software for self-employed tax

**flypitcher** · 5th February 2004

what's best for the sole trader to do his own books?
thanks

**Thrush** · 5th February 2004

Sage?

**Realist** · 5th February 2004

Sage is to expensive and other software will do the same job a lot cheaper.

**Thrush** · 5th February 2004

hahaha... Recomend anything Realist?

**TwoPlAnKs** · 5th February 2004

wtf has pc software got to do with household pets and aquatic birds?

you should post your pc software request into the xbox forum or somewhere.

i know this will sound stupid but do microsoft still make microsoft money?

**Thrush** · 5th February 2004

dunno? Have a look on the Microsoft web site.

**Realist** · 5th February 2004

Well there are loads of software out there that do books M8 like Quickbooks as an example.

Use this site http://www.ircspy.com do a search and download what ya need.

**Thrush** · 6th February 2004

You mean go to a shop and buy what you need.

**Crossman** · 6th February 2004

CueballKrill got it in one - Sage. I run my own business and thats what I have been using for the last month or two, in addition to Microsoft Money 2004 for my personal finances.

The alternatives are Quicken Quickbooks (which a few people use) and some people would say GnuCash for Linux which is alright but is not up to the standards of the other two, it took me months of fiddling with Sage, Quicken and GnuCash to figure out that Sage is the best one. Line 50 is the one small businesses tend to use and handles all the Tax, VAT and invoicing which is handy.

If you are a small business with only a few transactions a week then you could get by with a Spreadsheet, as I did for the first few months but to be honest it quickly gets out of hand and into a muddle.

I'm sure they are others but rememeber this is your businesses accounts so you can't really afford it to go tits up, and if you have an accountant then remember chances are they will want to see your accounts in Sage or Quicken Format.

Crossman.

**sano** · 6th February 2004

i run my own company and ive been using sage line 50 for nearly a year now my accountant recommended it

**hxbro** · 6th February 2004

just pay an accountant to do everything, they do wonders - my tax bill for last year was -800, tax man owes me

**Thrush** · 6th February 2004

I never used Sage myself but i was told it was excellent... But Hxbro is right... An accountant (good one) will do everything for you! Think of the time you will save!