Re: FN-FORUM: Accounting software

date posted 7th January 2007 17:38





Thanks for all the replies

I think I will have a bash at the billings software or use filemaker, which
on thinking will do just what I want - I just have to mark each invoice as
paid or unpaid and it will give me a summary of all outstanding invoices





On 7/1/07 4:11 pm, "Matt Hurst" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

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> As a total non-techie writer, I've found an Excel (or presumably another
> spreadsheet app) book, with a sheet each for: Invoices sent out (which
> has columns for ref number, client, amount, what for, when sent, when
> paid, when banked); expenses (when, on what, category, amount); and
> another one with a tally of income, outgoings, net profit after tax -
> *very* rough, that one but enough to scare me into squirreling some cash
> away for the taxman; has always satisfied me and the taxman. I
> keep a track of hours/days in my diary and spend about half a day a
> month keeping it up to date. I tried Quicken etc. but it was just overkil=
l.
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>> What I really want is to be able to type in, invoice number, invoice
>> date and invoice details, and to be able - at the end of the month
>> for eg. Run a script telling me what is outstanding and I can take
>> the appropriate action etc .. I don=B9t really need anything else other
>> than that, does anyone know of something that will do that
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>> I just use a spread sheet - same sort of volumes as you, and it works
>> fine for me
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