FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Sunday January 7th 2007

date posted 7th January 2007 15:11


Hi!

In response to the below... im currently developing such a system!
Obviously being a freelancer myself I know what type of features I need
but not what everyone else wants, if you have any suggestions I'd love
to hear them :-)

Cheers!
Rix



Saturday 6th January 2007 17:12:46
Re: FN-FORUM: Accounting software - Andy Davidson [EMAIL REMOVED]


On 6 Jan 2007, at 10:24, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> At the moment I probably write between 2 to 6 invoices a month, and =20
> usually they are for ongoing cummulative work for the same people, =20
> so I keep a record of my hours in my diary, enter it into an excel =20
> spreadsheet to calculate a monthly total, and type out a nicely =20
> designed invoice in InDesign

Likewise (but I use Pages and a whiteboard).

I was going to buy MYOB (there is a mac port) for invoicing, =20
management accounts, and keeping abreast of figures that must be =20
legally disclosed, but at the volumes we are talking about, I find it =20
actually much cheaper to keep it paper based (but you *need* the =20
whiteboard to keep track of monies owed!) and let my accountant do =20
the reports and statutory obligations.

-a