Non Related Accounting System ?

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very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.


Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share comparing
Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?

Thank you
John
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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Cris

Cris
Wed Sep 10 21:13:31 CDT 2003

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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Susan

Susan
Wed Sep 10 23:36:10 CDT 2003

Honestly have not used MS Small Business Manager nor have any clients
who have it [uh... what does that tell you.....]

Bad - quickbooks doesn't "close" a period so someone can post a
transaction to a prior year if they want to [stick a password on a prior
year].
Good... relatively easy for someone to pick up
Bad - realtively easy for someone to screw it up if they don't know what
they are doing
Good - make sure the reconcile inside the QB.

Like anything.. IMHO it's not the program... it's the operator.

Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> Susan Bradley, one of our MVPs is the person you want to advise you on
> this question and I'm sure you will see a response from her soon.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> Please DO NOT email me directly but respond only in the newsgroup so
> that all can benefit.
>
> "John Revay" <johnrevay@hotmail.com <mailto:johnrevay@hotmail.com>>
> wrote in message news:egvzGRAeDHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am sorry to post this question here, - I just know that there are
> a lot of
> very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.
>
>
> Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share comparing
> Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?
>
> Thank you
> John
>

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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Chad

Chad
Wed Sep 10 23:47:47 CDT 2003

As for SBM, I evaluated it as a possible solution for a family biz - but the
inventory was unbelievably weak for the price of the package. QuickBooks is
ok - but I'm partial to Peachtree (hint - if you're using it for payroll,
you can manually enter your payroll tax formulas if you don't want to spend
the $$$ for the annual tax service)

--
Chad A Gross

Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be overcome
given enough time and money. Corollary: You are never given enough
time or money.



Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP] on highspeed in Charlotte
wrote:
> Honestly have not used MS Small Business Manager nor have any clients
> who have it [uh... what does that tell you.....]
>
> Bad - quickbooks doesn't "close" a period so someone can post a
> transaction to a prior year if they want to [stick a password on a
> prior year].
> Good... relatively easy for someone to pick up
> Bad - realtively easy for someone to screw it up if they don't know
> what they are doing
> Good - make sure the reconcile inside the QB.
>
> Like anything.. IMHO it's not the program... it's the operator.
>
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:
>
>> Susan Bradley, one of our MVPs is the person you want to advise you
>> on this question and I'm sure you will see a response from her soon.
>>
>> --
>> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
>> Please DO NOT email me directly but respond only in the newsgroup so
>> that all can benefit.
>>
>> "John Revay" <johnrevay@hotmail.com
>> <mailto:johnrevay@hotmail.com>> wrote in message
>> news:egvzGRAeDHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... I am sorry to post
>> this question here, - I just know that there are a lot of
>> very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.
>>
>>
>> Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share
>> comparing Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?
>>
>> Thank you
>> John


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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Michael

Michael
Thu Sep 11 08:04:39 CDT 2003

Microsoft would like to be a player in this market, but they are not yet
there. They are first getting into the market.

The low end accounting market has consolidated on two programs: Quickbooks
and Peachtree.

Quickbooks success is that it is simple. It attempts to hide the accounting
from the user. It is really an outgrowth of Quicken and it based around the
checkbook metaphor. You do not see General Ledger accounting codes nor are
there formal accounting periods. It is really designed for the smaller firm
and must be used by the owner or a VERY trusted employee.

Peachtree is more formal in its approach. It has better security and audit
trails. For example, it allows for batch entry so one person can perform
data entry and a manager can review then post before items "hit the books".
Its built in reports can be customized and it even works with Crystal
Reports.

But that's just my opinion,
I could be wrong!

Michael Klein
Computer Directions
"John Revay" <johnrevay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:egvzGRAeDHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am sorry to post this question here, - I just know that there are a lot
of
> very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.
>
>
> Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share comparing
> Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?
>
> Thank you
> John
>
>


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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Javier

Javier
Thu Sep 11 08:50:42 CDT 2003

I almost forgot the reason I posted in the first place :-)

Go to this website and register-
http://www.quickbooksusers.com/.forums/

There's a comparison forum there... you can see comparisons with every
imaginable program there (beware that since this is a QuickBooks forum...
people will be biased). However, I have found that the information there is
very good actually.

