When Quicken decided to revamp its range and take on MYOB’s Premier products with its new look QuickBooks Pro, MYOB countered by stepping into Quickens traditional turf at the lower end of the price range.

The lead up to the introduction of the GST was a boon for anybody with a localised accounting package...

The annual battle of the small business accounting programs has flared again as both MYOB and Quicken roll-out their 2004 editions. While both have made several tweaks and additions to last year’s models, the main difference this time around is in MYOB’s new product activation model. While many users will consider it overkill, there is little doubt that MYOB and others have suffered as a result of software piracy over the years and this time MYOB is determined to stop it.

It might seem unfair comparing MYOB’s best selling single user product with Quicken’s multi-user small business accounting package, but the key difference between the two is number of licences and not the functionality.

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All the space you need, with no caps on storage or bandwidth sounds pretty good - just watch out for the fine print.

MYOB looks uncluttered. Its easy to find and change the list of tax codes and to see how the system works. However, the manual still doesnt offer enough step-by-step instructions. You ca

Accounting software is a tough market to get into and is littered with the carcasses of many who had tried and failed to take on the established giants in Quicken and MYOB. Business Breeze is a locally designed product specifically aimed at the small business market.

There are plenty of GST accounting packages to choose from, but which is right for your business? Clem Roberts takes a look at four of the best. The new tax system will mean huge changes

Much like MYOB. It handles combination taxes but you need to change customer and supplier tax information manually. You can, however, make expense accounts automatically subject to GST. So every time

If you have a small business (three employees or less) and you really want to limit what you spend on software and implementation, and you havent bought software yet, look at Quickbooks first. It is t

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Back before the GST was introduced, many retailers were understandably nervous that their point-of-sale (POS) system wouldnt be up to scratch once the dreaded tax came in. Thats where the makers of AAPos, like many other software companies, saw an opportunity.

Too many high-level features to list. Report writer, asset register, more than a dozen invoice layouts ready to go, and sophisticated stock control. In general it is also easy to use. The user interfa

A software vendor recently accused all its competitors of not being GST-compliant in a national newspaper. If the same lines of reason were applied to the ATO, it wouldnt be GST compliant either. You

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Pastel will change the tax defaults for your entire inventory to GST in one fell swoop. You can also set a future tax price on your entire inventory as far in advance of July 1st as you like, and then

The slump in the accounting software market since the heady days leading up to the introduction of GST has seen the major players completely revamp their products. For example, QuickBooks Pro once sold for less than half its current price and was designed for small business.

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