ELI5
Accounting software is a system that allows you to record all incomes and expenses of a company. Modern day accounting softwares like Xero are websites that you don’t need to install.
Key Takeaways
- An accounting software is a type of system that allows you to manage all finances of a company.
- It also allows you to manage your company’s finances. The accounting software sends invoices and collects payments, and generates financial reports.
- Some popular options are Xero and Quickbooks.
What is accounting software?
Accounting software is a technology system that helps accountants. Accounting software manage financial transactions. They record, categorise and manage all financial transactions of a company.
Old accounting software stored data on mainframe computers. But newer accounting softwares is on the “cloud”. This means that a remote server stores your data. You don’t need to maintain your own data – that’s the accounting software company’s job.
What features does an accounting software have?
Accounting softwares have the following features:
- Add income or expense transactions
- Add journal entries
- Do reconciliation. Check that the balance in accounting software matches the balance in your accounts.
- Upload and keep a record of receipts and invoices
- Create invoices
- Automatically send invoices to clients
- Integrate with banks to automatically add transactions to save time with data entry
- Generate financial statements