S
Steven Bookman
I would be interested in readers' thoughts on how to decide how robust
an accounting system a small-but-growing business might need.
The highest end Peachtree packages seem to supply quite a lot, but one
major lack is a true cost center range independent of the chart of
accounts.
I.e. if one wishes to track "travel" by department, in the shrink
wrapped packages each expense must have its hand-created sub-account
for each of the multiple departments one wants to assign the cost to.
Such a process would also make budgeting cumbersome from a purely
data entry and maintence point of view.
So the major issues I can think of here are:
1 - Is there truly a total gap in going from $500 or so to over
$10,000?
2 - What features in the $10,000+ arena would sell a smaller business
on going for such an expenditure?
an accounting system a small-but-growing business might need.
The highest end Peachtree packages seem to supply quite a lot, but one
major lack is a true cost center range independent of the chart of
accounts.
I.e. if one wishes to track "travel" by department, in the shrink
wrapped packages each expense must have its hand-created sub-account
for each of the multiple departments one wants to assign the cost to.
Such a process would also make budgeting cumbersome from a purely
data entry and maintence point of view.
So the major issues I can think of here are:
1 - Is there truly a total gap in going from $500 or so to over
$10,000?
2 - What features in the $10,000+ arena would sell a smaller business
on going for such an expenditure?