[BNM] Accounts / Book-Keeping Software - Free Software?

[Paul Silver]

Shearers are my accountants, and gave me an example spreadsheet which
would make their life easier when it came to doing my accounts. In parts
it was simpler than the one I had for doing my own accounts when I was
sole trader.

As long as you've got a bit of discipline or don't need to hop between
jobs much, I think spreadsheets are the way to go as they're simple and
anyone can understand them. For a touch of open source goodness, I edit
mine in OpenOffice :-)

Cheers

Paul

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:21:19 +0100, "Leif Kendall"
<leif at kendallcopywriting.co.uk> said:
> Thanks for all the suggestions so far. I spoke to an accountant (a nice
> chap
> at Shearers) earlier who recommended just using spreadsheets.
> 
> Apparently for keeping records of my freelance business that will suffice
> -
> so no need to invest time or energy in another program.
> 
> So I think I'll keep it simple and stick to Excel or Google Docs.
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2008, Nick Tong <nicktong at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > i use freshbooks which is really good - thought free agent does look good.
> >
> > 2008/6/2 Jonathan Markwell <jonathan.markwell at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > +1 FreeAgent - worth every penny
> > >
> > > Jon.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Mark Ng <mark at markng.me.uk> wrote:
> > > > I use freeagent for my accounts, which costs me ~£25 a month (or less
> > > > for a non-limited company).  If you like the look of it, feel free to
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> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > 2008/6/2 Leif Kendall <leif at kendallcopywriting.co.uk>:
> > > >> Hi everyone,
> > > >>
> > > >> Has anyone tried using an open-source accounts program? Or Microsoft's
> > > free
> > > >> Office Accounting Express?
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm tempted by the Microsoft version but don't want to waste time with
> > > >> anything rubbish.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any recommendations? Ideally I would like something that's free!
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >>
> > > >> Leif
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