Accounting software: overview, description and features. Accounting software

Modern accounting is inconceivable without software for its implementation. A large number of counterparties of legal entities and state enterprises require registration in automated databases. After all, they greatly simplify the work of an accountant. With the advent of the opportunity to keep records with the help of programs, it became very clear that it is convenient and practical. The development of the latest software does not stand still. The information technology market is pleased to offer accounting software for every taste.

Program selection

Many developers offer to use their accounting software. Users have long appreciated the benefits of automated documentation. And now every business needs its own tool to work with. How to choose from all the variety exactly what will be really useful?

Good accounting software should perform many functions. First of all, these are the following operations:

• collection and registration of primary documents;
• carrying out calculations;
• analysis of legislative articles;
• drawing up a register of business transactions;
• filling out all forms of booze. reporting;
• work with the main liabilities and assets of the enterprise.

The choice should also be based on the needs of the organization. If it is a small or medium-sized business, the accountant will need a program with pre-installed settings and schemes that do not change. For the best optimization of the utilities for individual enterprises, it is recommended that you pay attention to the custom versions.

Free software

The accounting reform program assumes the use of different methods of reporting by enterprises. In this regard, there is a need for several types of programs, depending on the form of organization of the legal entity. Free software helps to complete some accounting tasks. It is necessary to understand that among them there is no comprehensive solution for the automation of all its areas. They are not universal. And they are created only for certain types of activities and tasks.

Free accounting software can be very useful for solving certain problems (especially for tax reporting), and also serves as a great helper for small businesses.

Paid software for accounting

Accounting automation is carried out to increase the efficiency of employees and improve control over the financial and economic activities of the enterprise. Competently organized accounting, undoubtedly, has a positive effect on the management of the enterprise and its development. As a rule, the best complex systems for its maintenance with the help of software are paid licensed products.

The most common platforms used by Russian accountants are:

• "1C".
• Parus-Enterprise.
• "Galaxy ERP".
• "BOSS".

This software has not only a wide range of performed actions, but also high-quality service, constant updating of databases. Let's get acquainted with each of the programs in more detail.

System "1C Accounting"

The work program "Accounting 1C" is one of the most common methods of business automation at an enterprise of any direction and form of organization. This is a universal way to organize the maintenance of synthetic and analytical accounting for all existing sections. Among them:

• cash;
• assets (fixed assets, inventories, goods and materials, intangible assets);
• currency operations;
• settlements with debtors and creditors;
• production and sales accounting.

The program allows you to generate free reports for internal needs. Or create tax and financial reporting according to established standards. Accounting in the 1C Accounting program cannot be assessed without reference to a specific company. But one cannot fail to note the stability of the software and constant improvement.

The main advantages of "1C" include:

• The ability to automate all types of tax and accounting.
• Flexibility of the program under any conditions.
• Availability of versions that provide accounting for all commercial and government enterprises.
• High performance.
• Timely updating of data in accordance with changes in legislation.

Among the disadvantages are the difficulty of learning to work with "1C", finding errors and transferring data from other programs.

"Parus-Enterprise"

In addition to the common "1C", other accounting programs are also used. For example, Parus-Enterprise 7 is an excellent option for medium and large organizations of any kind. A simple interface with a powerful system provides all the functions you need.

The advantages of the system include:

• a unified information and management space (from accounting and taxes to personnel);
• integration with Microsoft Excel;
• a large number of conductors for quick template development;
• extensive library.

Parus-Enterprise 7 is a complex program consisting of a set of modules, each of which is designed to automate a certain section of accounting.

Accounting automation software: "Galaxy ERP"

The software allows you to organize work on several charts of accounts at once, and provide reporting according to Russian and international standards. The main part of the program is the module of business transactions, which reflects data on all events that have occurred in this area. Galaktika ERP allows you to generate all the necessary documentation accompanying the sums of money and their movement. The program provides for keeping separate records of fixed assets and intangible assets.

The tax accounting base is constantly updated and adjusted to changes in legislation, while editing the reporting forms. Thanks to the system, you can form and fill out any types of tax and accounting documents, as well as make the necessary calculations.

"BOSS-Accountant"

The automated accounting system "Boss" has several configurations for maintaining documentation at enterprises of different directions. The majority of users are large trade and production enterprises. BOSS-Accountant is equipped with all the necessary tools for bookkeeping and tax accounting, as well as for generating reports.

The product is conventionally divided into financial and material accounting modules. A characteristic feature of the system is the convenience of fixing production costs. The program automatically directs indirect costs to the corresponding costing objects. In short, any accounting software, if properly implemented, can improve the efficiency of an enterprise's operations and operations. It is impossible not to note the importance of accounting software for management needs: you can draw up any required form of report based on those already available in the database in a matter of minutes.

