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Sage Software's Peachtree Premium Accounting 2007, which becomes available at retail in early July 2006, is the continuation of the former Best Software program, incorporating GL, receivables, payables, inventory and strong payroll functions, along with an array of small business productivity features such as contact management, time & billing, financial analysis and advanced reporting functions. Now in its 30th year, the 2007 version represents a major revision to the program, with the addition of several new features and enhancements. Premium Accounting is available in industry-specific versions for construction fields, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofits and professional accountants. Pricing for the program starts at $499 for a single user; a multi-user site license is available for $1,099.
EASE OF USE/BASIC FUNCTIONALITY
One of the key areas that Sage Software concentrated on while enhancing the new version of Peachtree was its user interface. The program opens to an exceptional dashboard system that shows a collection of data based upon the task selected. Dashboards include Business Status, Customers & Sales, Vendors & Purchases, Inventory & Services, Employees & Payroll, Banking, and Company. The Business Status dashboard offers customizable views that can include data such as account balances, outstanding receivables and payables, revenue, cash flow, and virtually any other information, with dynamic charts and graphs providing visual data representation and one-click access to income statements, balance sheets, account lists, reconciliation and other functions. Each of the other dashboards offers similar information sections, all of which are easily customizable using the "Customize this Page" button at the top of the screen. Users can also select which of the dashboards to use as their default homepage. The data available to each user is based upon their access rights. Another focus of the software developers was making it easier to access the more than 25 lists in the 2007 release, with at-a-glance information along with drilldown, print and search capabilities.
The program...