Students Name
Computer Accounting Applications
Library/Internet Research Project
May 29, 2006
Accubooks for Small Companies
There are many types of business in todays economy. You have your mid market company,
enterprise solution companies, larger corporations, and your small based businesses. Each
of these types of companies has different software that they use to help manage their
bookkeeping and taxes. Some of the most common names in accounting software include
Peachtree and QuickBooks. Typically they are used for your larger corporations and mid
sized companies. They are also used in small businesses and non-profit organizations. So
is there software that caters solely to the smaller based business? Yes and that is a program
called Accubooks.
Accubooks 2000 accounting software is a 32-bit accounting software system using the
Microsoft FoxPro database engine. (http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?1305)
This software is used for small businesses so they can keep track of their bookkeeping and
taxes. The company that manufactures this software is called 20/20 Software, Inc.com.
This company allows you to download a free trial of the software before you purchase it.
The system requirements for this software are Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 or higher. You
can attach to files with Microsoft Access and use ODBC to integrate Accubooks 2000 with
Microsoft Office. You can also convert your current software over to Accubooks. The key
to converting from your current system to Accubooks 2000 is to generate reports in which