I've used a spreadsheet in the past and that is a great solution. I'm looking
for a little more.
Thanks!!
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Keith Smith
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From: George Toft <[email protected]>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Simple Small Busines Accounting App
Based on my experience, gnuCash is fine - probably more than you need. I do
about as much business (checks/payments) as you and use an OpenOffice
spreadsheet. I used gnuCash with my consulting company, but when it collapsed
in a series of lawsuits, I had to pay an accountant $1200 to manually transfer
all the gnuCash entries to QuickBooks for the previous four years ($300/year).
It would have been much less expensive to use QuickBooks in the first place.
Assuming you have no business partners and will never need to have your
accounting records reviewed by an accountant or lawyers, OpenOffice should work
fine. Simply put each item from Schedule C as column headers, include date,
description and mileage, and as you enter the expenses/receipts put them in the
right column and come tax time it will take you about 5 minutes to fill out
Schedule C as a copy&paste exercise.
For example:
2011 Blah Blah Business
Mileage $0.51 $0.56
Income
Cost of Goods Sold
Expenses
Income – Products
Sold Wholesale Income –
Services Income –
Interest Income – Products
Sold Retail Cost of Labor Materials and
Supplies Other Costs Advertising Car and
Truck Expenses Commissions
And Fees Contract Labor Insurance Interest – other Legal and
Professional Services Communication Office Expenses Rent/Lease –
Machinery Rent/Lease –
Other Repairs and
Maintenance Supplies –
Other Taxes and
Licenses Travel, meals,
And entertainment Utilities Other Expenses
Totals 970 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Date Description
Except for 2003-2007, I've been using a spreadsheet for the last
25 years.
It's better than a shoebox and you don't have to learn
double-entry accounting to use it.
Cheers!
George
On 8/9/2013 4:58 PM, sean ritzler wrote:
I have not used it myself, but I've heard good things about GnuCash. On Fri,
Aug 9, 2013 at 4:55 PM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi, I am looking for a very simple accounting system. I receive 2 or 3
>payments a month and I might write 4 or 5 checks a month. I was using
>quickbooks home and business, however they want me to renew it
every 3 ears or some of the features are turned off. I use M$ 7 for my work
station, however that is subject to change so a M$ /
Linux app would be nice. Any ideas. I'm looking for simple. Also If I can
import the data from my
bank that would be a big plus. Thanks!! Keith ------------------------
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