Free Accounting Software for Entrepreneurs

If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner looking for a simple accounting solution to keep track of your business' financials, you will be happy to know that Microsoft offers free accounting software, Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 to entrepreneurs. If your business is at a point where you need to utilize some type of accountingsystem beyond using pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets, you might want to consider this FREE offer. This freebie software has the potential to make things a lot faster and more efficient.

MS Office Accounting Express accomplishes three main goals for a small business.

· Saves you time on several everyday tasks by allowing you to

· Get upand running in minutes using a step by step interview wizard

· Create invoices, track your time and expenses and bank online

· Enter data once and share it seamlessly with other Microsoft Office system programs

Manage payroll and accept credit cards with affordable add-on services

· Capture a complete snapshot of your business

· See customer, vendor, employee and your business' financial data in one place

· Easily share your books with your accountant through Office Live

· Get business insights with customizable reports

Grow your business online

· List items on eBay, manage sales and download transactions

· Email invoices and get paid faster with PayPal

· Processing credit card payments directly in Office Accounting

Software features include:

Online sales integration gives you the ability to sell inventory, track activity, and download orders in online marketplaces such as eBay directly from Office Accounting Express.

Equifax credit service enables you to monitor credit for your business, customers, or prospects.

PayPal integration enables you to get paid faster by offering the PayPal payment option to customers.

Microsoft Office Live integration enables businesses to more securely exchange financial information with accounting professionals and other contacts. Accountant Transfer Wizard helps you share data with your accountant and synchronizes data easily after the accountant is done updating the books.

Accountant View page provides a central location from which accountants can manage Office Accounting Express data for multiple clients independently.

Data import enables users to import accounting and financial data from additional programs and versions, including Microsoft Money, Excel, and QuickBooks.

Account and Customer Integration Wizard synchs up data sharing so that you can make updates to a customer's record in one program and quickly see the results in the other program.

Expanded journal entry makes you more productive by creating numerous journal entries posting on different dates and with different accounts.

Forms customization is another great feature allowing you to tailor any form by adding, moving, creating, or renaming fields, and hiding unnecessary data element fields.

Customizable security roles allows a user to add and remove employee permissions to control access to sensitive financial information.

The software is currently available in the U.S.A. and U.K. only and requires Windows 2003/XP. Unfortunately, there is no version currently available for Mac users.

Download your free copy at: http://www.ideawins.com/downloads1.aspx