Saral TaxOffice vs MyPract: Should Your CA Office Move to the Cloud?

By the MyPract team · Updated 2026-10-05

Short answer: Saral TaxOffice is Windows desktop software for tax computation and e-filing; MyPract is cloud practice management for engagements, time and billing. Most firms should keep Saral (or another filing tool) for returns and use MyPract to run the office, which replaces Saral's office suite rather than its tax suite.

Last updated 5 October 2026. Competitor prices checked against saraltaxoffice.com/pricing; all prices exclude 18% GST. MyPract is our product, so we link every competitor claim to its source and list where each competitor is stronger.

Saral TaxOffice from Relyon Softech is a familiar fixture in Indian CA offices. It's a Windows desktop bundle that combines a Tax Suite with an Office Suite. The Tax Suite covers income-tax computation and bulk e-filing, audit reports, balance sheets and Tally/Excel import. The Office Suite covers client management, billing and receipts, and document and library management.^[40]^[41]

MyPract does a different job. It's a cloud, AI-native practice management platform for running engagements, tasks, time and billing across your team. This post explains where MyPract can replace Saral's office functions, and why most firms should keep a filing tool alongside it.

Naming note: "CA Office Automation" (CAOA) is a separate cloud product from Aequitas Infotech Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad.^[42] It is not part of Relyon's Saral range.^[43]^[44]^[45] We cover it briefly below.

Saral TaxOffice vs MyPract at a glance

Feature	MyPract	Saral TaxOffice
Category	Practice management (engagements, time, billing)	Tax computation/e-filing + back-office suite
Deployment	Cloud; any browser, mobile-responsive	Windows desktop; needs .NET Framework 4 and MS SQL Express
Price	₹6,000/yr up to 5 users; ₹1,200/user/yr to 30	₹9,690 single user; ₹13,380 multi-user
Trial	3 months, full product, no card	Trial version "with limited features"
ITR/audit report e-filing	Not available (not a filing tool)	Yes: bulk ITR, audit reports, balance sheet
Client management	Import/export, duplicate check, merge	Client and non-client contacts
Tasks and workflow	Engagements, kanban, calendar, dependencies, task rules	Task handling within the office suite
Time tracking and approvals	Yes	Not documented
Billing	Invoices from approved time, tax, auto-numbering	Billing and receipts
Remote/team access	Anywhere, with roles and row-level security	Desktop/LAN; no official cloud version documented
Client portal	Free shareable-link portal	Not documented
Hosting	India (Mumbai); DPDP-oriented policy	On your own PCs/servers

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The real question: filing tool or practice platform?

Saral TaxOffice's core value is its tax engine:

Bulk return filing through ERI.^[46]
Computation with interest estimation.^[46]
Audit report filing.^[46]
Balance-sheet preparation with Tally import.^[41]

MyPract doesn't compute or file returns, and it shouldn't claim to. Where the two overlap is the office layer: who is doing what, for which client, by when, for how many hours, and whether it has been billed.

A desktop office suite starts to struggle when:

Staff work from home, at client sites or across branches.
Partners want live status without walking to a terminal.
Billing needs to reflect approved hours.
Client documents arrive by WhatsApp and email instead of one portal.

A SoftwareSuggest reviewer summed up the gap: "This is standalone desktop software; the option to buy an online version may be good."^[47]

Where MyPract is stronger

Cloud access with permissions: Six roles with row-level security, so article assistants see only their own engagements.
Engagement workflow: Dependencies, task rules, checklist templates, and kanban or calendar views.
Time-to-invoice: Approvals, time locks, rate rules and invoices from approved time.
Free client portal: Clients upload documents and message you through a shareable link.
No servers to maintain: No SQL Server instance or Windows updates, with data hosted in India.
A longer trial: Three months of the full product vs a limited-feature trial version.^[48]

Where Saral TaxOffice is stronger

E-filing: Bulk ITR and audit-report filing with built-in tax computation.^[40]^[46]
Statements: Balance sheet and P&L preparation with Tally and Excel import.^[40]^[41]
Offline use: It runs without an internet connection.^[49]
Track record: Relyon's About page says it has been "building trusted compliance software for India since 2000".

Recommended setup: use both

Keep Saral (or your preferred filing utility) for computation and e-filing, and run the firm on MyPract:

Create one MyPract engagement per client per return cycle.
Track who prepared and who reviewed.
Log and approve the time.
Invoice from that approved time.

That way you replace Saral's office suite, not its tax suite.

A note on CA Office Automation (CAOA)

If you searched "CA Office Automation", you may have meant Aequitas Infotech's cloud ERP for CA and CPA firms.^[43]^[50] Key facts:

Hosting and apps: It's hosted on Microsoft Azure, with Android and iOS apps for staff and clients.^[44]^[45]^[51]
AI: It promotes a range of AI agents.^[42]^[52]^[53]
Pricing: Its own pricing page contradicts itself, listing both $7.2–$12 and $22–$30 per user per month.^[51] An older INR cart shows ₹199/user/month for 1–10 users plus a ₹3,999 setup fee.^[54]
Reviews: Capterra rates it 3.9/5 from 12 reviews.^[55]