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| Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $19.98
You Save: $59.02 (75%)
New (9) Used (4) from $15.59
Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 673
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 2
MPN: X11-98506
Model: ZQ2-00003
UPC: 882224036696
EAN: 0882224036696
ASIN: B000A76ZR0
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED FULL VERSION COMPLETE IN TRIFOLD EASY GET STARTED NOW CASE
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Adequate for a small products business December 16, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
We now have seven months experience using Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 (MSO SBA) to manage accounts for a product development company with a fairly small transaction volume. It has proven adequate for the job, but it has irritating quirks and key limitations. Some scrollbars do not scroll. Some displays jump after they are updated. Some selections take one click, and others take two. Some screens have a button for a function that on other screens is found in a menu. Several displays have extremely poor contrast.
The chart of accounts is limited to two levels. In our experience the built-in banking and payroll functions were not usable. They are both tied to vendors: a single bank that has no branches in our area, and a single payroll vendor using a company model with only hourly wages, no direct deposit, and no departments or other cost centers. Reconciliation of accounts is cumbersome and may fail; we use the register checkboxes and a calculator.
Microsoft touts the integration of MSO SBA with Office, but we found it of limited use. After forms such as invoices are exported to Word, extra work is needed to format them because MSO SBA provides rigid models and no macros. Potential usefulness of Excel is limited because, out-of-the-box, MSO SBA can only export. However, we found a reasonably priced add-in from DpDynamics of Morgantown, WV, that imports transactions from Excel. We currently use it in combination with data downloads from our payroll vendor to implement a departmental payroll, and we are planning to use it to calculate and import sales commissions and multistate sales taxes.
At the Amazon price, MSO SBA is a bargain, provided you are willing to ride out its quirks and do some work on the side as we do with the DpDynamics add-in. We have two network-coupled copies in the office and got a third for our accountant. We installed each of the three service packs issued to date. So far, we have had no trouble with essential functions and no garbled data or data loss.
 This package s*cks December 12, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am writing to warn unsuspecting entrepreneurs that they should avoid making the same monumentally stupid mistake that I did by purchasing this horrible, unforgiving, inflexible and extraordinarily frustrating package.
I think that this "tool" might be salvageable if it would allow you to correct mistaken entries (like an incorrect date), instead of making you void it out and re-enter it. And if that isn't bad enough, you cannot hide the voided entries. So there they are--a constant, glaring reminder of why you decided not to become an accountant in the first place.
There is a reason that they offer a full year of free technical support--you'll need it. Not that it does any good; if you ask them a question that even remotely resembles an accounting question, they politely tell you that they are not accountants and therefore cannot offer accounting advice. That's just grand. I bought this piece of software so I wouldn't have to pay my accountant three figures an hour to straighten out my finances. Instead I can pay him three figures an hour to show me how to use this cr*ppy software.
Thank you for allowing me to vent. As I write this, my accountant just called to offer me a free trial of Quickbooks. With that, I bid adieu to Microsoft SBA. Regrets? I have but one--that I was forced to give this junk a minimum rating of one star.
Save your money, use ledger paper--at least you can erase your mistakes.
Good, but no Cigar! November 11, 2006
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was excited about getting this new software, but just could not master double entry accounting needed to really make it effective. Great for tracking expenses, however. Many features.
 small business accounting November 10, 2006
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am still finding new things I can do with this software
It is the best for small business I would advise every small business to have this
Did Not Receive Shipment November 9, 2006
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
I had sent for this item in August, and had moved from that address. Unfortunately, the postal service did not forward my package to my new address, therefore, I am unable to give a proper review of this item.
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