DocBox

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Document intake for CA firms

Stop chasing.Start filing.

DocBox plugs into the email and WhatsApp your clients already use. It collects every document, ticks the right compliance checklist, and follows up on its own. Everything in, days before the deadline.

Free pilot for your first 25 clients · No card required · Your clients install nothing

Intake · GSTR-1, July

Sharma Traders

Due 11 Aug

fwd: docs@yourfirm.inWhatsApp linked
  • Sales registervia WhatsAppPending
  • E-way billsvia EmailPending
  • Credit / debit notesvia WhatsAppPending
  • Export invoicesPending
3 of 4 receivedGSTR-1

Auto follow-up scheduled · 10:00 tomorrow

Built with 14 practising CA firms across Maharashtra & Gujarat

38,000+
Documents parsed in pilot
92%
Checklists closed before deadline
~11 hrs
Saved per staff, per month

Covers GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-9, 24Q, 26Q, Advance tax, ITR, 3CD, CARO, AOC-4, MGT-7, DIR-3 KYC, 26AS, AIS, Form 16 and every other event on the compliance calendar.

The problem

It's the 8th. GSTR-1 is due on the 11th.

Three acts your firm knows by heart, and the one change that breaks the loop.

Sir, sales register for July? 🙏

bhej deta hoon, kal pakka

Sir? Due on the 11th…

seen · 11:40 pm

Does this sound like your office?

Thirty-four clients still owe you sales registers. The tracker is an Excel sheet only one person understands. And someone's Form 16 just arrived as a photo, at an angle, in your personal WhatsApp, at 11:40 pm.

Late fee, againInterest u/s 234A/B/CPeak-season resignations“Sorry sir, it slipped”Growth capped by chasing

What the chasing actually costs

Your best people burn peak-season hours asking, re-asking, renaming, filing. Filings slip, penalty calls follow, staff quit after season, and the firm can't grow, because every new client means more chasing.

  • Sales register
  • E-way bills
  • Credit / debit notes
  • Export invoices: follow-up sent

Nobody at the firm typed a word.

Chasing becomes software's job

Clients keep sending to your firm's email and WhatsApp. DocBox reads every file, ticks it against the right checklist, chases what's missing, and shows your team the six clients that actually need a call.

Why DocBox

Six reasons the chasing stops here.

Each one stands alone: read nothing else on this page and any single block below is still the pitch.

Your clients change nothing.

No app, no portal, no new address. Clients keep sending to the firm inbox and WhatsApp they always have, and a forwarding rule quietly carries everything into DocBox.

docs@yourfirm.inDocBoxOne forwarding rule · clients never notice

It reads what they send, even the blurry photo.

PDFs, spreadsheets, scans, tilted phone photos. DocBox works out what each file is, which period it covers, and which client it belongs to.

  • IMG_2841.jpgForm 16 · FY 25-26
  • scan(3).pdfBank stmt · Apr–Jun
  • chln_final2.pdfTDS challan · Q2

Checklists that know the compliance calendar.

GSTR-1, 24Q, a personal ITR: every event ships with the right document list, per client, per cycle. Tune any list to how your firm works.

12345678910111213141516171819202122
7th TDS11th GSTR-120th 3B

Follow-ups that never get tired.

Polite nudges go out in your firm's name, listing exactly what's pending, and stop the moment the document lands.

  • Day 1Gentle reminder: export invoices pending
  • Day 3Still pending, due on the 11th
  • Day 4Received, follow-ups stopped

One screen: what's missing, firm-wide.

Not 400 threads. One dashboard, sliced by deadline: 118 of 124 complete, six blocking, and exactly which document each one owes.

118 / 124

GSTR-1 complete

Sharma TradersKalpana TextilesR.K. Metals+3

Their financials. Treated that way.

Encrypted in transit and at rest, stored in India, role-based access, full audit trail. Export everything, any time.

  • Encrypted in transit + at rest
  • Stored in India
  • Role-based staff access
  • Full audit trail, exportable
How it works

From client list to green checklists, in an afternoon.

Point A is a WhatsApp scroll. Point B is a green dashboard. Four steps between them, none of them yours.

1

Connect the inbox your clients already use.

Set a forwarding rule from your firm's intake email and link your WhatsApp. If clients send you documents today, DocBox starts seeing them in minutes, and nobody has to be told anything changed.

