firstbooks
easy to use accounts software for start-up and small businesses
FirstBooks is simple software that makes managing your businesses accounts easy. It allows you to record money in and out, manage your VAT returns, produce invoices and keep track of your overall business performance.
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about the software
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additional features
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system requirements
- Goods and services invoicing - produce standard template invoices using TAS Stationery or plain paper.
- Simple system navigation - You don't need to be an accountant to use FirstBooks. A simple step-by-step flow chart has been added to guide you through all aspects of the program.
- Standard VAT accounting or moneys received basis
- Cash Flow forecasts - estimate how much cash your business will have or need to have at any given point. This feature acts as a guide and allows you to plan ahead and prepare.
- Generate VAT returns and file online - file your VAT returns with Revenue using ROS. With its complete history and detailed reporting, you can even prepare for a VAT audit.
- Monitor outstanding invoices - print customer statements to encourage prompt payment and improve cash flow.
- Customer and Supplier records - keep track of who you owe money to and who owes you money. This facility also lets you keep all the key information at hand and compare month-by-month summaries for three years.
- Customer and supplier records - create product records, review product activities and analyse monthly sales values and quantities sold.
- Create and print Customer Unvoices
- Cash book
- Customers / sales ledger
- Suppliers / purchase ledger
- Nominal ledger / analysis codes
- Quotations / pro - formas / invoicing
- VAT audit reporting
- Full audit trails keep track of all changes made VAT 100 reporting
- Repeating VAT payments
- Drill-down, analysis & reporting
- Bank reconciliation
- Products can be setup as physical stock items or services
System requirements
- Microsoft Windows XP (recommended) or Windows Vista
- Microsoft .NET v2 framework
- Microsoft Internet Explorer v7 or higher
- Adobe Acrobat Reader v7 or higher
- Microsoft Excel XP or higher (to use Excel Integrated Reporting)
Minimum hardware requirements
- A PC with a 1GHz processor
- At least 512MB of RAM on Windows XP, 1GB of RAM on Windows Vista
- A hard disk with at least 500MB of free space
- A CD-ROM drive
- A monitor with 1024x768 resolution and 24-bit colour
- An Internet connection
Recommended hardware requirements
- A PC with a 2GHz processor
- At least 1GB of RAM on Windows XP, 2GB of RAM on Windows Vista
- A hard disk with at least 500MB of free space
- A CD-ROM drive
- A monitor with 1280x1024 resolution and 32-bit colour
- A broadband Internet connection
Additional requirements for workgroup versions
- 100Mbps network, 1Gbps recommended
- Microsoft Windows networking, with TCP/IPv4
Additional requirements for network versions
- A network server running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Server 2003 or Windows Small Business Server 2003, with 2GB of RAM and 500MB of free disk space
- 100Mbps network, 1Gbps recommended
- Microsoft Windows networking, with TCP/IPv4
Performance will be improved with higher specification computers.
Please ensure that you have the latest Microsoft Windows service packs and updates installed, including those for the .NET v2 framework. This product is not designed to operate on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.
You'll need an Internet connection (ideally a broadband connection) on the same computer as this program in order to access online services and download program updates. If you require program updates on CD, they are available on request at a small charge.
It is not possible to run multiple copies of this product on a single computer.