Microsoft Small Business Financials Features List Updated: December 15, 2004
Microsoft Small Business Financials offers many benefits to you and your business. Read on to discover some of the features that can help you work more efficiently and cost effectively.
On This Page System Manager • Master record import from QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel, RealWorld, GPA, and Peachtree
• Company setup wizards
• Alerts and reminders
• Setup checklists
• Supports unlimited companies
• Supports up to ten concurrent users
• Administrator defined access rights for each user
• Automated file backup and recovery
• Personalized shortcut menu
Financials and Accounting • Double-entry accounting
• Full audit trail
• Cash flow calendar
• Fiscal period close
• Automatically select posting accounts
• Default charts of accounts for multiple industries Microsoft Excel-based budgeting
• Supports account numbers up to 25 characters and five segments
• Supports up to 13 fiscal periods
• Batch and individual transaction posting
• Automated batch recovery
• Ability to close sales and purchasing ledgers while leaving general ledger open for year-end adjustments
• Prior year adjustments
• Financial statement reporting and trial balance reporting
• General, recurring, and auto-reversing journal entries
Vendors and Purchases • Unlimited number of vendors
• Vendor contact information
• Automated discount and sales tax calculations
• Finance charges
• Credit memos
• Returns
• Bill payment via cash, credit card, or check
• Payables check wizard
• Supports voiding checks and transactions
• Full audit trail for check printing
• Four accounts payable aging buckets
• Vendor history tracking
• Purchases reporting
• Accounts payable transaction, history, and analysis reporting
• Purchase order processing
• Auto receive purchase orders
• Update inventory costs
• Purchase order status
Inventory • Multiple cost methods
• Kits
• Track serial and lot numbers
• Allocated quantities
Customers and Sales • Unlimited number of customers
• Microsoft MapPoint integration
• Customer contact information and customer statement wizard
• Customizable invoices and statements
• Automated discount and sales tax calculations
• Credit limits and memos, and debit memos
• Service repair and warranties
• Apply cash receipts to open invoices
• Put customer accounts on hold
• NSF check processing
• Four accounts receivable aging buckets
• Customer history tracking
• Sales, sales tax, and accounts receivable reporting
• Sales order processing
• Salespeople/Commissions
• Backorders
• Packing slips/picking tickets
Banking • Unlimited number of bank accounts
• Miscellaneous check option
• Bank reconciliation
• Enter transactions
• Void checks and transactions
• Record deposits, withdrawals, and transfer of funds between accounts
• Payroll
• Supports up to 500 active employees
• Integration with General Ledger
• Payroll setup wizards
• Payroll checklists include pay period, month-end, quarter-end, and year-end
• Tax table updates
• Payroll check printing
• Void payroll checks with audit trail
• Direct deposit
• U.S. Federal W-2 Magnetic Media
• Absence reporting
• Overtime and deduction calculations
• Pension processing
• Payroll reporting
• Reporting
• One centralized report window
• Over 80 customizable reports
• Check writing wizard
• Smartlist queries
• Drill down to source documents
• Financial statements
• Report editor
• Customizable reports
• Standard reports throughout Microsoft Small Business Financials
• Reports available via the Web
• Export to Microsoft Word, Excel, and HTML
Reporting • One centralized report window
• Over 100 customizable reports Check writing wizard
• Smartlist queries
• Drill down to source documents
• Financial statements
• Report editor
• Customizable reports
• Standard reports throughout Microsoft Small Business Financials
• Reports available via the Web
• Export to Microsoft Word, Excel, and HTML