Re: [Fsfe-uk] Accountant recommendations?

[Jason Clifford]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, MJ Ray wrote:

> Most would be better served by better knowledge of financial 
> management than an accounts package. It seems much cheaper for *small* 
> businesses to deal with an accountant without them encountering your 
> accounts package, from a straw poll around here. I wonder what size 
> you need to be before it's cheaper to use an accounts package. I'll 
> let you know ;-)

I don't think the size of the business is at all relevant - rather the 
nature and scale of the business processes in terms of income and 
expenditure is what should drive considerations with regard to the 
processes involves in tracking and managing those things.

For me, I could not easily use a proprietary package even were I inclined 
to do so. I *think* it may be possible to integrate sql-ledger with my 
existing processes for handling registrations and other billing events. 
The key for me is automation but then running an ISP is not entirely like 
most other small businesses I expect.

Jason Clifford
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