| Who hasn?t heard of accounting? I guess, nobody. | | | | number of budgets. Any report can be printed in |
| This is the part any normal, functioning business | | | | any currency and separate transactions journals |
| should have to deal with the company?s money | | | | are held for the different currencies as well. |
| and investments. Its history goes back to ancient | | | | Simply Accounting 2005 |
| Greece, where a primitive type of accountants | | | | This software has all the requirements of an |
| existed. Accounting?s modern history dates back | | | | multi-user, large business accounting software |
| to the beginning of the 19th century, when the | | | | should have. It has specialized options for |
| big companies emerged. Initially, and by initially I | | | | manufacturing, inventory and service. It is notable |
| mean up to twenty years ago, the entire process | | | | that the number of possible currencies can be |
| was done by hand and pencil. This changed with | | | | virtually unlimited. Data can be analyzed and |
| the emerging of personal computers. They | | | | accessed simultaneously by multiple users. It has a |
| changed the way people looked at accounting and | | | | powerful search engine to help you find just the |
| accounts. But as the PCs evolved so did the | | | | record you are looking for. Reports can be |
| accounting software. I will try to help you in your | | | | created trough Microsoft? Word and Excel. |
| search for the best accounting software, by | | | | Microsoft Office Small Business |
| noting a few sites and a small review of their | | | | Accounting 2006 |
| software. Account Pro | | | | The latest accounting software from the giant |
| This is complex, yet easy-to-use accounts | | | | Microsoft has quite a few pluses, such as a |
| software. It comes in two versions: Account Pro | | | | competitive price, it is easy to use and learn, well |
| (has every feature enabled) and Account Pro Lite | | | | built accounting tools for small business and goes |
| (a simpler version). It is multilingual, multicurrency | | | | perfectly with the Microsoft? Office suite. |
| and can be linked on up to three computers. It | | | | Unfortunately it depends a little too much on the |
| can work with projects and cost centers and the | | | | Office suite, making it inaccessible to people who |
| discount and tax transactions can be done | | | | use other productivity suites. by Sage Complete |
| automatically. Another plus is that it can work with | | | | Accounting 2006 |
| both the British and American type of accounting. | | | | Peachtree Complete Accounting is multi-user, |
| Executive | | | | robust accounting software. It provides the user |
| Business requiring sophisticated accounting will | | | | with valuable information on accounts and staff. It |
| benefit the most from Executive. Three types of | | | | has advanced features like Bill Pay and Online |
| invoices, multiple bank account capabilities and | | | | Bank Reconciliation. Time and billing, fixed assets |
| multicurrency system are just a few of the | | | | and job costing, are just a few of the basic |
| features the programmers developed for | | | | features it includes. |
| Executive. Eve though initial Executive can be used | | | | The end |
| on one computer only, it can be upgrade to an | | | | Whatever software you might choose just |
| unlimited number of users. Other features include: | | | | remember this: Accounting is the backbone of |
| up to 5 currencies simultaneously and unlimited | | | | every business. |