| Accounting is the measuring, and disclosure | | | | various accounting software |
| or provision of assurance about information | | | | programs.Accounting is tied to the invention |
| that helps managers and other decision makers | | | | and dissemination of the double entry |
| make resource allocation decisions.How to | | | | bookkeeping process.Different Accounting |
| become an Accountant.Accountants in the US | | | | Software Solutions available today:ACCPAC |
| are called Certified Public Accountants and | | | | web-based accounting, launched the ACCPAC |
| in the UK and Canada are called Chartered | | | | Online web site in 1999 which allows end |
| Accountants. | | | | users to run ACCPAC from a simple browser for |
| | | | a small monthly rental fee.Intuit's |
| Chartered Accountants in Canada are expected | | | | QuickBooks for the Web represents a new |
| to know all US CPA knowledge as well as a | | | | product from scratch. |
| Canadian Accounting body of knowledge. | | | | |
| | | | Microsoft Small Business Manager is a new |
| In order to become an Accountant an | | | | player on the block which is a scaled down |
| undergraduate degree is required and then a | | | | version of Great Plains Accounting Software. |
| period of articling is required which can | | | | |
| take as long as 5 years with gruelling exams | | | | Netledger centralized net computing renamed |
| and an exhausting series of finals.In her | | | | Oracle Small Business Manager |
| notes compiled in 1979, Professor Linda | | | | |
| Plunkett of the College of Charleston S.C., | | | | Peachtree. This product was the older |
| calls accounting the "oldest profession"; in | | | | Peachtree Office Accounting product and is |
| fact, since prehistoric times families had to | | | | also a web-based solution. |
| account for food and clothing to face the | | | | |
| cold seasons. Later, as man began to trade, | | | | In 2000, Peachtree added a web-based module |
| we established the concept of value and | | | | to its' flagship Peachtree Complete |
| developed a monetary system. Evidence of | | | | Accounting product called Peachtree Web |
| accounting records can be found in the | | | | Accounting.SAP mySAP - web-based accounting |
| Babylonian Empire (4500 B.C.), in pharaohs' | | | | featuring a limited number of SAP modules.So |
| Egypt and in the Code of Hammurabi (2250 | | | | it appears that there are 2 different types |
| B.C.). Eventually, with the advent of | | | | of Accounting Software:Web Based Accounting: |
| taxation, record keeping became a necessity | | | | which is one application on a Web Server |
| for governments to sustain social | | | | running everybody's application.There are of |
| orders.Perhaps the most significant benefits | | | | course advantages and disadvantages to this |
| to contemporary accounting has been the | | | | type of application, immediately coming to |
| introduction of computer programs to assist | | | | mind is confidentiality and the security of |
| in the accounting function.Computer programs | | | | the Servers being used as well as possible |
| were introduced in business and government | | | | breakdowns.Advantages are of course in being |
| organizations in the 1950s, and the most | | | | able to use unlimited Server Resources. |
| important applications of computers have been | | | | |
| in the areas of record keeping, balancing , | | | | And then there is PC Based accounting which |
| and transaction recording.Accounting uses | | | | everybody has tried and is Bill Gates |
| various bases of measurement, mainly the cash | | | | favorite.Advantages;In-house control of |
| basis, the accrual basis (or historical cost) | | | | everything but subject to limited resources.J |
| and variations of these; all of these | | | | Shipper is very interested in Accounting |
| functions are greatly assisted by the use of | | | | Software. |