Billing software for tailoring and garment shops in Nigeria

Most tailoring work is part-payment now, balance on collection. When deposits live in a jotter or on WhatsApp, it is painfully easy to hand over a finished agbada or wedding gown without collecting the balance — or to argue with a customer about what they already paid. By month end nobody can say how much money is still sitting in unfinished orders.

Lace, ankara, senator material, linings, zips, buttons and thread all come in different units and price points, and offcuts get used without being recorded. Without live stock you only discover a fabric has finished when a customer has already paid for it, and you cannot tell whether a job was actually profitable after the material was cut.

Owambe season, Christmas and Sallah bring a rush of orders with hard deadlines. When delivery dates are spread across a wall calendar, a phone and three different staff members, jobs get forgotten until the customer calls — and rush re-sewing eats the profit on the order.

Sales in cash, transfers to a personal account, POS terminal settlements and material purchases with no receipts make it very hard to produce a real profit figure. When you cross the VAT registration threshold, need to file a monthly VAT return, or a bank asks for statements before a loan, reconstructing a year of records is a nightmare.

Raise an order at the counter, take a part payment, and Tallium AI shows the balance outstanding on the job and on the customer's record. Print or send the receipt on the spot, and see at a glance every order with money still owed — so nothing leaves the shop unpaid.

Track each fabric and trim in the unit you actually buy it in, and stock drops the moment material is issued to a job. Low-stock alerts tell you to restock lace or lining before the rush, and cost is attached to each order so you can see the true margin on a gown, not just the price you charged.

Each customer record holds their contact details, order history and what they have paid, and you can note measurements and style details against the job. Filter by delivery date to see what must be finished this week, so fittings and collections stop slipping through the cracks.

Sales, expenses and payments post straight to your books as you work, and the AI receipt scanner reads photos of fabric market purchases and fuel or transport receipts so they are captured and categorised without typing. Tax settings support Nigerian VAT with your TIN on invoices, and reports give you the figures your accountant needs for the monthly VAT return — always confirm current rules with the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS, formerly FIRS) or a local tax professional.