The days of hard to use accounting software should now be long over!
If you run a business of your own,
you will find a computer based system of tracking
your accounting activity to
likely be indispensable-
certainly!
I once used to design and program custom accounting systems for small and even
larger sized businesses and I can tell you
that the business has much changed over
the years in that software has become
quite cheap in fact! And with windows based
functionality
on your inexpensive computer hardware (prices have come down
tremendously I can
tell you!), you can do for yourself with
very little
investment indeed -
relatively speaking. I especially designed great software
for retailers and wholesalers
needing point of sale
and
or order entry systems that were integrated with their General
Ledger, Accounts
receivable, Accounts Payable and Inventory Control
systems too - most
of all! On the other hand, simply having a timely
"Income statement"
(click on link for a
sample of the
report - also
known as a P & L or Profit and Loss
Statement) and a similarly
informative
"Balance sheet"
is what most
have always sought and have
often had to
wait
too long for, and
paid invariably too much for - given the use of "outside accountants"
rather
than internal resources in the
way of a simple
computerized
bookkeeping system, which
they can maintain on their own and get information
from "on the fly" and as often and quickly
as
needed instead.