2

Pick the compliance events. The checklists build themselves.

Mark a client for monthly GST, quarterly TDS, annual ITR. DocBox generates the right document list for every cycle, automatically, forever.

3

Clients send. DocBox sorts.

Every file is parsed, identified, named, matched to the right client, and ticked off against the checklist the moment it arrives, day or night.

4

You see only what's missing.

Auto-follow-ups run until every item is green. Your team opens the dashboard, sees the six clients that matter today, and files.

Pricing

Priced by clients, not surprises.

Count the clients you actively track compliance for: that's your tier. Billed yearly you save 20%, and busy seasons spill into a simple per-client overage instead of a renegotiation.

Starter

Up to 15 active clients

₹4,999

per month, billed yearly

For solo practitioners getting the chase off their own phone.

  • Email intake
  • Automatic parsing & checklists
  • Auto follow-ups
  • Unlimited staff seats
Start free pilot

Most firms

Growth

Up to 50 active clients

₹12,999

per month, billed yearly

For firms where one person's Excel tracker just stopped scaling.

  • Everything in Starter
  • WhatsApp intake
  • Priority support
Start free pilot

Scale

Up to 120 active clients

₹27,999

per month, billed yearly

For multi-partner practices running the full compliance calendar.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Team dashboards per partner
  • Assisted onboarding
Start free pilot

Custom

120+ active clients

Let's talk

Negotiated per-client rates for large, multi-branch practices.

  • Everything in Scale
  • Negotiated per-client rate
  • Dedicated support
Talk to us

What counts as an active client?

An active client is one with at least one compliance calendar assigned that month: monthly GST, quarterly TDS, an annual ITR, anything. Dormant clients are free, so load your whole book in and pay only for the ones DocBox is actually chasing for.

Busy season? No renegotiation

₹349 per additional active client per month beyond your tier, so ITR season just flows into overage automatically, no mid-season plan change.

Every tier starts with a free pilot for your first 25 clients · No card · Cancel anytime

Fair use: up to ~50 parsed documents per active client per month, averaged across your firm.

FAQ

The questions every partner asks.

And the honest answers. Anything we've missed, ask it on the demo call.

  • Bank-grade encryption
  • Data stored in India
  • Export everything, anytime
  • Cancel anytime
Do my clients need to install anything?

No. Clients keep sending to the same firm email and WhatsApp they always have. A forwarding rule carries everything into DocBox behind the scenes. There's no app, no portal, and no password for them to manage.

What kinds of documents can DocBox actually read?

PDFs, Excel/CSV files, scans, and photos, including the tilted phone photo of a Form 16. DocBox identifies the document type, the period it covers, and who it belongs to, then files it against the right checklist item.

Does it handle both business and individual clients?

Yes. Business events (GSTR-1/3B/9, 24Q/26Q, audit, ROC filings, bookkeeping) and individual events (ITR, advance tax, capital gains) each carry their own checklists and cycles. DocBox tracks each client against exactly what applies to them.

How is this different from a client portal?

Portals make the client do the work: log in, categorise, upload. Most never do, and you're back on WhatsApp. DocBox meets clients where they already are and moves the work to software instead.

Is my clients' financial data safe?

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest and stored in India. Access inside your firm is role-based, and every document movement is logged. Your data is yours: export it in full whenever you want.

How long does it take to get started?

An afternoon. Connect your intake email with a forwarding rule, link WhatsApp, import your client list and assign compliance events. Firms in our pilot were receiving parsed documents the same day.

What does it cost?

DocBox is priced by active clients: a client with at least one compliance calendar assigned that month; dormant clients are free. Tiers start at ₹4,999/month billed yearly (₹6,249 billed monthly) for up to 15 active clients. WhatsApp intake is included from the Growth tier up, and a simple per-client overage means a busy season never forces a plan change. Start with a free pilot for your first 25 clients, no card, no commitment.

Start now

Make this the last season your firm spends chasing.

The 11th, the 7th, the 31st: the deadlines aren't moving. The chasing can. Set up DocBox this week and walk into the next cycle with documents already in.

We stopped being couriers and went back to being accountants.
Managing Partner, pilot firm, Pune

Built with 14 practising CA firms across Maharashtra & Gujarat

15 minutes, your client mix.

Book your walkthrough. We'll use your own compliance calendar as the example.

Free pilot · 25 clients · No card required