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Monday, February 3, 2014

10 Factors to Consider Prior to Purchasing Accounting Software

To purchase any accounting software out of list of accounting software is important business decision. There are lots of factors which you have to consider prior to purchasing accounting software. It is sure every accounting software is not suitable to every business. If you have bought accounting software without our 10 factors, you will just waste your time and money.

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10 Factors to consider prior to purchasing accounting software

1. Size of Business 

If you have studied the list of accounting software in wikipedia, you will see, it has compare these software on the basis of market focus. It means, if you have the small business, you have to choose the software of the company whose market focus is small business. There are also some accounting software companies whose market focus is the large scale business. For example, SAP ERP is best for large scale business because SAP providing company's focus is on the large scale business. 


2. Support Centre 

Before buying any accounting software, you should check its offline and online support center. Check the online review relating to the quality of its given support. If there is something wrong in your accounting business, it is not possible to record correct, at that time, if any company provides best local support within few minutes, you should buy such company's accounting software. 


3. Accountant's Advice 

Have you own CA or Accountant. You should also their advice for buying accounting software. There are the expert professionals in this field. They can guide you better than any other. Because in the future, they have to work if they feel disturb in using the software, recording of transactions will delay. 


4. Price Compare with Quality

If you have to choose any accounting software, you have to check its price. Compare it with give facilities. Recently, I have to make the mobile website. Some companies are taking $5 to $ 15 per month for providing this service. They have given the features of these services. I have made the list of facilities. Check its importance for my business. Rank the best company by choosing best price. Never ignore the quality. Never choose low price company if there is low quality in his accounting software. Ignore the company whose price is high and given facilities are not needed to your business for maintaining accounts. 


5. Major Brand 

To select major brand for buying accounting software out of list of accounting software. Major brands quality will be at standards. So, it will be your time saving if you will choose it.


6. Simplicity of Accounting Software 

Simplicity of accounting software is also important factor to consider to purchasing accounting software. What is the benefit, you are unable to learn it. From many years, I am practicing on the Tally and I felt that it is so simple to learn. In your case and need, you can choose also any other simple accounting software. 


7. Features List 

Study wikipedia's comparision of accounting software again and again. You will see each accounting software's feature. Match it what you need. Go to individual accounting software's website. Check their features' list. Best matching with you need the software will be the best for buying. 


8. Flexibility

If your business has confidence to change from small scale to large scale. You have to choose the accounting software which provides the facility of flexibility. It means, when you will the large scale business, it will provide you advance features relating to tax and audit and multicurrency use in accounting. 

9. Updates

There are lots of bug which may be happen in accounting softwares, so, it is sure, accounting company updates his software after the time or not. 

10. Conversion from M annual Accounting

Before buying the accounting software, you should check whether software is providing the facility of conversion of your manual accounts in short period without disturbing the business's other important activities and minimum use of employees for this. 

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