Ease, friendliness and humanity are generally recognized advantages of the program. A careful study of the needs and wishes of our numerous users, who have been successfully working with us for more than a quarter of a century, as well as the desire to free them from routine, is a reliable basis for its development and improvement.

The program implements the principle of a single information space. It is enough to enter information on the accounting object once and they will be reflected in management accounting and numerous reports and codes.

All the necessary indicators, at the request of the user, will be reflected in the accounting and tax registers, in full accordance with the adopted accounting policy. At the same time, the peculiarities of the applied taxation system, as well as the scale and type of activity of the organization of the user or entrepreneur, will be taken into account. In addition, the same data will be reflected in the balance sheet, the statement of financial results and other documents of accounting (financial) statements, as well as in tax returns, calculations and information.

If necessary, part of the data and information from the Info-Accountant 10 program can be automatically reflected on the corporate website of the user (organization or entrepreneur).

Placing the Info-Accountant program in the cloud
The program is not located on your computer, but in the "cloud" - in the data processing center (DC)

The Info-Accountant program comes in two versions:

• with the ability to install and work on your computer
• with the ability to install and work "in the cloud", i.e. in the Data Center - DPC

Transferring the Info-Accountant program from your computer to the cloud (that is, to a data processing center - DPC) saves you from the need to monitor the safety of your data, transferring this function to data center specialists, thereby raising the level of security and reliability of your data storage.

Remote servers are located in a reliable secured data center (data processing center - DPC) with a multi-level security system.

Technical details

Transferring the application (Info-Accountant program) from office computers to the cloud raises the level of security and reliability.

Remote Desktop Access (RDP) works over the Internet based on a virtual desktop.

For connection, an encrypted SSL connection is used, the user's computer (laptop, desktop personal computer) must be provided with an Internet connection.

A shortcut is placed on the user's computer to connect to the virtual desktop.

All computing processes take place on a server in the cloud, where all user data is actually located.

Remote servers are located in a reliable secured data center with a multi-level security system.

Thus, all information is safe and available only to the user.

It is also possible to work from a mobile device running Windows, Android or iOS to remotely connect to a server in the cloud.

Remote Server Configuration: 1x2.2GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 10GB HDD, 1 IP address.

Management accounting, control, reporting
All types of transactions, internal reporting and control

The program allows organizations and entrepreneurs to effectively maintain management accounting regardless of the scale of activity, industry sector, forms of ownership and the applicable tax regime. Including:

• Maintaining management accounting in accordance with the rules adopted by the organization (entrepreneur) for reflecting the facts of economic life (operations), corresponding to the specifics of activities and reporting features;
• The ability to reflect the facts of economic life in accounting registers (for management purposes) in several currencies and generate reports according to several standards: RAS, NU, IFRS, US / UK GAAP;
• Consolidation of reports of several structural divisions (holding companies);
• Accounting and reporting in the context of contracts;
• Visualization of reporting information (diagrams, graphs, gauges) with the publication of reports on the corporate website of the organization (entrepreneur) and restricting access depending on the category of users.

The effectiveness of management decisions largely depends on the reliability of accounting and management reporting. It should be remembered that the Federal Law of 06.12.2011 No. 402-FZ "On Accounting" obliged economic entities to organize and exercise internal control over the facts of economic life.

All components of the program are developed taking into account the wishes and requirements of our many users - organizations and entrepreneurs who apply different tax systems and operate in various industries, on the territory of all federal districts of our country and abroad.
See methodological materials: Comparison of tax regimes ORN, STS, UTII, ESKhN ...

Application components of the Info-Accountant program
Composition and capabilities

The program, as befits a serious modern accounting system, consists of a platform and application components. Application components (in a simplified interpretation) are a set of solutions that condition the successful implementation of professional tasks by users in accordance with their assigned functional responsibilities. At the same time, our innovative client-server three-tier platform serves as the basis for creating the conditions for the application components to work. It has a number of components that can be placed on one or on several computers. Interaction between platform components can be carried out both locally and over the network. See the Knowledge Base materials.

The applied components of the program - its sections, blocks and modules, ensure the automation of accounting processes in the corresponding areas of accounting. They are supplied both as part of the program (complex configurations) and separately (specialized solutions). In the system of applied components, a special place is occupied by Accounting and tax accounting. Reporting.

