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expense claim details

Apr 20, 2008 10:46AM PDT

We enter our expense claims into our simply accounting software, the description reads with the employees initials/expense claim/date.

' JD expense claim March 2008 '

as there are several expenses within each expense claim we would like each of them to read as individual expenses so that we can decipher which expenses relates to which project. There is one Cheque # for each claim. We don't want to start writing individual cheques for each expense.

How can we do this?

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Without knowing what software you are using
Apr 22, 2008 8:10PM PDT

it is unlikely anyone can help you.

Does the software you are using at the moment not allow you to break down expenses claims into component parts?

If not, have you thought about setting up a spreadsheet, (Microsoft Excel or similar), to do this? The disadvantage of this is it may not synchronize with the accounting software so you would still have to use that software separately.

If this is office accounting, then perhaps your IT people can suggest something.

Mark

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Re: simply accounting
Apr 22, 2008 8:34PM PDT

Hi Mark,

Simply accounting, as far as I know, is the only accounting package, that we get questions about in this forum. Somehow, it isn't so simple as it sounds, or the support offered by the maker is less than desired. My impression from previous discussions is that I would never choose it.

For example, see:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10150_102-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=139748&messageID=1569566#1569566
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10150_102-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=130001&messageID=2676918#2676918
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10150_102-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=189416&messageID=2057662#2057662
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=197708&messageID=2126528#2126528

So we know what program is being used. But neither you nor I, of course, know how it works, and what the best way is to break down expenses.

Kees

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Ahh.
Apr 22, 2008 8:43PM PDT

When the OP said, "We enter our expense claims into our simply accounting software", I thought they were taking about accounting software that was simple, Happy

I agree with you.

Mark