Small business accounting for Windows.

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New in 2010

Sell your products, online

Enstore is a web store that allows you to sell your products online. Hosted and affordable, it is simple to set up, and comes with several beautiful store templates. Manage your products in AccountEdge, adding pictures and descriptions. Then sync with Enstore and you are ready to sell, online. Screenshot. Learn more.

Enstore

Additional item attributes

The introduction of Enstore brings a wealth of new item details you can keep, whether you have a web store or not. Track the weight of an item in pounds or kilograms, and associate a brand with an item. Attach up to three images to an item, which can be synced with your web store. User definable tags help to further organize your items. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Additional item attributes

Process credit card payments

Accept credit cards right from AccountEdge to save time and money while providing more payment options to your customers. Fully integrated with AccountEdge, with competitive rates. Learn more.

Profitability of a sale

Quickly learn the profitability of a sale with the Show Profit Analysis button. It shows gross profit, margin, and cost of each item you are selling and for the entire invoice. Change the price per unit to see how it affects your margin and profitability. You can show profit analysis from an order, quote, or an invoice. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Profit analysis on an invoice

Improved sales tax reporting

Sales Tax Reports provide a grand total for sales and purchases across all tax codes.

Forms customization

The form customization window has been updated with easier-to-use tools for adding and editing fields and elements on your forms. Screenshot.

Formatting pallete

Get directions to your contacts

View Google MapsTM and get directions right from your contact cards.

Card file action menu

Easy access to a variety of card-related options allows you to complete multiple tasks without having to leave the card screen. Create letters, send emails, find transactions, view maps, get directions and more. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Action Menu

Combine accounts/cards

You may have two accounts or cards that would be better treated as one. AccountEdge lets you combine the two, retaining the transaction history of both accounts or cards. Screenshot.

combine accounts and cards

Set reminders

New reminder log lets you set reminders and link them to contacts, or to complete tasks. Screenshot.

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New command centre interface

Over the years, our user interface has evolved based on the latest technologies and customer feedback. With a cleaner more streamlined design, the icons have been reworked and the flow chart buttons improved. The entire window can be stretched for use on your large screen monitor. Screenshot.

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Easy import/export

New auto-match feature allows you to import files with header records in any order with simple one-click matching. Screenshot.

auto match

Open last company file

Redesigned welcome window includes option to open last company file used. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Better behavior with CTRL+N

CTRL+N now creates new invoices, cards, jobs and more.

Multi user accounting

If you need to run your accounting system over your network, you can purchase workstation licenses so you and your staff can access the same data. With an easy to use preference pane, you can control access to your company file, with or without a dedicated file server.

Easier commission calculation

Improved Customer Payments by Salesperson report: add invoice number and invoice date fields to assist with calculating commissions. Screenshot.

Easier commission calculation

New payroll report

Track the number of hours worked for hourly wage categories with the Payroll Activity Detail report. Screenshot.

Gross pay on pay cheques

Add gross pay and year-to-date gross pay on pay stubs and pay cheques.

List searching improvements

Search with more speed and more efficiency on 'select from' lists, such as when choosing a customer when filling out an invoice. When creating a sale, purchase, or working in the sales and purchases registers, adding the Starts With or Contains modifier to your search will help you find what you're looking for faster. Screenshot.

List search improvements

Print bank deposit slips

The new Prepare Bank Deposit window will save you time by printing out your bank deposit slips, while taking into consideration cash back on deposits, total cash, total cheques, and number of items deposited. Purchase accompanying deposit slips that come pre-printed with your account information, and take your deposit slips right to the bank. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Print your bank deposit slips

Transfer money

Need to move money from one account to another? We’ve made recording these transactions simple and fast. Just select the account you want to transfer from and the account you want to transfer to. No confusing journal entries, no temporary transactions, no fake cheques. Screenshot.

Transfer Money

Sort columns in bank rec window

Enhanced usability in the bank reconciliation window allows for sorting of all columns. Sort by cheque #, date, payee, deposit and withdrawal amounts to quickly find a cheque. See it in action. Watch a screencast on this feature

Undo bank reconciliation

If you have reconciled a transaction in error or deleted a previously reconciled transaction, you can undo the previous account reconciliation. When you undo a reconciliation, all transactions for that period return to unreconciled status. Screenshot.

