On 31/03/15 02:03, Tom Davies wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software
I really hate pointing people at Wikipedia, and not only because it has repeatedly stated that it does not concern itself about objective accuracy nor with factual data, but only concerns itself with that which the editors wish was true, despite all the evidence that proves their wishes to be completely discongruent with both the scientific evidence, and objective reality. > The only names i recognised were GnuCash and HomeBank; One of the big issues with FLOSS accounting packages, is that they are either nothing more than digital check-book reconciliation programs, or else require somebody who is both a CPA, and knowledgeable programmer to install, and maintain. Despite the plethora of accounting packages for the FLOSS world, there is nothing that even comes close to matching QuickBooks in either the ease of setting up the program, or the ease with which non-accountants can do their own books _accurately_. When LedgerSMB forked from SQL-Ledger, I was hoping one of the improvements would be to provide out-of-the-box packages that would have the capabilities and functionality of Peachtree Accounting, with the premade books for: * SOHO; * Self Employed Professional; * Small Manufacturing; * Non-profit; * Retail store; Unfortunately, that was not to be the case. I've also given on Apache OpenForBusiness, and the other FLOSS projects from providing similar OOTB packages for use as accounting solutions. > to do really basic bookkeeping for quite a lot of clients. That sort of > approach might well turn out to be well worth the cost and would probably > be a lot lower than than whatever your accountant charges per hour for your In the United States, most accountants simply tell their clients to use QuickBooks, or else provide their data in a format that QuickBooks can read/write/edit. It isn't that QuickBooks is great about GAAP conformity, (it violates more core GAAP requirements than anybody really wants to acknowledge) but rather it makes it easier to put data in the right place, than in the wrong place. It also does some things that make it fairly easy for accountants to see where data was erroneously placed, and make the appropriate corrections. (It will not pick up wilful fraud, and deceptive practices, but it picks up the accidental stuff that non-accountants do.) > It might be worth asking her/him to give you an estimate of how much they > think they would charge, just to get an idea. +1 >Sage 50 FWIW, that started out as Peachtree professional, rebranded with Sage livery. It is Sage's low end competitor to QuickBooks. ### For potential partial solutions within the LibO ecology, I found: Leeno: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/leeno-alias-ultimus Invoice Database: http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center/invoice-database Abrechnungsformular Wohnungsvermietung 2014.1 http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center/abrechnungsformular-wohnungsvermietung Simple Service Invoice http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center/simple-service-invoice-1 There is an entire category of Accounting Templates at http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center?getCategories=Accounting&getCompatibility=any I didn't look at everything there, but I did notice a couple of templates that either have had no releases, or else the option to download them has been removed. For potential partial solutions within the AOo ecology, I found: Family Accounting: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/family-accounting OFX2Calc http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/ofx2calc OpenOffice Accounting 3.0: http://templates.services.openoffice.org/en/template/openoffice-accounting-30-0 There is a category of "Business Finance" templates at http://templates.openoffice.org/en/search?sort_by=created&sort_order=DESC&f[0]=field_template_category%3A14&f[1]=field_template_category%3A16 I didn't look at everything there, but at least one is nothing more than a Microsoft Excel file saved in ODF format. It should perhaps not be necessary to say, but I neither downloaded, nor tested anything listed there. How suitable any of them is, can only be determined by testing. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
