Re: [SLUG] tax, damn them

[Terry Collins <terryc@nospam.woa.com.au>]

David Sainty wrote:
> 
> <sigh>  On this note....
> 
> Is Gnucash at all usuable for any of this GST accounting?  Sounds like a
> nifty little Australian O.S. project if not - extend Gnucash to make it
> GST "compliant". (This has probably been said on SLUG before?)

GnuCash is not suitable. It really is just a home cash record keeper.
Have a look at http://www.woa.com.au/linux/lists/bookkeeping.html for
my review a few months ago. This will also lead you to a few other
pages.

GNU Enterprise is also not ready, but seems to be rocketing along
(getting organised - I lurk the list).
> 
> my accountant insisted that I get MYOB, or I'll be doing my GST accounting
> on paper.

I've just sold a system with evilware on it for that reasons. Although
people tell me that earlier versions of MYOB will run under wine, no
one has been able to assure me the First Accounts V3.1 or MYOB V10,
which are the latest, also run.

GST is just a ledger entry really. Buying a GST package just automates
that and saves you having to remember to add/make the GST line entry.


The problem here is that no one is saying exactly what paperwork you
have to submit and there is a lot of scaremongering by accounting
package sellers and accountants. This is similar to the advertising
practises of virus software and net nanny software companies.


Accountants, as a class of people, do not rate highly in my books.
They are just as ethical as dodgy business people in screwing their
own customers out of their life savings. To head off outrage - all
responses from indignant accounts can give me the name of that
plantation scheme where masses of accountants recommended it to their
clients, but forgot to mention that they (the accountant) was getting
a nice little commission out of it. 


One good thing about MYOB, it is an Australian company.

If you are only after basic accounting, you can trade your $200 tax
voucher for Myob First Accounts V3.1, but check out the MYOB page for
which package they recommend.

And yes, I would like to know if the latest versions run okay under
wine (and win4lin).

> 
> David S..
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, David wrote:
> 
> >
> > I got my nice shiny new CD from Mr. Costello today

Did every business get their $200 tax voucher with their ABN?


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