Undo Bank Reconciliation

The Company Data Auditor

The Company Data Auditor provides a high level integrity check of the data contained in your AccountEdge company file. This provides you and your accountant with added assurance of the integrity of the data. Screenshot.

company data auditor

Quickly find your file

Quickly locate your company file or application from the company data auditor. Screenshot.

Easily locate your file

Negative inventory

Ever need to sell something you don’t have in inventory? Now you can record a transaction in AccountEdge that will result in negative inventory, meaning the on-hand quantity of the item can be less than zero.

Categories

By setting up categories, you can now record and track transaction information using your own criteria, such as lines of business, divisions or locales. Screenshot.

cash based financial statements

Cash based financial statements

Run Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss reports on the Cash or Accrual basis, so no matter how you manage your sales and purchases, you can produce reports the way you want. Screenshot.

cash based financial statements

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Getting Started

100 custom business templates

The New Company File Assistant helps you get your company file up and running in minutes. Choose from one of 100 editable business templates to start with a Chart of Accounts that matches your business, or create your own from scratch. Screenshot.

100 templates

Help with AccountEdge

Learn the basics of accounting with our Accounting 101 Guide, and use AccountEdge’s assistants to help you create your Company File, set up preferences and enter opening balances.

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Help menu
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So many ways to get help

The Help menu gives you the choice of going to our website for help or searching the help files included in AccountEdge. Most windows in AccountEdge include the Help icon, which displays information related to whatever section of the software you currently inhabit.

Online manuals

The User Guide and Getting Started Guide are installed and accessible from the Help menu. Of course, you can always seek help from the support section of this website.

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Accounts

Keep your information secure

The Company Data Auditor found in the Accounts command centre lets you keep your important financial information in top condition. Use it to learn important information on your company file like size and location, troubleshoot problem areas such as imbalances in your receivables, and review changes made to the company file (and learn who made the changes). Screenshot.

Company data auditor

Budget for 2 years

Budgets can be entered from a single window that displays all balance sheet accounts together on a single window and all profit and loss accounts on another. Shortcuts allow for the current year budget to be copied into next years budget so that only minor alterations have to be made, rather than spending time starting on a fresh budget screen. Screenshot.

Profit and loss

100 customized templates

The New Company File Assistant helps you get your company file up and running in minutes. Choose from one of 100 editable business templates to start with a Chart of Accounts that matches your business, or create your own from scratch.

Improved user access settings

Choose who can view information located within employee cards. Set up User ID’s and then restrict them from accessing Employee Profiles, Payment Details, Payroll Details or all Employee Cards.

Over 200 reports

Over 200 financial and management reports give you both summarized and detailed information on the state of your business. You can customize your reports to sort and filter information so you get the answers you are looking for, and save your most-viewed reports as favorites in the report menu. Reports can be sent directly to an Excel spreadsheet, or emailed as a PDF with one click. Screenshot.

200 reports

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Banking

Bank on AccountEdge

The banking command centre lets your write and record cheques, prepare bank deposits, print receipts, and reconcile your accounts. Use it to see all your important banking information at a glance, including your running balance and all transactions within a specified date range.

Print cheques

Easily print a batch of cheques or use the Advanced Filters option to find and reprint a cheque or change payment details. Use customized cheque forms or purchase preprinted cheques that are designed by our forms professionals. Screenshot.

Print cheques

Banking command centre
Banking command centre
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Undo reconcile accounts

Already imported and reconciled your online statement, but you made a mistake? Undo reconciliation lets you go back as far as you need to go fix the error. Screenshot.

Undo bank reconciliation

Import online bank statements

Import your online bank statements into the bank register to reconcile your accounts easily with the Get Statement button. AccountEdge supports most online statement formats, including OFX, QIF, QFX and OFC. Your transactions will be automatically matched to those already entered.

Safeguard your bank reconciliations

Restrict which users have access to the Undo Bank Reconciliation feature. Further safeguard your business from fraud by restricting access to certain features and windows.

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Sales

Quote to order to invoice

AccountEdge’s sales command centre covers the entire sales process: prepare a quote for a customer, and then turn it into a work order with one click. One more click turns the order into and invoice, which can be customized and then emailed or printed for delivery. Screenshot.

