Join Gary Simon (the author of Office Accounting to the MAX), fellow Microsoft Senior Program Manager Glen Altringer and I, as we discuss Office Accounting 2009 in the UK market and the impact on small and medium size businesses. The 30 minute webinar...

In the wee hours of this morning (GMT) we launched the 2009 UK edition of Office Accounting. We have also made Office Accounting 2009 Service Pack 1 (SP1) available for download. Office Accounting 2009 with SP1 is fully certified by HMRC. If you are...

Yes, yes and no. Some of you have tried to install Office Accounting on a 64 bit operating system (fine), maybe even on 64 bit SQL Server (not so fine). So why is Office Accounting a 32 bit application? Doesn't Microsoft know how to compile in 64 bit...

Over the last couple of years I have been asked many times how one would handle flat rate VAT in Office Accounting, either from an end user standpoint or from an engineering standpoint. But before I begin, I will tell you flat out that I am not a big...

Whether you are using Small Business Accounting 2006 or Office Accounting 2007 or 2008, you qualify for a free upgrade to 2009. Paid for versions upgrade to 2009 professional and express upgrades to 2009 Express: http://www.ideawins.com/Upgrade.aspx...

As you may have seen in the news and as reported on the HMRC website, the standard VAT rate will be lowered temporarily by the government: “ In his Pre-Budget Report on 24 November 2008 the Chancellor announced that the standard rate of VAT will be reduced...

Gary Simon has written a great little book on Office Accounting 2008 (Express and Professional) seen from the perspective of the business owner, as in “how do I use this ##!!! software to run my business?”, rather than the traditional “click here” approach...

A good number of people from countries like Australia, South Africa, India, Ireland and others have been asking how they can change the currency in the UK version Office Accounting, so it shows their local currency symbol rather than £. There is a...

I am attending the US Conference of Mayors in Miami, Florida. Digital inclusion is a hot topic down here, where it is a common belief that the communities need to adopt technology to avoid being lost in an increasingly connected world. The City of...

Have you ever found that the lists in Office Accounting are great, but you are missing that one column you need (which the engineers at Microsoft just didn't think you wanted), like the second address field on the customer list you want for a mail merge...

Are you a consultant or accounting (accountancy) professional with clients using Office Accounting? Have you spent some time playing around with the product and want to keep your setup? The new business templates in Office Accounting 2008 can help you...

My name is John Thuneby and I am a Senior Program Manager on the Office Accounting team. My job is to design software, so while I will be posting tips and tricks on using Office Accounting, I hope to receive feedback on how well the software is working...