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Thursday, 03 September 2009 |
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A TurboCASH user approached me recently
saying that his accountant had recommended that he changes away from
TurboCASH to a commercially licenced product. The argument was that
the accountant used the commercial product and if the user changed
off TurboCASH then they would both be using the same software.
This begs the question - “Is what is
good for your accountant good for you?”
An accountant is dealing with a
completely different view of a business. Effectively they are dealing
with a birds eye view, often managing many different businesses. In
summary they work off the trial balance and create reports from
there. None of them deal with stock and very few of them deal with
Multi user problems. This means that what is good for them may not
necessarily by good for you. In many cases there is a financial
motivation for moving you to a licenced package. The accountant can earn
royalties on the licence fees that are introduced!
You will also find that accountants tend to use
the same package that they have used for many years. There is very little
business pressure for them to advance or keep up with changing
technology. The Open Source development process means that TurboCASH
is constantly being updated and linked to the latest trends in the
industry. This is what leads us to facilities like linking to
Ecommerce websites and the Portable version.
A better suggestion than buying a
package that does not suit you, and will lead to endless requests and
then demands for licence fees is to offer your accountant a free copy
of TurboCASH. Then you can both use teh same poackage without the extra costs.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 September 2009 )
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