I've had a couple of people mention GnuCash, so I'll document here a few reasons that I don't recommend it for our group:
* It wasn't on any of the lists of "best accounting software" reviews that I checked. * It appears to lack online banking and payroll integration. * It appears not to be designed with multi-user online access in mind.
GnuCash might be a suitable alternative in a single user environment, but in our multi-user environment I think Xero is a better alternative.
Pine
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Blibbet blibbet@gmail.com wrote:
Did you consider GNUcash?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software
I'm not sure how you see a corp-controlled cloud-based product/service would be good for privacy.
Use of commercial software seems rather out-of-place, but perhaps I just hang out more with open source people. It may be different with open data people, I guess.
On 01/16/2015 10:10 AM, Ann Summy wrote:
Thanks Lane! --Ann
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Ann,
The beginning of it was hearing repeatedly for years that practically every Wikimedia community group has trouble reporting their finances
back
to the Wikimedia Foundation, and that arguments over who is responsible
for
reporting finances do a lot to cause arguments in community groups which receive grants.
After first evaluating the need to try something different to prevent problems in the future and deciding that paying for software was a good idea, Pine did research then presented it back to the rest of the group
and
we all discussed the options. That is not a full answer to your
question,
but in Wikimedia community groups, the bigger question often is "Why
should
anyone pay for any software?" and coming to terms with our own need was
the
bigger hurdle here.
From the budget, Pine noted -
Note: I researched other options including Wave, Quickbooks Online Sage One, and Freshbooks. It appears to me that Xero is the best choice for us based on the following considerations: usability, privacy, multi-user capabilities and access controls, scalable payroll, 3rd-party tool availability, online banking integration, tax reporting, and cost
The other option considered was Google Spreadsheets, but plain spreadsheets have a history of being insufficient in other community
groups.
yours,
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Ann Summy ann.summy@gmail.com
wrote:
How/why did you all decide on this accounting software? I have to
start
looking into these as well.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Alex and James,
Xero, the accounting software that we plan to use, is running a sale
of
50 percent off for 6 months if we subscribe by January 31. This would
save
about $90. But our PEG funding is most likely to come in February. Is
there
a way that we can *quickly* get funding early from WMF or WMDC for
just the
first month of service, which I believe will be $15 plus tax? I think
this
will be sufficient to lock in the discount for 6 months. I am trying
to
avoid loaning my personal funds to keep everything as clean as
possible
from accounting and legal standpoints.
Thanks, Pine
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