invoicing software...

[SSICK]

got the ball rolling on my new businuss, few jobs on the go and now just curious as to what or if anyone else uses a program to keep and print off invoices?

any hot tips or links to free downloads would be sweet.

cheers
tom.

[evilvl]

MYOB is pretty common amongst small business owners, and makes it easy for your accountant to extract the info they need at the end of the month/year too.

They used to have a small business purchase option but I haven't done any accounting jobs for a couple of years so I don't know if it's still available.

Personally I hate using it, but it is common and easy to understand and their telephone support staff are good.

[SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS]

MYOB's your best bet.

I use it, i don't like it but there isn't much out there unless you like paying a stupid amount of money.

It's still avaliable and as mentioned above, most accountants like it!

[SSICK]

any computer shop/jbhifi etc... should sell it yeah?

[SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS]

Contact them direct and they send the software out to you.

Rang for an upgrade on Thursday and had it delivered today!

[Sfidz]

personally i use quickbooks and find it easier to navigate around the myob. best thing to do is if you have a accountant find out what they use/prefer and then go from there. That is what i usually suggest to customers.

[JME]

MYOB and Quickbooks.

[Splat_man]

http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Software-and-Computer-Books/Accounting-and-Finance-Software

:)

[SSICK]

sweet deal, cheers fellas!!

[thnk_again]

Quickbooks is more user friendly then MYOB imo,What is your business mate?

[Lasoya]

MYOB requires time and training, doesn't just take 30mins to work it out :)

[cplagz]

If it's just invoicing - MS Word templates. But if you want to do accounting functions - then MYOB, Quickbooks or Cashflow Manager.

[SSICK]

its an electrical business. nah not accounting shit, just something with a reference number on it i can give to my customers as a reference to the work/materials i have done or installed for tax purposes.

[cplagz]

I'd use a MS Word template then. It's pretty simple and cost effective - just remember to change the invoice numbers :)

[DanWA]

yeah or can give you link to torrent?

myob would be the best, especially when dealing with accountants

[Ryan1080]

personally i use quickbooks and find it easier to navigate around the myob. best thing to do is if you have a accountant find out what they use/prefer and then go from there. That is what i usually suggest to customers.

Bingo!

Ask your accountant. Some prefer one program over another. If they don't like it, or are unfamiliar with one software, it will only mean more time spent on your work and that equals a bigger bill.

[DanWA]

Get Ryahn1080 to do it for you, he managed to rip as much coin for us as possible!

[Ryan1080]

I don't do that shit. I mean, I take the money, but I don't do shit :D

[RELEASE]

purely invoices as has been said...word template and just save them all as you do them

for accounting as well..QUICKBOOKS
user friendly and we have been using it for nearly 15years!

[Ryan1080]

Quickbooks and MYOB is like Ford and Holden among small business accountants lol!

[Turbo2.6L]

purely invoices as has been said...word template and just save them all as you do them

for accounting as well..QUICKBOOKS
user friendly and we have been using it for nearly 15years!

Definitelt just use Word & a common template Tom. MYOB is fairly involved & a waste of coin for what you need it for...

[Daisy]

as said just a word template if thats all your after but if after an accounting package, well i hate quickbooks with a passion. myob is soooo much simpler, well for a construction based application anyway, might not be for retail etc.

[MISS 13B]

I'd definitely go with MYOB.
It's widely used and their tech support is actually quite good.

It's also great for keeping track of inventory etc if you were ever to expand the business to that level.

[HIKARI]

MYOB is pretty popular but I'm currently using Triumph in my office (I think it is cheaper than MYOB) BUT there are still few bugs need to be fixed hopefully in future updates.

[cplagz]

christ people - read the thread, he only wants INVOICING software, not accounting as well.

[AGIT8D]

I would be more inclined to set up an excel sheet for invoicing with a rolling tax invoice number from job to job. Have a separate page within your sheet with a full list of clients and contact details, addresses etc, as well as another sheet with a standarized goods and services price list. This way you always have a reference point of what you usually charge for certain jobs, what you've invoiced certain clients previously for the same jobs (so you're not charging them different prices every time) etc.

Wouldn't take you long to knock up if you're excel savvy.

[AGIT8D]

If you're going to email the invoice to clients, download BullZIP pdf printer - Print your invoices to this printer instead and it will allow you to save a copy of your invoice as a pdf document so the client can't fuck with your figures. Should work fine for excel documents, you'll just need to set up your print areas.

[Turbo2.6L]

Can still change figures in a PDF with a PDF Writing package...
Best to hand quotes & invoices to them as a hard copy imo, and don't forget to write payment terms on the quote/invoice incase people decide to fuck around with payment.

[esky]

got the ball rolling on my new businuss, few jobs on the go and now just curious as to what or if anyone else uses a program to keep and print off invoices?

any hot tips or links to free downloads would be sweet.

cheers
tom.

i do realise that you've only asked for how to do invoices but best advise i can give is use a full accounting package.

I work for a builder and see alot of small contractors. the ones that do the best are the ones that are the most organised.

Using an accounts package lets you keep track of everything business related. when invoices are due, who is overdue, what you spent on each job, are you actually making money, what bills have you got and when are they due. have you got enough money put aside to pay your tax. what are you potentially making for the year. can you afford to take on a apprentice later on etc etc

Doing it by word is way to hard to keep track of, even when you only small if you do multiple jobs.

Make sure you have a sperate company cheque account. your personal money and "company" money should be kept seperate.

The books are the most important part of any business, yes using myob will require more work but its certainly worth it

[Ryan1080]

i do realise that you've only asked for how to do invoices but best advise i can give is use a full accounting package.

I work for a builder and see alot of small contractors. the ones that do the best are the ones that are the most organised.

Using an accounts package lets you keep track of everything business related. when invoices are due, who is overdue, what you spent on each job, are you actually making money, what bills have you got and when are they due. have you got enough money put aside to pay your tax. what are you potentially making for the year. can you afford to take on a apprentice later on etc etc

Doing it by word is way to hard to keep track of, even when you only small if you do multiple jobs.

Make sure you have a sperate company cheque account. your personal money and "company" money should be kept seperate.

The books are the most important part of any business, yes using myob will require more work but its certainly worth it

Spot on!

[AGIT8D]

would be worth looking into contracting out your book keeping to someone else once you get busy - a few hours a week is all it'll take them to keep everything in check if you do decide to start using accounting software.

esky - while proper invoicing does look more professional some of our best bricky teams only invoice us on the little paper books that you can tear a page out of so it's hard to generalise and say the best contractors run a full accounting program.

[SCR34M3R]

I used Invoice2go for my business, i just use it for invoicing but can do stock, quotes and alot more.

I think its great nice and easy to use.

[SSICK]

cheers for all the feedback.

cplagz- cheers for the PM, am currently looking into it.

esky- you pretty much have summed up what all the people i have spoken to have said. Not saying that all the responses here will fall on deaf ears, im just rying to get as many opinions and as much feedback as i can, as this is pretty much where i want to go with my career.

cheers heaps guys, ill contact some of you when i get my head around some things.