Accounting and tax accounting
Chart of accounts / Business operations / Documents / Registers / Turnover

Accounting and tax reporting
Balance sheet / Reports / Tax returns / Calculations and references

• Formation of declarations, calculations, certificates with unloading in the established format for submission to the Federal Tax Service of Russia in electronic form.
• Drawing up a balance sheet, a statement of financial results and annexes to them - reports: on changes in capital, on cash flows and on the intended use of funds.
• Determination by users of the detailing of indicators by articles of reports, as well as the formation of documents of simplified accounting (financial) statements in accordance with the requirements of the order of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated July 2, 2010 N 66n.

Cashier-online / Client-bank / Payment cards / Payment management

• Cash payments - cash transactions. Online cash registers with fiscal data accumulators (Law of 22.05.2003 N 54-FZ). Payment cards.
• Cashless payments. Bank payments. Banking operations - remotely (Client-Bank system). Mutual offset.
• Payment management:
  • sequence
  • authorization
  • budgeting (estimates)

Salary (wages)
Accruals / personal income tax / Insurance premiums / Personalized accounting / Reporting / Issuance

Staff / Employee cards / Time keeping / Personnel documents / Labor contracts

• Personnel accounting in full compliance with labor, pension, social and family civil legislation.
• Automatic generation of all primary documents and employment contracts.
• Time keeping and control of hours worked. Group and individual working hours.
• Maintaining personnel journals, reports and summaries. Military registration. Accounting for personal data in accordance with the requirements of the legislation.

Accounting for stocks (goods, materials, finished products), works and services
Order Management / Capitalization / Storage / Picking / Implementation / Inventory

This multifunctional component of the program Info-Accountant is its core. Hence such a complex name: Accounting for stocks, works, services... After all, the Federal accounting standard "Inventories" by "inventories" means: raw materials, materials, goods, finished goods, etc. At the same time, do not forget that inventories are very closely related to works and services. For example, a transport and procurement nature (TZR). In addition, inventories are almost always consumed in the performance of work and the provision of services. That is why works and services are accounted for in a single block with stocks. It is logical, correct and convenient. By the way, this is only implemented with us. In other programs, everything is separate, and, at times, incompatible.

Inventories are accounted for differently in manufacturing, trade and services. Therefore, we also have specialized (industry) solutions:

Acquisition or creation / Measurement (revaluation) / Operation / Depreciation / Impairment / Disposal

• Object creation. Reclassification of an asset from assets under construction to property, plant and equipment and / or intangible assets.
• Commissioning. MOL. Use, repair, modernization, reconstruction. Disposal and write-off.

Info-Accountant program composition
comparison by configuration and main components

* Basic version the program has all the same components as Professional, but there are restrictions on the number of operations - 300 operations in one database. Therefore, it is recommended to apply it to micro-enterprises and individual entrepreneurs with a small amount of accounting information.

Why do accountants love the Info-Accountant program?

Easily

The Info-Accountant program is easy to learn. A convenient Guide and Knowledge Base will always prompt and help.

Effectively

Info-Accountant is an effective accounting tool for one or several organizations (IE) in any taxation system.

Actual

Info-Accountant is always up to date! The program is automatically updated over the Internet.

Securely

Info-Accountant reliably stores and protects all your data and makes it possible to record user actions.

Profitable

Info-Accountant is distinguished by the low cost of acquisition and maintenance of free seminars

Comfortable

Info-Accountant is convenient and simple. However, he has extensive capabilities.

Info-Accountant is:

• Automated accounting of operations of an economic entity with the necessary and sufficient (required) depth of analytics in full compliance with the Federal Law "On Accounting", as well as Russian and international standards (IFRS).
• Accounting, tax, production, management accounting by economic entities (organizations and individual entrepreneurs) applying any taxation system: ORN, STS, UTII, ESHN, PSN (patent).
• Electronic document flow: invoices (including UPD and UCD), invoices, acts, etc., their creation, receipt, posting and issuance.
• Declarations, reports, calculations and other documents with uploading for submission in electronic form. Development of the accounting policy of an economic entity with the simultaneous adjustment of the program to the specifics of its accounting.

Our experts will show all the features of the program at a convenient time, regardless of your location.

You will get a complete picture of the unique capabilities of the program, including data synchronization with your Internet site through secure channels.

User support system for Info-Accountant

By using Travel guide you will easily understand how and in what sequence you should work and immediately call the required operation, calculation, report, etc. from the desired section, prepare it by selecting the necessary details and parameters and immediately execute it. This enables users, even those completely unfamiliar with the program, to use it with confidence. The start page of the Guide, with a convenient menu, opens immediately upon starting the program
For you we have created and perfect a multi-level user support system Info-Accountant programs.

