Description:
If you're venturing into business or have reached your limit with pencil-and-paper accounting methods, consider MYOB Accounting Plus 9.0. This full-featured package contains everything you need to run your own accounts or prepare just the right reports to hand off to a pro.Setup is simple, though you should have had at least a taste of accounting procedure in the past if you don't want to be overwhelmed. Choose from over 100 flowchart-style account systems--one of them is sure to match your own business model closely--and get started right away. Navigation is slick and intuitive, but there's also excellent multimedia instruction should you get stuck. Using the ledgers is just as easy, and while there are some limitations in forms and account numbers, the unique multicurrency system with automatic exchange-rate tracking and the item price matrix that allows up to 30 different prices per item more than compensate. Accounting tasks can be automated, and reminders set up to spur you to action when necessary. E-commerce sites might want to look elsewhere, though. Despite the advantages offered by the multicurrency system, MYOB Accounting Plus 9.0 has little direct Web integration--users must kludge together a cut-and-paste system or use Microsoft Office, which MYOB supports. Ask any small-business owner to name the most frustrating aspect of their work and you're sure to hear "finance." Even if a business can afford to hire an accountant, keeping financial data integrated with other information and even simple record keeping can strain the most organized mind. Even with the above-mentioned limitations, MYOB Accounting Plus 9.0 is powerful and easy to use; distributors and most other small businesses will find their money hassles disappearing after a few months of use. --Rob Lightner
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