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MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING 2006:
Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006 is recommended for small
business users who demand tight integration with Microsoft Office
applications such as Excel or Outlook's Business Contact Manager. Small
businesses that process payroll in-house will find Simply Accounting or
Quickbooks a better fit for their needs.
Features in Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006:
Small Business Accounting includes most of the essential accounting
functions, such as:
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Creating invoices and purchase orders,
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Recording purchases, receipts, bank deposits, and bill payments,
and
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Generating financial statements and other reports.
In addition Small Business Accounting integrates with Microsoft
Office 2003 applications, for example:
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Use Word to create custom templates for invoices.
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Export reports to Excel or Access.
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Process payroll in Excel, and import the data into Small
Business Accounting.
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Track billable time using Outlook Business Contact Manager.
Personal Observations when using Microsoft Small Business Accounting
2006:
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Small Business Accounting allows businesses to import their
accounting data from Quickbooks Basic or Pro, however users can only
import from the 2003, 2004 or 2005 versions of Quickbooks.
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Small Business Accounting has a very clean software interface.
It is very reminiscent of Microsoft Outlook. If you like the
look-and-feel of Outlook, you will like the layout of Small Business
Accounting.
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Small Business Accounting uses the task flow chart as a
navigation aide. The task flow chart is similar to those found in
Quickbooks and Simply Accounting.
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Unlike
Simply Accounting and Quickbooks, Small Business Accounting does
not come in various editions.
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Small Business Accounting integrates with Outlook 2003 Business
Contact Manager, enabling businesses to track billable time.
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Small Business Accounting integrates with Word, Excel, and
Access. For example you can create custom templates for invoices in
Word or export reports to Excel.
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In order to process payroll, you have to set up a link between
Small Business Accounting and Excel, and then process payroll
manually in Excel. The only other option is to use ADP to process
your payroll, and then download the transaction data into Small
Business Accounting.
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