In specific there's a thread called: Great Plains Small Business Manager
started on 12-22-2002 on the Comparison Forum. I suggest you start there.

HIH,

Javier

"Javier Gomez" <javier_gomez@remove.this.bit.engineer.com> wrote in message
news:eYC2spGeDHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I like Peachtree too. Maybe one day I will try MS SBM. Are you using
> Quickbooks Premier now?
>
> -Javier
>
> "Chad A Gross" <chad.gross@laytonflower.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:u1MZZ$BeDHA.2408@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > As for SBM, I evaluated it as a possible solution for a family biz - but
> the
> > inventory was unbelievably weak for the price of the package.
QuickBooks
> is
> > ok - but I'm partial to Peachtree (hint - if you're using it for
payroll,
> > you can manually enter your payroll tax formulas if you don't want to
> spend
> > the $$$ for the annual tax service)
> >
> > --
> > Chad A Gross
> >
> > Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be overcome
> > given enough time and money. Corollary: You are never given enough
> > time or money.
> >
> >
> >
> > Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP] on highspeed in Charlotte
> > wrote:
> > > Honestly have not used MS Small Business Manager nor have any clients
> > > who have it [uh... what does that tell you.....]
> > >
> > > Bad - quickbooks doesn't "close" a period so someone can post a
> > > transaction to a prior year if they want to [stick a password on a
> > > prior year].
> > > Good... relatively easy for someone to pick up
> > > Bad - realtively easy for someone to screw it up if they don't know
> > > what they are doing
> > > Good - make sure the reconcile inside the QB.
> > >
> > > Like anything.. IMHO it's not the program... it's the operator.
> > >
> > > Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:
> > >
> > >> Susan Bradley, one of our MVPs is the person you want to advise you
> > >> on this question and I'm sure you will see a response from her soon.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> > >> Please DO NOT email me directly but respond only in the newsgroup so
> > >> that all can benefit.
> > >>
> > >> "John Revay" <johnrevay@hotmail.com
> > >> <mailto:johnrevay@hotmail.com>> wrote in message
> > >> news:egvzGRAeDHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... I am sorry to post
> > >> this question here, - I just know that there are a lot of
> > >> very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share
> > >> comparing Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?
> > >>
> > >> Thank you
> > >> John
> >
> >
>
>


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Re: Non Related Accounting System ? by Susan

Susan
Fri Sep 12 00:17:26 CDT 2003

Peachtree if you need a heavy Inventory package
Quickbooks if you don't.

Michael Klein wrote:

> Microsoft would like to be a player in this market, but they are not yet
> there. They are first getting into the market.
>
> The low end accounting market has consolidated on two programs: Quickbooks
> and Peachtree.
>
> Quickbooks success is that it is simple. It attempts to hide the accounting
> from the user. It is really an outgrowth of Quicken and it based around the
> checkbook metaphor. You do not see General Ledger accounting codes nor are
> there formal accounting periods. It is really designed for the smaller firm
> and must be used by the owner or a VERY trusted employee.
>
> Peachtree is more formal in its approach. It has better security and audit
> trails. For example, it allows for batch entry so one person can perform
> data entry and a manager can review then post before items "hit the books".
> Its built in reports can be customized and it even works with Crystal
> Reports.
>
> But that's just my opinion,
> I could be wrong!
>
> Michael Klein
> Computer Directions
> "John Revay" <johnrevay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:egvzGRAeDHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>I am sorry to post this question here, - I just know that there are a lot
>
> of
>
>>very good people who - respond to this newsgroup.
>>
>>
>>Does any one have suggestions or pros/ cons they can share comparing
>>Quickbooks Premier vs MS Small Business Manager?
>>
>>Thank you
>>John
>>
>>
>
>
>

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