Hey there, i need some advice as to what software fellow bookkeepers would recomend for my bookkeeping business and do if in my possition.
I have pitmans 1,2,&3 and am currently retraining with the ICB so i can become a member. I have worked as a book keeper for 2 building companys since 2006 and now am expanding my business. I need to be able to use software for multi companys varying in size. i currently have 9 clients waiting for me to get something to keep their accounts on. I have experiance with quickbooks and MYOB but no training in computerised accounting ( my next step, someone has lent me sage training discs).
i am just a little confussed what to do next ? i was considering client management from sage but have stumbled across this website and their seems to be a few options, quickbooks, sage, bookcert, VT ...............
Also my other problem is i have a applemac and nothiing seems to be compatible with it. I am just about to buy a super fandangled PC as i thought this was the only option but if i can get away with using proffesional software on my mac i'd rather do that. however a new laptop would be nice
Please can you give me some software advice as i am so confused and the internet provides loads of options but everyone is trying to sell you something ! Advice from people in the business would be fantastic.
thanks in advance for your help x looking forward to hearing from you x
I am personally a fan of VT Transaction+. But as you say it doesnt work with Macs. There is the option, however, of using an emulator. There are a number of PC emulators for the Mac which will let you run PC applications. This will work out cheaper than buying a new pc.
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thanks for getting back to me. i am looking into the VTTransaction+ as it seems to be very popular. i know about the emulators but don't want to put that on my mac. i think i have defiantly decided to get a PC for work only, it makes sense.
remember then that to run office applications and VT it doesn't need to be the most high powered machine. You should be able to get away with spending just a few hundred pounds.
The views expressed in this post are my own personal (HRA protected) views, and are not representative of any organisation I have any involvement with.
OK. I'll bare that in mind. do i need office to run the VT+ program, i haven't got that far yet. i will have to look into it tonight when my baby is sleeping x thanks for the advice
You are probably aware, you can download a trial version of VT. I use it all the time now, but when I first started, I didn't like it because it wasn't what I was used to. If you give it a chance it is definately a cost effective solution to multi company accounts.
If you opt for the accountants version, it can produce financial statements in various formats, depending on the business type
hey thanks for that, i will defiantly give it a go on the trial version as i have been looking around various forums and it seems to be the most highly rated and talked about. willing to give everything a go but the price of this one seems very pleasing. i'll look into the accounts version . I did notice on the prices page it said final accounts and transaction plus, i have prepared alot of final accounts in the past few years so will look into both x thanks for the advice x
Before you go out a buy a new PC there is an easy way to use PC based software on MACs it's called Parallels and is quite cheap. It enables you to use your MAC both as a MAC and a PC. I use it and I love it. I used to just use Bootcamp which is bundled with the MAC but I had to shut down MAC and restart as PC and vice versa which was a pain but with Parallels there's no problem you just have to start it on switching on and shut it down before shuting down the MAC.
