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Bar and pub POS software for tabs, pours and the kitchen

A bar opens tabs early and settles them late, pours by the measure, and answers to the excise department as well as the tax office. This is what CountStand does for a bar today, and what it waits for.

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Last reviewed 1 Oct 2026

The short answer CountStand is bar and pub POS software with a bar screen of its own: tabs opened under the name the bar calls out, a pour pad for 30, 60 and 90 ml measures, and tabs that move to a table when a group sits down to eat. Food goes to the kitchen as timed tickets and is billed with GST. Liquor is outside GST and taxed under your state’s excise law, so CountStand will not bill a liquor line until your state’s notified rate and your licence hours are on record, each with its source.
Priya306090Pour1Tab by name2Pour by the measure3Food to the kitchen4Settle at closing
  1. 1Tab by nameOpened under the name the bar calls out
  2. 2Pour by the measureBrand, then 30, 60 or 90 ml, the quantity, then Pour
  3. 3Food to the kitchenPlates reach the kitchen as timed tickets
  4. 4Settle at closingThe pours stop and the payments do not
Fig. 0One tab at a sample bar: from the name on the rail to the settle at closing.
  • 30 · 60 · 90ml measures on the pour pad
  • By nametabs open under the name the bar calls out
  • Settlestays open at closing time, when the pours stop
  • Outside GSTliquor, taxed under your state’s excise law
Fig. 1Tables and their billsAkira, Surat · six sample tables at 1:42 pm

01At a glance

What the bar screen does

  • Tabs by nameThe rail shows every open tab with its running total and how long it has been open.
  • The pour padBrand, then the measure, then the quantity typed like a PIN, then Pour. Undo takes the last pour back.
  • Tab to tableWhen a group at the bar sits down to eat, the tab moves to a free table with every round on it.
  • Food to the kitchenPlates ordered at the bar reach the kitchen as timed tickets, the same as from a table.
  • Closing timeOutside your licence hours the pad stops taking pours. Settling a tab is never blocked.
  • No borrowed ratesCountStand never puts a GST rate, or another state’s rate, on a liquor line.

02In detail

What does CountStand do for a bar at launch?

The bar screen answers three questions in order: whose tab, what are they having, what do they owe. Tabs open under a name. A round is the brand, the measure and the quantity, and each pour lands on the tab at the price the server sets, so the tab and the printed bill agree. When a group moves to a table, the tab goes with them.

Food works as it does everywhere in CountStand: tickets to the kitchen with a clock, the floor with every table’s status, and bills with GST, your FSSAI number and a consecutive serial.

How does CountStand handle liquor tax?

By refusing to guess. Alcohol for drinking is outside GST under Article 366(12A) of the Constitution, and each state taxes it under its own excise law, with its own rates, measures and licence conditions. Before CountStand bills a liquor line, four things have to hold: your state permits the sale, the day is not a dry day on record, the hour is inside your licence hours on record, and your state’s notified rate is on record with its source.

Licence hours and liquor rates do not come pre-filled, so if you serve liquor, say so when you apply. Gujarat is a dry state, and CountStand refuses liquor lines there.

What happens at closing time?

The pours stop and the payments do not. Outside your licence hours the pad refuses new pours, and the screen shows the licensed hours and that settling is still open. Tabs still running can be settled and their bills printed, because a bar that locks its till at closing time sends guests home unbilled.

03Questions

Questions bars ask

04Read next

Open the bar’s tabs on CountStand

Tell us you serve liquor when you apply, and which state you trade in.

From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST

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