Quickbooks expensive? Don't they give that away when you buy their tax software?
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Small business/SOHO accounting Why on EARTH would you waste your time energy and effort to do something that has been done a thousand times before and in no-way adds unique value to your business in excess of the time you spend on it? Not to mention meeting all the requirements of double-entry book-keeping, accrual and cash-based accounting, and GAAP? No, I wouldn't recommend you do that at all. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small business/SOHO accounting This may be silly, but how about VBA + excel, and create your own program. Or access + VBA and create your own in house acounting program. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Matthew W. Ross <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: I don't know anything about the product, nor do I know if it does what you need, but check out PostBooks, which is free from xTuple.org It's open source, and as usual there are paid-for commercial versions. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:42:52 -0700 Subject: Small business/SOHO accounting > Hello, world! > > Anyone care to give recommendations in the small business/SOHO > accounting product space? QuickBooks is very common, but also rather > expensive, and in the past I've had horrible experiences with Intuit > customer service, and I've learned that "most common" does not mean > "best". For this user, traditional software and web services are both > acceptable. They've got just one PC, running Vista. > > I Googled "quickbooks alternatives" and found a bunch of hits, but > this is one of those areas where practical experience is invaluable, > so I thought I'd see if anyone here has anything they'd want to share. > Recommendations on what to avoid would also be useful. > > advTHANKSance > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~