The support system for users of the Info-Accountant program includes:

In a programme:

• Guide
• Contextual Help (F1 button)
• Knowledge base
• Instructions and manuals
• Remote support via TeamViewer
• Legislation (Info-Law)

On our website wwww.site

• Knowledge base
• Bugtracker
• User Forum

In our office:

• Quarterly Seminars
• Specialist consultations
• Hotline phone
• Skype hotline
• Viber hotline

In your office

• Calling a specialist
• Your personal consultant
• Remote support
• Free demonstration of Info-Accountant programs "TeamViewer" (built into the program)

Support in your area:

You can also get the necessary help from our partners in your region.

see Info-Law - legal reference book of an accountant.

Updating programs!

The Info-Accountant software update is installed automatically.
You can also download it from the site and install it yourself.

Info-Accountant today is:

• High quality based on 25 years of successful accounting automation experience
• The ability to effectively use the program in organizations of any form of ownership, scale and types of activity, as well as individual entrepreneurs

Dear users!

Thank you for choosing the Info-Accountant program!

You can work in the free demo version of Info-Accountant 10.2, taking into account small restrictions:

• the maximum number of operations is 500;
• the ability to work at one workplace.

All the other features of the program are available in full

Developers are constantly striving to make the program better, more convenient, and simpler.

An accountant must know how to draw up this or that type of documentation, be able to calculate income, salaries, etc. The software is designed to simplify the accounting that is conducted in firms and enterprises.

Accounting programs cover all main sections of accounting:

• synthetic accounting;
• accounting of fixed assets;
• settlements with debtors and creditors;
• cashbox;
• checking account, etc.

Some programs are used for inventory control within the framework of accounting.

The software is designed to automate the accounting of companies and enterprises, economic planning and other areas of activity.

A quality program should include following functions:

• collection and registration of primary information;
• filling out all reporting forms;
• maintaining accounting registers of business transactions;
• making calculations;
• work with the main liabilities and assets of the company;
• organization of accounting for the company's settlements, and.

Reporting is the most important operation in accounting. Typical programs provide for the availability of standard reporting forms that are already configured and ready for use. The accountant performs the customization of arbitrary forms independently.

The principle of operation of the programs is quite simple: the accountant works with primary documents (invoices, payment orders), and the system automatically creates the necessary postings for each document. The accountant sets up the posting scheme on his own.

Free of charge

Free software automates the execution of individual accounting tasks... It does not automate all of its areas and is designed to perform specific tasks and activities.

1. "Legal entity taxpayer". With its help, forms of accounting and tax reporting are prepared. Then they can be saved in XML format. Performs auto-completion and detects errors. Provides a form for submitting reports in a finished form. Provides the opportunity to run several companies at once.
2. "Info-Enterprise". It is used for keeping records of small businesses (about 100 employees). It is possible to change the settings, as well as update the reporting forms and algorithms via the Internet.
3. "Info-accountant 10.2". Used by STS, ORN and small businesses. Designed for: warehouse and personnel records, payroll. Has no restrictions on the number of employees.
4. The starting version of "Accounting for settlements and funds." Created for all enterprises and STS. Generator of tax registers, analytical accounting cards and transactions, reporting for "simplified".
5. "Business Pack". With its help, the primary documentation of all companies is formed, taken into account and printed.
6. "Simplified". Helps to calculate the single tax for legal entities and individuals. Automatically generates tax returns, creates bank receipts and calculates tax at the rate of 6 and 15%.

Free programs are used for individual operations (especially for tax reporting). Mostly used by small firms.

Paid

Accounting automation allows you to more effectively control the economic and financial activities of the enterprise. The management and development of the company largely depends on well-organized accounting. Paid licensed software is the best for complex accounting automation.

Most popular programs:

• "1C";
• "BOSS";
• Parus-Enterprise;
• "Galaxy ERP".

These programs can perform a wide range of operations and provide high-quality service for the accounting of money and material resources. It is possible to regularly update the databases.

Let's consider each program in more detail.

