Accounting Software Ideal for Small Business
By ANDRIS LEE on July 11, 2009
High quality accounting software is a must if you run and small business and do not want to be constantly asking where all the money is going. The software you should use needs to be within your budget and relative to your business needs as well as one capable of dealing with the regular tasks faced by all homeowners and taxpayers. Fortunately, there are many options for you to choose from and listed below are details of the top five small business programs available to you and information about just how they can help you.
1. QuickBooks from Intuit is a well established and popular series of programs dealing with all manner of accounting and payroll tasks. You can choose the most appropriate program for your needs as well as your budget from the Basic, Pro, Premier and Online editions. You will find some really useful tools with the Pro edition like a mileage tracker for your company vehicles and a projector for cash flow.
2. Simply Accounting is another package that’s very handy, with data entry screens that look a lot like paper accounting methods. This fully features accounting and payroll software package includes all kinds of reports and features, including ones designed for ecommerce and Internet functionality. Drag and drop and screen tips make the learning curve on this program relatively shallow. Choose a professional version if you need time and billing modules.
3. Peachtree – if a software program which includes in the region of 123 different kinds of reports, an extensive inventory feature, time and billing, and job costing is what you are looking for then the complete Peachtree version may be just what you need. The program comes ready for multiple users and packs are included for when three or more users are necessary at the same time. There are also Premium and First edition packages available from Peachtree.
4. Sage BusinessVision is a program that does a lot of the work for you, such as automatic year end processing. You can keep applying backdated transactions to the previous year, even after it’s over, too. The program also integrates well with Act!, and has an add on that will offer a completely intregrated shopping cart and web store, as well. Editions for this program include limited, small business, standard and client server.
5. Microsoft Office Small Business ” As you would no doubt expect the office software list would not be complete without an offering from the giant Microsoft, who have been on the market for years and years. It has to be said that the best feature of this program is the way in which it integrates with Office – a great bonus for those folk already using this well liked office suite. Data contained in Outlook and Excel can be reused without having to re-enter the information and add ons such as PayPal and on line payrolling are also available.
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