[ubuntu-nz] Accounting / book-keeping software

[Paulus Herewini]

Oh that would be great. No rush really, the sooner I can set-it-up the 
sooner I can start sending out invoices and entering transactions.

Thanks very much.

Paulus

Dave Lane wrote:
> We'd be willing to show your our chart of accounts and any other 
> configuration info, via screen shots if nothing else (perhaps you and/or 
> your accountant will even come up with improvements :) ) - I'm in 
> Melbourne at the moment - how soon do you need it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
>
> Paulus Herewini wrote:
>   
>> Can anyone point me in the direction of setting up ledgersmb to handle 
>> NZ tax? My accountant isn't very computer-literate. Even if someone 
>> could provide me with a quote to customise it (or to tell me how, I'm a 
>> web-developer and quite experienced with linux) that would be great...
>>
>> Dave Lane wrote:
>>     
>>> We've been using LedgerSMB (http://ledgersmb.org) which is a fork of SQL 
>>> Ledger.  We started with SQL-Ledger in 2002, and transferred to 
>>> LedgerSMB (more secure, better development team, attractive development 
>>> roadmap) which is functionally equivalent (or better).  It's a very good 
>>> system.  For most businesses, it's more flexible but has less "hand 
>>> holding" for non-accountants.  Unless you're a competent accounts 
>>> person, you'd probably want to have assistance from a professional in 
>>> setting it up (although I'd recommend that in any case).  That said, the 
>>> LedgerSMB email list is very responsive and offers some good resources.
>>>
>>> LedgerSMB is properly open source, it's client-server (uses PostgreSQL 
>>> as a back end), and it's moving towards a web-services interface.  We 
>>> sent PDF invoices via email to our customers.  It doesn't do direct 
>>> import of bank details (a la Xero) but it offers Point of Sale, Project 
>>> management, Quotes, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, reconciliation, 
>>> inventory management, multiple currencies, and lots of other stuff that 
>>> other systems don't offer.  Don't underestimate the value of proper 
>>> client server architecture (e.g. give your accountant a log-in and they 
>>> can watch your accounts securely without you having to send them a 
>>> spreadsheet or MYOB database each time) - also no user license fees, and 
>>> the ability to integrate into other applications...  we're looking at 
>>> doing that now with Drupal.
>>>
>>> We offer hosted LedgerSMB systems for some of the other companies in our 
>>> Effusion Group cluster (http://effusiongroup.com) and they've found it 
>>> very good.  We're not offering it as a full-fledged commercial service, 
>>> but might be open for discussion.
>>>
>>> I don't know much about Gnu-Cash, but my impression is that it's more 
>>> for individuals and not so much for business use, particularly if you 
>>> expect to expand to multiple locations, branches, etc. (which LedgerSMB 
>>> does support!).
>>>
>>> Hope that helps someone.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Paulus Herewini wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hello, I am in the process of setting up a small business. I am hoping 
>>>> to be using entirely opensource operating systems and software. I am 
>>>> almost there except for one part:
>>>>
>>>> Accounting Software
>>>>
>>>> I did some quick researched and (hopefully) found that GNUcash was the 
>>>> better option for me. It looks like it needs some slight customisation 
>>>> to enter/calculate NZ GST correctly, and anything else NZ-related.
>>>>
>>>> I am enquiring as to whether anyone on this list has either setup 
>>>> GNUcash (or any other opensource accounting package) successfully for a 
>>>> NZ business or have seen an NZ-specific tutorial or article. I am 
>>>> reluctant to ask my accountant for help with this as they aren't very 
>>>> technically-literate and would simply say "Just get MYOB and install it 
>>>> on a windows machine".
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Paulus Herewini
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>   
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