Quote, Order, Invoice

Creative forms designer

Design your own forms with the creative forms designer. Pick the layout that’s right for your business: service, item, professional or time billing. Then choose from a list of form fields and design options to create invoices, statements and other forms that reflect the style and professionalism of your business. Screenshot.

Customize invoice

More flexible invoice statements

Produce more streamlined statements at any time by only including transactions up to the actual statement date. Choose your statement date and your customers will see their open invoices, payments made and credits applied up to the statement date.

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Sales command centre
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Email or print forms

Create a quote, invoice or statement, and then use the Print/Email Statements or Invoices options to have a physical copy to provide your customer or an electronic copy to send to them, saving both time and postage. Screenshot.

Email or print

Process credit card payments

Accept credit cards right from AccountEdge to save time and money while providing more payment options to your customers. Fully integrated with AccountEdge, with competitive rates. Learn more.

Track your income with 50 sales reports

AccountEdge includes 50 sales-related reports to help you analyze your businesses income. Reports are customizable, can be exported to Excel, HTML, viewed on-screen, emailed, or exported as a text file, and added to your reports menu for quick access. Screenshot.

Sales reports

Job tracking

Jobs allow the user to keep accurate and detailed records of projects – with jobs you can link to specific customers, track reimbursable expenses, and analyze profit and loss for a job. Screenshot.

Job tracking

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Time Billing

Track and bill your time

Track and bill your time with the Time Billing command centre, using multiple billing rates, tracking chargeable and non-chargeable time, and billing in hours, increments of hours, or units.

Track and report on time

Time billing in AccountEdge is integrated with your Payroll, so you can send all of your employees’ time tracked directly to the Process Payroll Assistant. You can also track all aspects of time captured with 15 Time Billing reports. AccountEdge includes productivity reports that compare time tracked to time billed and alert you to rate exceptions.

Time Billing
Time Billing
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Enter timesheets

Employee time tracked with timesheets flows to invoicing, job tracking, and payroll. Using timesheets, you can quickly calculate employee pay, and you can also create activity slips based on timesheet entries. Screenshot.

More choice for activity slip entry

When creating an activity slip, choose the activity, customer or employee billing rate. Manually enter time onto a slip directly, or make use of the integrated timer. Create slips individually, or create them on a timesheet or even directly on an invoice. When creating invoices, you can include the standard brief description or the detailed notes from your activity slip. Screenshot.

Activity slip

Flexible setup of activities

Set billing rates on your contact cards, allowing for multiple billing rates: customer, employee, or activity. You can also make activities hourly or non-hourly, and chargeable or non-chargeable, all when creating an activity slip to track time spent on a task.

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Purchases

Manage your accounts payable

Use the Purchases command centre to keep track of purchases and payables, automatically calculate taxes and volume discounts, easily enter returns or adjustments on - or apply refunds and payments against – purchase orders. You can print out fully customizable cheques and then send your vendor a payment notification.

Print/email payment notifications

Use the Print/Email Payment Notifications feature to send your vendors a statement showing that you are sending payment for a purchase order or group of purchase orders. If there is a dispute as to when a payment was sent and for what items or services the payment covers, a payment notification is a quick, easy way to help resolve the issue. Screenshot.

Payment notifications

Purchases
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Buying Inventory

Manage your buying process from start to finish. Enter a purchase order, receive items and then create a bill all from one place.

Make payments to vendors

Use the Open Bills tab of the purchases register to find out which vendors you owe, and then open the Pay Bills window to write cheques against your open bills. When you fill in the vendor field, you can choose which bills to pay and exactly how much to pay for a given vendor right in the Pay Bills window. Once you record the cheque, click Print cheques to choose which cheques to print, and then email your vendors payment notifications to let them know their payment is on the way. Screenshot.

Pay vendors

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Payroll

Process payroll assistant

The Process Payroll Assistant streamlines payroll as it walks you through the payroll process. Set up your payroll with automatic income, deductions, accruals, and expense tracking. You can set your employees pay rates as hourly, salaried, or commission with the Payroll Easy Setup Assistant. Edit paycheques directly from the assistant, then record and process. Deliver pay stubs by email or print them out.

Vacation and sick leave tracking

Set up AccountEdge to automatically accrue vacation and sick time, and then deduct that time as it’s used to provide your employees with a running total of available time off. Use the Accrual Balance reports to provide a quick overview of time used and time remaining and add notes within the Leave Tracking Information module to further define what the time was used for.

