Office Accounting is a complete small business solution that will help you save time managing everyday financial tasks.  Comparable to Intuit’s QuicksBooks.  If you’re familiar with the Microsoft Office products you’ll have no problems navigating through the software.

Along with the obvious features of tracking income and expenses you can also:

  • Share customer information across different forms and other Microsoft Office programs.
  • Track and manage employees’ billable time, job costs and inventory.
  • Download bank transactions and import them into your general ledger.

Get a complete view of your business with a snapshot of your company, cash flow analyzer and more than 90 customizable reports.  Some new reports that were added to the 2009 edition are:

  • Today’s Sales by Customer.
  • YTD Sales Compared to Last Year.
  • YTD Profit Compared to Last Year.
  • Most Profitable Customers.

The online tools might be a main attraction for small business owners & online entrepreneurs.  Although it requires a monthly service charge, it allows you to list your products on Ebay and download sales directly into the software.  You can easily do other important tasks on Ebay such as manage pictures, track activity and process sales orders.

Microsoft also offers a free simple version of their Accounting software that you can download for free from their website.