User Review: CheckMark’s MuliLedger accounting software. List price $399
Everyone is familiar with QuickBooks, myself included, I used it for 10 years. I went from novice to expert to being in their professional advisors program. That’s when things began to change in the relationship with Intuit. QuickBooks began to actively compete with it’s advisors by offering its own support program while charging a small fortune for the privilege of being competed with. Support became not very supportive. The company grew so large, service suffered. I had very bad experiences when installing software and not being able to use it and going round and round with some moron on the telephone. Features that were not particularly useful were added just to create a new version, not for genuine improvements. And they started forcing you to upgrade in order to get their increasingly pricey tax tables. The payroll feature became very expensive, especially as my payroll client base grew. The company and its software and the even the data files were bloated. I was ready for a new software, a simpler one, a better company to work with.
QuickBooks payroll was the impetus to find a replacement for everything- the payroll and the accounting, even the computer and the OS. I had migrated to Apple computer around this time, I found CheckMark payroll software, I could run as many client’s payroll with the same software and tax table. It was as simple and straightforward a program as I had ever used. Relatively, the company behind th software was small, responsive and extremely helpful. I was hooked by the payroll, yet there was more…
This same company had an accounting software called MultiLedger. Both these products are so easy to learn and use that when I look back, I realized that I had hardly touched the manuals. This is not “bloatware”. It does what you need it to do, without a lot of jazzy fanfare. When the company brought out newer versions, there were actual improvements! The data files are absolutely tiny, and as a result, backups happen in a split second. MultiLedger is multi-user, can have up to 10 users. It can be used for cash-basis accounting or accrual. It does quotes and P.O.’s, which can be turned into invoices and bills. It does sales taxes and commissions, it does profit centers and jobs. It imports and exports. It has a built in 1099 utility. Run multiple companies and print all your own checks on blank check stock with it’s MICR printing. Print your own deposit slips. Everything is customizable, right down to the layout of the financials, customizable, yet not a bell or whistle in site. Lock months, have 30 open at a time, password protect different users. It runs on Mac and Windows, even in a mixed network. Setup of a new company is the easiest I’ve ever seen. It is so simple to use it is minimalist yet fully capable- it’s as if you take a fine program like QuickBooks, strip it down to the basics, strip out all the “bloatware” nonsense and you are left with something that is so efficient and easy to use, it is a joy and pleasure. Bringing in payroll data from CheckMark is so quick you will think it didn’t really happen. Schedule recurring transactions very simply. I joined their consultants program and am very glad I did. The couple of times I needed technical help they were very fast in responding and very helpful. This is about the most straightforward software and company you will find anywhere.
You can download a trial version and they offer a full 60 day money back guarantee if it does not work for you. It will. Go to www.CheckMark.com and check them out.
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