Office Accounting. 2007 by Microsoft. Two versions: Express or. Professional.
$15,000.00+. Academic Alliance FREE to schools or. 120 day educational
version.
What, Why, When, Where, and How of Accounting Software Susan V. Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville FL
Accounting Software Basic Business Processes:
…buy, sell, build, track • Acquisition/Payment • Sale/Collection • Conversion • Human Resource • Financing
Accounting Software Market* ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Entry-level software: Sales up to $5 million; 20 employees; 5 million companies. (PT; QB, MOA) Small to medium business software: Sales up to $100 million; 100 employees; 516,000 companies. (PT; QB; MOA, GP) Small to medium enterprise software: Revenues up to $500 million; 500 employees; 84,000 companies. (GP;MAS90;MAS200) Enterprise resource planning software: Revenues $500 million+; 500+ employees; 17,000 companies. (SAP; Peoplesoft)
*A Strategy for Finding the Right Accounting Software, Journal of Accountancy, September 2003; www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/sep2003/johnston.htm
Popular Accounting software
= Information Architects WhyAccounting add Accounting Software to your courses?
• Business/Financial Literacy • Accounting Literacy • Because it is how accounting is actually done….
Accounting Course Sequence Excel
Excel Financial/ Principles I Publisher Designed GL, Peachtree; QuickBooks; Office Accounting 2007
Tax
Managerial/ Principles II
Computer Accounting
Cost
Intermediate
Peachtree
Tax Software Excel
Dynamics-GP
AIS
Audit
Access Dynamics-GP
ACL
Peachtree; QuickBooks; Office Accounting 2007; Dynamics-GP Software
2006-7 Educational Cost
Retail Cost
Peachtree by Sage
FREE to schools www.peachtree.com/training/educati onal_partnerships.cfm
$69.99 - $699.99
QuickBooks by Intuit
Educational pricing: $99.95 - $599.95 Or 30 day FREE Online Edition www.intuitadvisor.com/education
$99.95 to $3,000.00+
Office Accounting 2007 by Microsoft Two versions: Express or Professional Dynamics-GP by Microsoft
Office Accounting Express 2007: http://www.ideawins.com/home.html Office Accounting Professional 2007: http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/product.aspx?fam ily=officeaccounting&culture=en-US
Academic Alliance FREE to schools or 120 day educational version www.microsoft.com/education/acade mic_alliance.mspx
Online: $19.95-39.95/mo. Express FREE download or part of Office Small Business, Professional, or Ultimate Suites Professional: $149 new or $99 upgrade $15,000.00+
Software Comparison: QuickBooks; Peachtree; Office Accounting
Software Comparison: QuickBooks; Peachtree; Office Accounting
Software Comparison: QuickBooks; Peachtree; Office Accounting
Software Comparison: QuickBooks; Peachtree; Office Accounting
Software Comparison: QuickBooks; Peachtree; Office Accounting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/accounting/prodinfo/quickcompare.mspx
Publisher-Designed: General Ledger
Publisher-Designed: General Ledger
Peachtree Peachtree Sales Navigation Aid
QuickBooks Pro 2006 Home Page
QuickBooks Online Edition Home Page
Office Accounting 2007
Office Accounting 2007
Dynamics-GP 8.0
Adding Software to Accounting Courses • Doing Focus – Principles of Accounting, Tax, Audit, Government – Focus on Data entry and Bookkeeping – Practice sets to learn accounting processes
• Using Focus – Separate Computer literacy & AIS Courses teach the basics – Focus on computer-based stand-alone programs – Practice analyzing sample company data or data sets from Financial/Managerial/Tax/Auditor perspective
• Business Process Focus – Technology integrated across curricula & desktop – Focus on analyzing Information accessible from anywhere – Practice queries and searches of databases – Explore Internal/External Controls and Risks of Systems
Because Accounting software is on every business desktop, which will you use?
