Simply Accounting for Windows Vista

I'm doing some accounting work for a couple of international non-governmental organizations (NGO).  They were previously using a mixture of Microsoft Excel, Quicken and Quickbooks at different times. 

We decided to go with Simply Accounting 2009 Premium.  We're soon to be upgrading to Simply Accounting 2010 Premium with the Payroll Package.  We decided to go with that because it's fairly straightforward and easy to use. 

It also keeps a record of every transaction to keep an audit trail, which is important to us.  It was too tempting to make changes in Quickbooks without making a note, which left us confused later when we couldn't remember why we made a certain transaction.

Being a Simply Accounting Consultant is a great gig.  Sage Software, the company that sells Simply Accounting products don't give you much free technical support.  You may get a 60-day support service at a price or for buying a premium version of the software.  I think they usually give you a free technical support call, but then you have to pay like $75 an hour.

The reason I know that is because our bookkeeper tried to install Simply Accounting onto Windows Vista for two straight days.  There was nothing on the Simply Accounting help section or their website that really helped us.  We finally figured out how to install Simply Accounting onto Windows Vista.

Because of what they charge so much for support, a good Simply Accounting Consultant can make upwards of $50/hour.  They don't really have a video tutorial like Quickbooks does so a Consultant can make pretty good money helping organizations set up and use their new accounting software package.