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FREE Accounting software now available
Stewarts Accountants are now offering FREE accounting software to clients. Free can mean it's worth what you paid for it, but not in this case.
If you are establishing a new business, you will be being told by everyone advising you that it is important to keep good records, not just to satisfy your tax obligations, but MUCH more importantly to tell you how the business is doing in meeting your goals, financial and otherwise. We see many clients who are confused by record keeping, but there is no need to be. It is a question of working with your accountant to implement simple yet effective methods from the start that will help you as you develop the business, AND help your accountant (hopefully us) to meet your accounting and tax obligations. After all, if your records are poor, chances are your accounts are... and from your accounts your tax return flows. It is easy to see that if your records don't reveal the information your accountant needs, you could be paying too much tax.
And there's a better reason, beside the taxman, accounts are there to inform you how the business is doing. So whats the point of paper record keeping in the 21st century? If you are in business you absolutely MUST know three things about your financial position, how much cash do we have to come in? How much cash do we have now? and how much cash will be leaving us? Cash is the lifeblood of every business, make no mistake.
We have the answer, a FREE (to clients) computerised cash book. VT Cash Book is a client edition of our professional accounting and financial reporting package, so it integrates with our systems and helps us to produce your accounts reliably and quickly, giving you as much warning as we can of the taxman's take. See the link below for more information and to download a free copy:
http://www.vtsoftware.co.uk/cashbook/index.htm
VT Final Accounts has been voted top in recent ICAEW (the English Chartered Accountants) software satisfaction surveys, and they now produce an excellent free package called VT Cash Book which will met the initial needs of any small business. If you maintain your records on a PC, please don't invent the wheel by designing a spreadsheet, talk to us first. We will give you a FREE one hour tuition in the use of Cash Book, all support is provided by us, and there are no annual maintenance fees, if you get stuck (we promise, you won't) just call us.
If you use VT Cash Book day-to-day as part of running your business you will be able to see exactly your cash position, your future VAT liability as it builds up, your profits and key figures and the only thing you need is a little of your time. Isn't that better than a box full of paperwork and no idea where you stand?
We know what we would do, where else can you can something for free that is actually worth having?
Call us now and we will arrange to meet you for a free demonstration.
Gordon C Stewart 01 Sept 2010
