Why Use An Accounting Software?

	5 reasons to manage your bookkeeping with financial management software
	Are you spending time on bookkeeping tasks? If trying to grow your business or help ensure its continued success, spending time on accounting tasks is not the best use of your time. Your business needs you. The right financial management software can help. Discover why, if you're using manual methods to manage your bookkeeping, switching to software may make all the difference.
	It saves you time and helps you work faster Bookkeeping isn't as simple as punching in numbers. There are legislative updates to consider, changes to forms, VAT requirements, complex calculations - and more. But when you use financial management software, you spend less time on accounting details. Why? Because your software does that work for you - with automatic updates as new information becomes available. Step-by-step approach - from set-up to bookkeeping task completion and reporting Just 2 clicks to view customer & supplier information Grows with your business - move seamlessly from product to product as your bookkeeping needs change Learn why you should choose QuickBooks
	It's more accurate, with bookkeeping features that reduce errors Managing your business's finances with pencil & paper or spreadsheets can lead to errors - from entering data incorrectly to misplacing payments. Financial management software solutions built for small businesses like yours include features that identify errors for you. And because you're inputting data less when you use financial management software, you don't have to worry about double-entries, typos or other bookkeeping mistakes. Always-on Audit Trail helps you track & reverse bookkeeping errors Reduced data-entry - enter customer, vendor & employee information once, and QuickBooks uses it going forward Permission levels & password-protection in Pro and Premier mean you can choose who has access to your bookkeeping data and who can make changes See what's new & improved for QuickBooks 2008
	It's easier to use & understand Think financial management software is complicated? Worried about installation, learning a difficult programme or a bookkeeping task going wrong and being unable to fix it? It doesn't have to be that way. The right financial management software will include all the tools you need - plus easy set-up, a familiar look and feel and the ability to make corrections if you need to. Reduce your data entry, track payments, create bookkeeping reports and see your bottom line at a glance - easily. With QuickBooks, there's no bookkeeping experience needed. Easy set-up with a step-by-step interview Familiar on-screen forms - not complex journal entries Password-protect closing dates in Pro and Premier Compare QuickBooks products
	It shows you exactly how your business is doing Great reports can help you stay on top of your business's performance. With pencil & paper or spreadsheets, generating bookkeeping reports is often a long & complicated process: Spend time deciding what reports you need. Search for related data. Manually create each report - including data entry, calculations & formatting. And repeat the whole process every time you need a new bookkeeping report. Financial management software simplifies reporting. Just choose a report template, customise it as you see fit - and your software does the rest. Customisable bookkeeping reports: 100+ in Pro and 125+ in Premier Tools to create business plans, forecasts and more Customisable Chart of Accounts helps you organise money coming in & going out One-click report-generating - so you can see the big picture and the details of your bookkeeping Find more business tools in QuickBooks Premier 2008
	It makes payroll easy Calculating payroll by hand for one person can be time-consuming - but when you have multiple employees to pay, the task of calculating deductions and writing each cheque and pay slip by hand adds up. Financial management software with payroll functions makes paying employees easier. That's because it includes automatic legislative updates, built-in accuracy-checkers, simplified tools to print or distribute cheques - and even features to make tax time easier. QuickBooks Payroll lets you take minutes - not hours - to pay your employees.