Every small business needs to know where the money went - and is going. These top selling accounting software programs simplify your small business accounting tasks, and provide all the reports and tools you need to effectively use your financial data. Simply Accounting and QuickBooks are available for Windows, NT, and Mac platforms.
1. Intuit QuickBooks Accounting Software
Quickbooks is a popular full featured accounting and payroll program designed for small businesses - or, I should say, a small business accounting software series. QuickBooks is available in Basic, Online, Pro, and Premier editions; the Pro Edition of this accounting program includes management tools such as a Vehicle Mileage Tracker and a Cash Flow Projector.
2. Simply Accounting Accounting Software
Full featured accounting and payroll package with all the features and reports any small business needs, including Internet and e-commerce features. This small business accounting software's data entry screens resemble their paper counterparts, and the screen tips and drag and drop functionality make the accounting program easy to learn. Professional versions include a time and billing module. Comes multi-user ready.
3. Peachtree Complete Accounting Software
The Complete version of this small business accounting software program includes over 125 reports and features such as in-depth inventory, time and billing and job costing. The accounting program comes multi-user ready and "value packs" for 3 or more users are available. Peachtree accounting software is also available in Premium and First Accounting versions.
4. Sage BusinessVision Accounting Software
What I really like about Sage's BusinessVision small business accounting and management system is how the program does so much of the accounting for you. For instance, year-end processing is automatic, and you can continue to apply backdated transactions to the previous year, even after the year-end. I also really like the way the program is integrated with Act! and the fact that there’s an add-on that offers a fully integrated ecommerce Web store and shopping cart. Available in Limited, Small Business, Standard and Client Server editions.
5. Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting
The big selling feature of this small business accounting software is integration – and that's a pretty big selling feature if you're already using Microsoft Office. Being able to reuse data already entered into Excel or Outlook is a really useful feature and the integration with the Business Contact Manager makes it easy to stay on top of accounts. A slate of add-on services ranges from online payroll through PayPal invoicing.