1. System "1C Accounting". The most popular program that allows you to maintain and record all financial transactions in an enterprise. Audit and cash flow accounting program. The system can be set up by an accountant on his own for the peculiarities of accounting in his enterprise. The capabilities of the program allow you to automate different sections of accounting: fixed assets, materials, bank, cash desk, salary, goods, settlements with organizations, etc. With its help, they create free reports for internal needs, or generate financial and tax reporting according to established standards. The software is constantly being improved and adapted to any conditions. The data is updated in a timely manner, adjusting to changes in tax legislation. The disadvantages include the complexity of learning to work with the program, as well as problems with transferring data from other programs.
2. Parus-Enterprise. Great for small and medium-sized organizations of various industries. Convenient, simple and at the same time fully functional system that allows you to automate accounting, warehouse and personnel records. The system consists of different modules: acquisition, contract accounting, salary, complex and others. Each of them can work independently or in conjunction with others. The system can operate on one or several computers connected into one local network.
3. "GalaxyERP "... It is used to automate the accounting of corporations, holdings and large manufacturing and trading enterprises. You can work simultaneously on several charts of accounts. Allows you to keep accounting according to international standards. This program is used for accounting and all financial activities of the company. Works completely independently, without requiring additional application programs. The program creates the necessary documentation for all transactions with funds. The accounting base is updated in a timely manner when tax legislation changes. At the same time, the reporting forms are edited. The system helps to form and fill in all types of tax and accounting documents, as well as to carry out the necessary calculations.
4. BOSS-Accountant. There are several versions of the program for accounting in enterprises of different fields of activity. The system has all the necessary tools for bookkeeping and tax accounting, as well as for creating reports. The program is convenient for accounting for production costs.

All accounting software is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the enterprise and facilitating the work of the accountant. The modern software market offers a huge number of different accounting software. The choice of a particular program depends on the tasks that need to be solved.

The best home bookkeeping software is presented below.

"Info-Accountant 10"- a new development designed for the automation of enterprises on a modern basis.

"Info-Accountant 10 Commercial and warehouse accounting" provides automation of accounting of inventories (materials, goods, finished products), as well as work performed and services rendered.

"Info-Accountant 10" allows you to quickly and efficiently calculate wages of any level of complexity, as well as conduct personnel records for small, medium and large businesses.

The main features of the program:

• Accounting operations:
  - Incoming and outgoing.
  - Internal movement.
  - Reservations and refunds.
  - Inventory.

• Settlements for operations:
  - Cash and non-cash.
  - Advance payment.
  - Partial payment.
  - Consignment.
  - Settlement and exchange of goods.

• Sales management:
  - Retail trade.
  - Wholesale trade

• Pricing:
  - Automatic calculation of discounts for a product or a group of products.
  - Lots of selling prices.
  - Revaluation of inventories.

• Reporting and analysis:
  - By time criteria.
  - By products and product groups.
  - By types of payments and amounts of documents.
  - By organizations and groups of organizations.

The block "Salary and personnel records" includes:

• Salary:
  - Calculation of salaries for several organizations in one database.
  - Group and individual accounting.
  - Ability to create your own formulas for calculating salaries.
  - Taking into account various forms of remuneration.

• Formation of reporting in the Federal Tax Service, fonts, statistics:
  - Reporting on personal income tax.
  - Reporting on insurance premiums to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, FSS and MHIF.
  - Reporting to state statistics bodies (Rosstat).

• Personnel accounting:
  - Maintaining time records.
  - Maintaining the staffing table.
  - Formation of working time schedules of any complexity.

• Using the program:
  - In commercial and non-commercial organizations.
  - In budgetary institutions.

New in version 10.2:
Tax reporting
Added to the VAT tax return:
- setting for unloading books of purchases, sales without displaying sheets of books on the screen;
- data entry under an investment partnership agreement;
- checking for compliance of the selected template with the reporting period.
Organization
- Added the requisite of the organization, whether it is a VAT payer.
Accounting for stocks, works, services
- Added forms for displaying a list of received and issued advance invoices (section 3 of the Warehouse block, forms 3.1a and 3.21a).
- Corrected the filling of the printed form of the invoice for advance (lines 3, 4, as well as columns 2 - 6, 10 - 11 are filled in with dashes).
- Added columns VAT rate, VAT amount to the table of items for Write-off and Internal transfer, with the ability to substitute the VAT rate from the discount prices.
- Added automatic linking of payment for an invoice created from an invoice.
- In the algorithm for calculating the discount prices, the filling of the CCD number and the country has been adjusted when they are automatically filled in for consignment notes.
Salary and personnel
- Corrected the formation of the RSV-1 form for the disabled. For their public organizations, tariff code 03 was provided, since January 1, 2015 this code is not valid. Now it is the same as in the organization as a whole.
- Adjusted the check for the absence of charges for the period of uploading individual information to the FIU.
- Added the ability to filter the directory of packets of information in the FIU.
- The employee's personal card has been improved: in the salary increase dialog at the place of work, you can specify a coefficient of 0 so that it is not taken into account when calculating vacation.
Cash
- Added the ability to call the counter settings from the dialog for all documents.
- When copying documents, the current date and time are substituted.
- Corrected the filling of the Advance report printable, the option "Invoice details from the supplier" has been added to the form parameters.