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

Tue Jun 3 10:17:13 BST 2008

Shaun,
Yeah, I'll email you the spreadsheet directly. I'll delete all my
client names and amounts of course !! ;-)

Andy

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Paul Silver <paul at tenpastmidnight.com> wrote:
> 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
>> > > > use my referral URL, which gives us both a 10% discount !
>> > > > https://signup.freeagentcentral.com/signup?referrer=2e4d6n8q
>> > > >
>> > > > 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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