[ale] software for service industry

[Paul Cartwright]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:22:46 -0400
Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote:

> Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:48:43 -0400
> > Paul Cartwright <paul at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:26:21 -0400
> >> "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ugh! My father did everything by hand, too. But that means he
> >>> didn't do _anything_. So I'm paying the price for that one.
> >>>
> >>> I use Gnucash[1] to keep track of the accounting. I don't have to
> >>> issue any receipts or anything, so I don't know if it can do that,
> >>> or what package to suggest. The big thing about Gnucash is that
> >>> you have to have a least a basic understanding of accounting. If
> >>> you don't, things like transaction splits will be very confusing.
> >>> But it is a wonderful accounting package.
> >>>
> >>> [1] -- http://www.gnucash.org/
> >>>
> >>  
> >  I might even look at it myself.. I currently use Quickbooks  on my
> >  ( cough) dual-boot laptop..
> >  with my up-to-date Debian Lenny system, I just tried aptitued
> > install gnucash, and it told me I needed 31 packages!!!
> 
> It is a bit of a pain as far as dependencies go. I used it to track
> my wife's business when she was an independent contractor. It does
> lack a little if you are in need of fancy receipts or invoices. The
> existing forms are not too flexible for customization. Otherwise it's
> an excellent package and has a very active support community.

I haven't used anything fancy so far, just a regular invoice.. I don't
want to get paid with a fancy invoice, I just want to get PAID:)


-- 
Paul Cartwright