I am starting up by myself as an independent IT consultant. I have a rudimentary knowledge of accounts but I want to implement a system so I can manage all my incomings and outgoings in a professional manner.
I have heard the special offer for the above on the radio and was wondering if
(a) Is the package any good i.e. can it do all that would be required of a self employed person keeping track of their accounts?
(b) Would the records held within SAGE be good enough for revenue purposes, e.g. auditing etc.
(c) Is it easy to use for a non accountant like myself?
(d) Any advise on any other packages to use or avoid?
Regardless of which package you use I would have assumed that you would need to understand at least the basics (e.g. of bookkeeping, maybe P&L and balance sheets etc., payroll etc.) in order to use it productively - i.e. the package is only a tool and just like Word won't write your documents for you an accounts package won't magically do your books/payroll for you either...?