jtd wrote: > On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:56 pm, Agnello George wrote: > >> HI >> >> I would like to know if there is any account software similar to >> Tally >> > > According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you > could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's post > on this list. > I get mentioned 2 times on the list on the same day !!! Wow !!!
Actually, most of the accounting software are good for India. The only thing that needs to change is provision for Taxes as per Indian laws. But then tally does not provide for Indian tax laws either (at least till version 7.2). All users of tally make manual provision for service tax, sales tax and TDS. So what difference does it make ? It is only a mental block. Nothing else. We used weberp and tinyerp at client offices. They work quiet well. Other software like GNUcash and SQLLedger are getting closure to business requirement levels. A new fork from compaire has now come which uses mssql / postgresql instead of oracle db is another good option. It is in fact the most mature Accounting / ERP software you can find at the moment. Since they are open sourced, someone should take the trouble of modifying them for Indian operations. Anyone needing help on this, contact me offline. Lets not waste time of others on the group on how to get accounting working on new software. Regards Saswata -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
