OK,  so you need to buy some accounting software for your new or growing business.  But, as you are not an accountant, you don’t know exactly what you need.  Here are 10 quick points to consider before you buy your  accounting program:  1.  Make a list of all the accounting tasks you have to perform 2.  Accessability – How and when and where do I need to access my data. [...]

Potential customers often email me for advice on the suitability of our product range for their businesses. So, in this blog I thought that some rough guidelines  might help. Our accounting spreadsheets are designed for  small businsses and  ‘Not for Profit’ Organisations. The MrSpreadSheet Accounting Software range caters for VAT, Flat Rate VAT and non VAT Registered businesses. Typically our users would have up to 100 transactions per month. Most [...]

Bookkeeping Templates  - I am biased … Now, let’s be honest, I sell accounting spreadsheets, so, I am obviously biased! My answer will sing the praises for  ‘simple’, easy to use bookkeeping and accounting spreadsheets and at the same time pour ridicule and scorn over more expensive proprietary accounting software  packages. But, not so. My background is 100% Accountancy, and for the past 25 years 80% Accounting Software.  I am [...]

It is easy and inexpensive to use accounting templates but are they the correct choice for small businesses?   We all know that there is a legal requirement to maintain accurate accounting records covering your business transactions. The tax man, the VAT man and a miscellany of compliance regulations means that accurate bookkeeping records are essential. Notwithstanding the above, keeping correct information is vital if you want to run your [...]

Accounting Templates – A historic tale … I am very old, in fact I am old enough to remember good old fashioned Accounting Ledgers, Yes, those archaic, well-thumbed pages bound by two black leather covers and covered in pristine numeric script. Also popular at the time were large red cash books, which when opened had row after row and column after column of this same pristine numeric script. [Could the [...]