CPA Technology Review 2010

ERP accounting software not small business accounting software!

Small business accounting software only gives you a view of your accounts and if you’re lucky a liitle bit of information about your customers. Our web based ERP small business management software contains powerful ERP accounting software seamlessly integrated with:

  • CRM – to manage your customer relationships, prospects and leads
  • Customer access portal – so your customers can pay their invoices online, review and approve estimates and orders.
  • Sales forecasting – to predict your sales and manage your sales funnel
  • Sales and purchase order management – to manage your sales and purchasing
  • Ecommerce – so you can promote and sell your products online
  • Inventory management – to manage your stockroom and the services you sell
  • Job tracking – to capture and track the profitability of the job activities
  • Timesheets – to capture and track the time you and your team spend
  • Employee expenses – to track business expenses.

Small business accounting software doesn’t make it easy to do any of this, but with ERP accounting, suddenly you can see the connections between the numbers and the activity.

ERP accounting for people and  accountants

The real purpose of business accounting software is supposed to be to make it easier to run a business. So we designed the ERP accounting features to satisfy the needs of accounting and non accounting people and make them accessible and easy to use.

If your unfamiliar with accounting we provide easy to follow short sharp tutorials to help you learn the basics of bookkeeping and management accounting, master the technical stuff and build your confidence in reading and working with the numbers.

You will quickly be able to organise and do your small business accounting the way you think best helps you run your business. We make it simple for you to follow the numbers and easily understand exactly what is going on.

ERP Accounting Features

If you’re an accounting professional you’ll immediately recognise that our web based ERP small business management software has all of the features you expect of a powerful small business accounting system.

Here’s just some of the hundreds of features:

  • Accrual or Cash based accounting
  • Account numbering
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Customizable reports with drill down to the original transaction
  • Departmental Accounting
  • Double Entry general ledger with automatic balanced entry checking
  • Easy export to spreadsheets
  • Financial Period locking
  • General journals
  • Multi-currency support
  • Document management  - organize and back up original documents all in one place
  • Audit trail

Tax and legal reporting made easy

We make it easy to keep the accurate records and make the reports you need to meet legal requirements such as filing VAT or Sales Tax and annual accounts. You can set up how VAT or Sales Tax gets recorded and prepare Tax reports in minutes. For UK VAT registered businesses we provide an on screen VAT form that lets you complete your VAT return and drill down to see what transactions make up the numbers.

Flexible cash flow reporting

With just a few clicks you can see what money is coming in and going out and get a clear picture of your present and future financial position. You can easily add adjustments for transactions not yet entered to help you model what might happen.

ERP business intelligence reporting

Effortlessly produce the financial management reports needed to help you understand and run your business. We makes it easy to see how much you are earning (Income), spending (Expense) and what you have in the bank (Capital). Whether you work with cash sales or invoices (Cash or Accrual) our system makes light work of the reports.

With a single click you can:

  • See how every document such as a sales invoice or a purchase or a bill has affected your accounts.
  • Drill down on individual account entries to discover the reasons for a transaction.
  • Drill down on every screen report to trace the entry back to the original transaction.

Multi-currency ERP accounting features made simple

Set up the currencies you want to deal in and their associated exchange rates. With a single click, specify in the Customer or Supplier record which currency they do business with you in, set up multi – currency pricing on items and that’s it, you are ready to trade.

Small business ERP accounting support when you need it

Your accountant or bookkeeper can login when you need them: Should you need the help of an accountant or need your bookkeeper to enter transactions,  simply provide them with a login and password. We know this will save you valuable time and money.