Which Accounting Software Should You Choose?

If you have a new small business or an existing business you may be considering which accounting software to use to keep track of your income and expenses. There are several options to consider depending on the size of your business and your accounting experience and background. The most common selection for small and some medium businesses is Quickbooks. Quickbooks is a versatile software system that allows you to keep track of your banking, accounts payable, accounts receivables, and inventory. There are a couple options depending on the size of the organizations either pro, premier, or enterprise. Pro allows any business to set up in minutes and begin recording transactions. There are a few limitations to the Pro and Premier systems such as a limitation on the number of inventory items that you can add. Using both Pro or Premier you have the option of adding up to 14,500 items and up to 10,000 vendors or customers. I've had some businesses that ran out of space quickly, but for most these numbers are may never be reached. If on the other hand you do come to that crossroads then you can switch to Enterprise that opens up the option of having 100,000 items and assembly builds with up to 500 items. Enterprise still has limitations on the number of vendors and customers similar to Pro and Premier, but other than that Enterprise is a great system for the larger expanding business.

If you would prefer to have a system that does not impose limitations on you then you may want to consider going with Peachtree or Sage Accounting Systems. Peachtree is a competitor to Quickbooks and has been around nearly as long, but has not taken off quite as well as Quickbooks. Some of the reasons why it has been less widely accepted is that early versions were a lot less user friendly and you had to be fairly familiar with accounting principles to understand how it worked. Peachtree has worked out those issues though and its latest versions are quite good. One of the biggest benefits that Peachtree has over Quickbooks is that it does not limit the number of inventory items, customers, vendors, or anything for that matter. The problem though that users will find from Peachtree is that as your data grows larger the performance of the software will reduce and processes will take longer and longer. This concern can be alleviated by increasing memory on your system.

September 2012 Today's Post Contest Begins - Today's Post

August was a great month for our Today's Post contest we hope that everyone who participated enjoyed it. We would like to continue our free posting contest into September. That means that we have added 1 point to each persons' points account, so now there is no reason why anyone can't post.

Here are the details of the contest. Post run from September 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012 11:59pm. There will be four categories: sad stories, love stories, funny stories, and venting/complaining keep in mind that only original works will be included in the contest. Also there will be no re-posting of past posts. You must create a new post each time. In order to qualify each post must receive a minimum of 20 votes, not including your own, and each person posting must refer at least 10 new members to the site. There must be a minimum of 10 posts before the contest becomes active, that means that you will want to have as many people on the site actively participating in the contest. You will want to let your friends know to post, we won't be adjusting the terms of this months contest, if there are not 10 posts then there will not be a winner. The prizes for this months contest are as follows:

$10 for the highest voted post in the category of Love Stories

$10 for the highest voted post in the category of Funny Stories 

$10 for the highest voted post in the category of Sad Stories

$10 for the highest voted post in the category of Venting/Complaining

There will also be an overall prize for the highest voted post without regard to category.

The post with the most votes will win $40 on top of the $10 prize for the category win, so the winning post could win $50.

We may throw in some additional prizes as we move through the month of September so check back often and make sure that you've posted, these additional prizes may be more random than the above mentioned prize. 

We hope that there will be great participation in the September's contest and we look forward to seeing all your posts and also watching everyone enjoying themselves while competing for the prizes.

For details or to join go to http://www.todaychats.com 

September 2012 Today's Post Contest Begins - Today's Post

Have you joined Todaychats.com yet? Why not its free and you could win big.