Microsoft just announced they will discontinue the Microsoft Office Accounting product as of Nov 16, 2009. Honestly, this product never really took off the way Microsoft hoped it would and this is not a surprise announcement. At a session at the Connecticut CPA Society last year I saw an industry expert compare the strengths and weaknesses of Office Accounting vs. the entry level QuickBooks product and even I was surprised that Office Accounting held its own and was a nice little package! But he correctly predicted that even if it is a better product, QuickBooks is so entrenched with small businesses and their CPAs that Microsoft just wouldn’t be able to shake it. But in my opinion that is ok, because
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I am outsorcing my company accounts to 3rd party charter accountant firm. Actually my wife is carrying out book-keeping for the business and I just check before we send for check up. I think it is quite easy as soon as you have the right software program.
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