Thermal receipt or full-page bill Receipt width at the counter, A5 or A4 for an office order.
  1. 1. Source: VAT Act 2052; standard rate unchanged in Budget 2083/84 (FY 2026/27), per published budget analyses (Techman Consulting, Law Alpine, Infinity) checked 2026-11-05. Verified 2026-11-05.
Open tins of rice, lentils, beans and spices on a market stall in Kathmandu.

Which ingredients and boxes are running low or turning?

Flour, sugar, ghee, khuwa, cream and boxes are bought stock, and they behave like any shop item. Approving the supplier bill opens the lot, minimum levels raise low-stock alerts, and the expiry report shows which lot is running out of shelf life.

  • Dairy and cream by lot Each delivery opens a batch with its own remaining quantity.
  • A minimum for every ingredient Low-stock banners appear on the product list and the dashboard.
  • Ingredients kept off the counter Mark flour and ghee purchase-only so they never appear on a bill.
  • Supplier bills read from a photo Photograph the bill, check the filled-in purchase bill, then approve it.
  1. 1. Source: The upload limits shown on the product's bill-scanning screen. Verified 2026-09-12.
A woman at a desk with a laptop reads through printed bills, a calculator beside her.

Fit check

What does Kuver Books not do for bakeries and sweet shops?

Better you hear it now than after a month of setup.

  • It has no recipe or production module

    Baking a tray does not consume flour, sugar or ghee from stock, and there is no production plan or cost per baked batch. You record the bake as stock in, and the ingredients as purchases.
  • It does not read a weighing scale

    The cashier keys the weight in kilograms or grams, and the unit price does the rest.
  • It captures expiry on purchased lots, such as dairy and packaged goods

    For what you bake yourself, the closing count and the write-off are the control, so ask on a demo before relying on dates for in-house goods.
  • It does not print kitchen tickets

    Manage tables or split bills, and it does not connect to delivery apps.
  • If ingredient costing per product is the problem you most need solved, say so before you trial it

    Bakeries that need fast counter billing, a daily count and clean VAT records get the most from it.

Not sure it fits your shop?

Tell us what you sell and how many counters you run. A specialist replies within one business day.

Who is this bakery billing software in Nepal built for?

The fit is a bakery, sweet shop or mithai counter that bills over a counter and wants its stock and its VAT records to hold up. Kuver Books is listed by the Inland Revenue Department under the Electronic Billing Procedure 2074, and invoice numbers run in sequence per fiscal year and are never reused or edited; reprints are marked as copies and cancelled bills stay on record. Unlimited warehouses on every plan, so a front counter, a kitchen store and a second outlet can each hold their own balance with tracked transfers between them. Single branch on Standard and Premium; Enterprise covers multi-branch, priced with you. At year end a 5-step guided fiscal-year close settles balances and locks the closed year. Start on a 14-day free trial, no card required and bill a real festival morning on it before you decide.

Questions

Questions from bakery and sweet shop owners

Will selling a cake reduce the flour and sugar in stock?
No. Kuver Books has no recipe or production module, so selling a cake does not consume its ingredients. Ingredients are tracked as purchased stock with lots and minimum levels, and the goods you bake are entered into stock with an approved adjustment, so the counter sells from a real count. If ingredient use per product is what you need to measure, this is not the tool for it.
Our sweets are weighed on a digital scale. Does it connect?
There is no scale integration. Each sweet is set up with a kilo or gram unit carrying its own price, and the cashier keys the weight the scale shows, so the line total follows from the unit price. Items sold by the piece, such as pastries and patties, use a piece unit instead. During the Tihar rush that keying is the one step to practise before the queue builds.
Can we take a Tihar order in advance and bill it on collection?
Yes, as a sales order. It holds the customer, the expected delivery date, the lines and any discount, and on collection one action converts it into a tax invoice with nothing re-typed. An order does not hold stock aside, so plan the bake from your list of open orders. Payment is recorded against the invoice, and a part payment leaves the balance open.
How do we record what was thrown away at closing?
Through an inventory adjustment out of stock. It takes the warehouse, the batch, the quantity before and after, a mandatory reason such as expired or damaged, and an approval before the balance changes. Over a month the adjustment history shows how much of each item was wasted, which is the number you need before deciding how much to bake.

Pricing for bakeries and sweet shops

  • Standard

    NPR 1,500 a month

    For a single outlet that bills every day.

  • Premium Recommended

    NPR 2,000 a month

    For a bigger catalogue and higher billing volume.

  • Enterprise

    Priced with you

    For multi-branch operations and teams that need an API.

14-day free trial, no card required. 13% VAT applies to all prices. Yearly billing costs less; every limit is on the pricing page.

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