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- THE SIMPLE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM V4.0 5/26/84
- FEATURES
- This is a double-entry system, suitable for home or small business.
- There are no practical limits on the number of accounts or entries.
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- Accounts are called by name. You don't have to memorize numbers.
- Fast, full-screen, entry.
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- Keeps multiple sets of books (e.g. rental property, sideline business).
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- Automatic recurring entries and depreciation entries.
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- Yearly reports (balance sheet & trial balance).
- Monthly report (P&L).
- Budget vs. actual (YTD), presented in numbers and graphically.
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- Reports can be run for any month at any time.
- Entries can be posted to any month.
- Effects a clean cutoff. No need to withhold entries until closing.
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- Keeps a complete audit trail.
- Without it you have an adding machine, not an accounting system.
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- Financial decisions module computes payments, interest rate (ROI),
- present value and prints amortization schedules. Can handle irregular
- payment schedule with mixed inflows and outflows (yours probably can't).
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- Does not require knowledge of accounting. On the other hand does not
- pander to the least common denominator like many other "home" systems.
- You can just automate your checkbook (it has a panel specifically
- for that) and progress as you learn.
- Basically, if you don't know accounting the system will teach you.
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- JUSTIFICATION
- "Why do I need to keep a set of books at home?"
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- ..It lets you spot overspending trends in time enough to do something
- about them.
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- ..If there is more than one in your household, it tells you WHO is
- off track (assuming you set up your chart of accounts that way).
- In business it's called accountability; at home it's called
- staying married.
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- ..It makes your income tax return accurate and auditable.
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- ..When you are thinking about how it's going, it focuses your attention
- on the real measure --- net worth --- not how much money is in the
- bank. Every month you are forced to look at your change in net worth.
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- ..Because it's right. You wouldn`t think of running a business without
- records. Why not? The same answers apply to your personal affairs.
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- INSTRUCTIONS
- Requires 128K, one disk and an editor.
- Printer can be used but not required.
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- Files GL.MT, GLMAST.DAT and GLJRNL.DAT are a demo set of books.
- You should practice with them first to get the hang of it. Try making
- a few entries to 1/84 and close the period. When you're ready,
- build your own GL.MT, delete the two .DAT files and start making
- your entries. Operation of must functions should be obvious.
- Here are a few that may not be:
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- When making journal entries, don't hit the enter key (Cr) until
- you think you have it right. Use tab or cursor arrows to move
- around the screen. If you forgot the account name, enter an
- invalid name and use the help screen. Note how the entry panel
- supports End, Home, Ins, Del, and space (in a numeric field).
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- To enter your budget, use a description of BUDGET (must be in
- upper case), put the account in debit and leave credit blank
- (the credit always goes to PROFIT). Note that the period can
- be from/thru so if you have he same budget every month specify
- 1-12. Don't forget to put a minus sign for credits (income,
- sales, etc.).
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- In order to use an account for Checkbook Entries, the first
- four letters of its short name must be CASH....
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- Do setup an account 0 called WORK and use it as the other side of
- one-legged entries.
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- MISSING FEATURES
- I am considering these enhancements for version 5.
- I don't need them for my own books, but I'll make them if there
- is sufficient interest.
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- ..Bank reconciliation (I don't have any trouble doing it manually).
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- ..Consolidated statements with automatic eliminations.
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- ..Reversing entries (estimates or "book the budget").
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- ..Fancier printed reports.
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- ..More flexibility on periods. 4-4-5 or 13 period systems.
- Option to lock out prior period entries.
- Isolating audit adjustments and other end of year entries.
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- ..Input from other computer systems.
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- Robert Wagner
- 2110 65th Street
- Lubbock, TX 79412
- 806-745-5309
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- Suggested contribution: $24.95.
- This entitles you to 2 hours of telephone support.
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