Timesheet
Timesheet
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Enter timesheets

AccountEdge’s timesheets look and function like paper timesheets; tracking an employee’s hours worked, vacation and sick leave taken. If you use Time Billing, you can also create activity slips based on timesheet entries. Screenshot.

DIY

Do it yourself. AccountEdge’s Payroll command centre gives you the tools you need, from timesheets to T4s and RL-1 forms. Add on support with our Payroll Tax Service for payroll tax updates, and you’re in total control of your payroll. Screenshot. Additional fees may apply.

Payroll

Prior year reporting of payroll info

No one likes having to dig for old data. AccountEdge lets you store payroll information from prior years so that you don't have to restore from a backup.

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Inventory

Manage your inventory

AccountEdge’s powerful Inventory command centre allows for total inventory control: multiple pricing levels, kit-building and negative inventory. Receive inventory into multiple locations, whether it’s different shelves in a warehouse or different warehouses altogether. You can even keep a digital photo of each item for easy reference. Screenshot.

Item card

The Items Register

Open the Items Register and get a picture of your inventory: where it came from, where it is, and where it is going. The Items Register lets you check your inventory levels, build items, and adjust inventory. Screenshot.

Item register

The Items List

The Items List gives you total control of your items: add descriptions, locations, and a photo of each item. Screenshot.

Items list

Receiving inventory

When a shipment of inventory arrives, not all of the goods always come in at once. AccountEdge lets you place an order, receive inventory against the order, track what inventory is still outstanding to be received, and create a bill for the outstanding goods, all while maintaining a connection with the original purchase order.

Inventory
Inventory
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Buying details

Track buying details for your items like standard cost, last purchase price, and units of measure when purchasing. You can link a primary vendor to each item for reorders, and a minimum level before you want an alert to tell you to restock.

Selling details

Create selling details, including base selling price, selling units of measure, and 6 pricing levels with 5 quantity breaks each for a total of 30 different selling prices for each of your items.

Count inventory

Open Count Inventory from the command centre to quickly adjust the quantities of your items so they match the actual quantities in stock. If you use locations, you can group your inventory list by item or by location. Screenshot.

Count inventory

Inventory locations

Whether inventory items are organized by bin, on shelves, or in different warehouses, you can find out how many you have and where they are by location. Use the Move Items window to shift your inventory from place to place, and even build reports sorted by location to learn sales, purchase prices, and more. Screenshot.

Item locations

Build kits

AccountEdge automates the build process, making it easy to combine multiple items and build them into a finished item with Auto-build. You can set minimum levels so that when an item necessary for building another starts running low, you will be given an alert that you need to replenish that item. Screenshot.

Auto build

Enhanced search of the items list

AccountEdge comes with an enhanced search that lets you search by a number of fields. For example, choose to search by Item Name and only items that contain the keyword you use will show up, saving you the pain of the old search and scroll technique.

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Contacts

Contact management

AccountEdge tracks your important business contacts. Customer, employee, and vendor information is kept in contact cards that store contact information, employee details, selling details, jobs, and pictures. Screenshot.

Contact card

Contact cards

Use cards to track information on your customers, employees, vendors, and personal contacts. Cards hold a tremendous amount of information, including a billing address and five ship-to addresses, each with three phone numbers, an email address, web address, and fax number. You can even attach a picture to each card. Screenshot.

Manage contacts

Contact card
Contact card
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Reminder log

You can create reminders using AccountEdge’s Reminder Log, and then display them by customer card. Remind yourself to follow up with a customer on a sales call by creating a reminder. Screenshot.

Reminder log

Create personalized letters

Form letters are a great way to get your point across, whether it is advertising, collections or just a thank you note. Use the Create Personalized Letters feature to easily send the same letter to one, or many contacts on your list and let AccountEdge fill in their name, address and other information automatically.

Identifiers and custom lists & fields

Use Identifiers and Customs Lists & Fields to define your customers, employees, vendors and personal contacts and easily sort through them when running reports or creating letters. Identify a group of customers who have been loyal to your company for a long period of time, then send a letter to those customers simply by choosing that identifier when creating the letter. Screenshot.

Identifiers and Custom Lists

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