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Hingston Publishing Co Number of pages: 64 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language)

RRP: £10.99
Good basic book for beginners
Review date: 2008-05-20 Rating: 8 out of 10

If you run a small business and find that the computer programs are too complicated for you, then try using this simple book. Another review says "This is just a whole set of ruled pages". That's sort of correct: what you get here is a simple set of pages that you write into. But it also misses the point, which is that the book provides advice right there where you need it, next to the page you're working on.

All you have to do is to put the entries where you are told to and keep up with the paperwork quarterly for your VAT returns.

I've used this book happily since 1994. I tried switching over to a computer software package a couple of years ago, but it took me twice as long to do all the entries and then it wouldn't produce a VAT return.

These days I'm more modern and run a set of spreadsheets that duplicate the book alongside it: they help me to double-check my figures. But spreadsheets can get lost or corrupted whereas it is easy to flip back into the book and find out exactly what happened.

If you want a 'how to run your business' book with lots of tips about saving money, then don't buy this book.

If you want a simple-to-use book for writing your accounts into, then try this book.

• QuickBooks SimpleStart 2008
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