Welcome to illico Book

Go to illicobook.com and click Start free. Enter your full name, email, and password, then choose your plan (Free, Basic, or Pro). All plans, including Basic and Pro, include 3 months free with no card required to start. You can add a card anytime during the trial to keep access after it ends; without one, your account simply moves to the Free plan, no charge.

Enter your business name exactly as you want it to appear on invoices and reports, then choose 🇬🇧 English or 🇫🇷 Français. You can switch languages anytime from inside the app using the EN / FR toggle in the sidebar.

Search or browse from 63+ industries: E-commerce, Real Estate, Freelancer, Retail, Restaurant, Construction, Transport, Healthcare, Beauty, Education, Agriculture, and more. illico Book will auto-configure your expense categories.

Pick your currency from USD $, EUR €, GHS ₵, XOF CFA, GBP £, NGN ₦, KES KSh, ZAR R, MAD DH, TZS TSh, and more. Enter your applicable tax rate (e.g. 18%, 20%, 0%) — used to calculate estimated tax owed in your Tax Reports, and editable anytime in Settings.

Click Launch my account 🚀. Your Dashboard is ready to use immediately.

Inside your Dashboard, look for the EN / FR buttons in the top of the left sidebar. Click either to switch instantly — no reload required.

On the illicobook.com homepage, use the EN / FR buttons in the top navigation bar to switch the entire website language.

Go to Settings → Business profile → Currency. Select your currency from the dropdown and click Save settings. All amounts update immediately.

Click + Add transaction (gold button, top right of Dashboard) or click Transactions in the sidebar, then + Add.

Select Income for money coming in (sales, payments, transfers received) or Expense for money going out (rent, supplies, fees).

Enter the date, description (e.g. "Client payment — Acme Corp"), amount, and category (auto-populated based on your industry).

Use the Notes field for receipt references, invoice numbers, or any relevant detail for your records.

Click Save. The transaction appears immediately in your Dashboard totals and the Transactions list.

Click Invoices in the sidebar. You'll see your invoice summary: Paid, Pending, Overdue, and Total invoiced.

Click + New invoice. Enter the client name, invoice date, and due date.

Enter the item or service description, quantity, and unit price. The total calculates automatically.

Use the Notes field to include your bank account, Mobile Money number, or any payment instructions for the client.

Click Preview to see exactly what your client will receive — with your business name, invoice number, line items, and total.

Click Save invoice. Then use Print to download as PDF, or click the ✉ Send button next to any invoice to email it directly to your client (requires a client email — add one when creating the invoice).

On the Invoices list, click ✓ to mark as Paid, ! to mark as Overdue, or × to delete. Status updates reflect in your Dashboard unpaid total.

Click Inventory in the sidebar. You'll see totals for: Total items, Low stock, Out of stock, and Inventory value.

Click + Add item. Fill in: Product name, SKU (reference code), Stock quantity, Alert level (when to get a low-stock notification), Unit cost, and Sale price.

The inventory table shows current stock, cost, sale price, and profit margin % for each product. Status badges show: In stock, Low stock, or Out of stock.

When any item falls at or below its alert level, a notification appears in your 🔔 bell icon (top right of Dashboard).

Click Clients in the sidebar (available on Basic and Pro plans).

Click + Add client. Enter their name, email, phone, company, and country.

Each client card shows total revenue linked to their name (from transactions) and the number of invoices you've created for them.

Use the search bar to quickly find a client by name or email.

Click Budgets in the sidebar.

Click + Set budget. Choose a category (e.g. Marketing, Rent) and enter your monthly limit.

Each budget card shows a progress bar with how much you've spent vs. your limit this month, displayed as a percentage.

Green = on track · Orange = 80%+ spent · Red = over budget

Click Recurring in the sidebar.

Click + Add recurring. Enter the name (e.g. "Office Rent"), choose Income or Expense, enter the amount, select frequency (Monthly / Weekly / Yearly), and choose a category.

When the recurring date arrives, click the Apply button next to the entry. This instantly logs it as a transaction in your books.

All active recurring entries are listed with their frequency, category, and amount. Delete any entry with the × button if it no longer applies.

Click Mileage in the sidebar. You'll see your year-to-date business miles, personal miles, and estimated deduction.

Click + Log trip. Enter the date, purpose, start and end location, miles, and whether it's Business or Personal.

Click 📍 Start GPS trip before you drive. illico Book measures your distance in real time. Click ■ Stop trip when you arrive, then confirm the purpose and trip type to save it.

Business trips are automatically valued at the current IRS standard mileage rate. Your dashboard shows the total estimated deduction for the year.

Click Real Estate in the sidebar (visible when your industry is set to Real Estate on the Pro plan).

Click + Add property. Enter: Property name, Location, Type (For sale / For rent / Sold / Rented), Value / Price, Commission %, and Monthly rent (if applicable).

The top of the page shows: Total properties, Portfolio value, Total commission earned, and Monthly rental income.

When a property sells or becomes rented, delete and re-add it with the updated status (Sold / Rented) to keep your portfolio accurate.

Click Tax Reports in the sidebar.

The top cards show: Gross income, Total expenses, Taxable profit, and Estimated tax (based on your tax rate set in Settings).

See a breakdown of all income sources by category — useful for identifying your highest-earning revenue streams.

All expense categories are listed with totals — these are your deductible expenses that reduce your taxable profit.

Click Export CSV or Print to download the report and share with your tax advisor or accounting office.

Click Integrations in the sidebar, then find the Bank statement import card.

A popup will appear. First, select your bank from the dropdown (Chase, Ecobank, GCB, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and hundreds more — or choose "Other bank / wallet").

Drag and drop up to 10 statements at once (PDF, CSV, or Excel) onto the upload area, or click to browse. Each file is processed entirely in your browser — never sent to any server. illico Book reads real text directly from PDF statements — no manual retyping needed.

illico Book scans the file, extracts all transactions (dates, amounts, descriptions), and auto-categorizes them based on your industry.

A list of all found transactions appears with checkboxes. Uncheck any you don't want to import, then click Import transactions →.

All selected transactions are added to your books instantly. Your Dashboard and reports update immediately.

Click Integrations in the sidebar and scroll to the 📱 Africa — Mobile Money section.

Open your MTN MoMo, Orange Money, Wave, Moov Money, or M-Pesa app and export your transaction history as a PDF or CSV file.

Click the import button next to your provider (e.g. Import MTN MoMo CSV →), then upload the file you just exported.

illico Book reads the file in your browser, extracts the transactions, and lets you review before importing — nothing is sent to any server.

Click Reconcile in the sidebar.

Click 🔄 Run Reconciliation. illico Book scans your transactions and flags likely duplicates for review.

The top cards show ✅ Reconciled and ⚠️ Unreconciled transaction counts. Use the filter buttons to view just one group.

For each flagged pair, choose Keep both — mark reconciled if they're genuinely separate transactions, or remove the duplicate entry.

Click ✓ Clear next to any transaction to mark it reconciled, or Undo to revert.

Click Mark all reconciled to clear every remaining non-duplicate transaction in one step.