lim companies
Manage companies in your lim account. A company is the top-level container for all accounting data — chart of accounts, journal entries, reports, and rules.
companies list
List all companies you have access to.
ID Name Role Created
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
01926f3a-1234-7abc-8def-000000000001 My Startup Inc. owner 2026-01-15
01926f3a-1234-7abc-8def-000000000002 Side Project LLC admin 2026-02-20
01926f3a-1234-7abc-8def-000000000003 Client Corp (advisory) member 2026-03-01
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Active: My Startup Inc. (01926f3a-...001)
| Flag | Description |
|---|
--format | Output format: table, json, csv |
companies use
Set the active company for subsequent commands.
lim companies use <company-id>
✅ Active company set to: My Startup Inc. (01926f3a-...001)
lim companies use 001
# => ✅ Active company set to: My Startup Inc. (01926f3a-...001)
The active company is stored in ~/.config/lim/config.json. You can override it per-command with --company <id>.
companies create
Create a new company. This initializes a default Japanese chart of accounts (勘定科目) and standard tax codes.
lim companies create --name "My Startup Inc."
✅ Created company: My Startup Inc.
ID: 01926f3a-1234-7abc-8def-000000000001
Chart of accounts: 76 accounts (Japanese standard)
Tax codes: 8 codes (consumption tax 10% / 8%)
Fiscal year: April - March
🔄 Set as active company.
Flags
| Flag | Description | Default |
|---|
--name | Company name (required) | — |
--fiscal-start | Fiscal year start month (1-12) | 4 (April) |
--industry | Industry for simplified tax (1-6) | — |
--currency | Base currency code | JPY |
After creating a company, lim seeds a Japanese chart of accounts following the standard structure used by most SMBs. You can customize it with lim accounts commands.
Fiscal Year
Japanese companies typically use April-March fiscal years. lim defaults to this but you can set any start month:
# Calendar year (January - December)
lim companies create --name "Global Corp" --fiscal-start 1
# October fiscal year
lim companies create --name "Retail Co" --fiscal-start 10
