I will heartily endorse the recommendations for Moneyworks.  I have been using 
this program since 2003 (in fact, investigated it even earlier) to handle the 
finances for a club, two associations and my own personal.  Take a little time 
to set it up correctly and then it is a breeze.

Regards


John E. Thompson
14 McGlew Street
Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
Ph. 08-92793524
Mob. 0412 775 197
Email. [email protected]

On 29/01/2010, at 6:52 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:

> Yeah.  I agree.  I've been using Moneyworks for 3-4 years.  It's pretty easy 
> to use.  I had a few problems setting it up initially, mainly regarding 
> loaning moneys to my teenage sons.  I had to get a local support person/ 
> bookkeeper to come in and help me out with the tricky bits, but after that it 
> was straightforward.
> 
> It's pretty inexpensive, and there's good online support.
> 
> Rob
> 
> Greg Manzie wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Rosemary
>> 
>> We've had a lot of success with MoneyWorks. It's not free but is very user 
>> friendly, cross platform and understands GST etc.
>> 
>> You can import and export data to most other Book keeping apps. Your 
>> accountant gets a free copy too.
>> 
>> Look here <http://www.cognito.co.nz/index.php> Made in New Zealand.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Greg Manzie
>> Director
>> 
>> Glyde Gallery Conservation
>> Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers,
>> for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors.
>> 
>> 5 Glyde Street
>> Mosman Park
>> Western Australia 6012
>> 
>> ABN 89 154 124 265
>> 
>> Phone (08) 9383 3929
>> Mobile 0448 844 381
>> 
>> 
>>   
>> Email [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 29/01/2010, at 4:58 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi there,
>>> I have a problem. I've been using Moneydance for quite a few years an have 
>>> just discovered that when I so carefully archived off the last tax years 
>>> that in fact only a few of the records were archived to the archive 
>>> copy..so I have no accurate records of transactions etc. I have no idea 
>>> where everything went if it wasn't archived... If I'd known that it lost 
>>> everything I would not have "archived" it.
>>> 
>>> That is water under the bridge so to speak, but has anyone done this and 
>>> have it work? There are no instructions..the help file merely points to the 
>>> menu item
>>> 
>>> What;'s lost is gone, but how do I do it so it works?
>>> 
>>> How do I make a  a copy that can be read by other systems with categories 
>>> etc? qif backups I discovered only coped the current account..so year of 
>>> work are gone.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know financial software that doesn't require an accounting 
>>> degree, but will import transactions from the bank and allow 
>>> categorisation? What about a program like the old Windows 3 Quicken?
>>> 
>>> I'm a bit upset about this.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Rosemary Horton
>>> [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> 
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