Palladiun Accounting

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Hey guys

Just wanted to know if anyone has used Palladium Accounting ?
I know that there is a free version which I have downloaded but
I would like feedback from those using it please.

Thanks
DD
 
If you're getting audited/reviewed then stay far away from anything other than Pastel / AccPac / SAP etc (I'm forgetting one common one - the one the lawyers like I think :o)...it'll end up costing you far more in the long run & result in a lot of extra grief.

For companies not required to be audited/reviewed...feel free to go with whatever you like. I'd still go with Pastel though...remember this isn't IT...that fancy new toy doesn't get you efficiencies...it gets you confused fin staff that might have years of experience with product X.
 
HavocXphere said:
If you're getting audited/reviewed then stay far away from anything other than Pastel / AccPac / SAP etc (I'm forgetting one common one - the one the lawyers like I think :o)...it'll end up costing you far more in the long run & result in a lot of extra grief.

For companies not required to be audited/reviewed...feel free to go with whatever you like. I'd still go with Pastel though...remember this isn't IT...that fancy new toy doesn't get you efficiencies...it gets you confused fin staff that might have years of experience with product X.
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That's why my staff still use Windows 3.1 and Lotus 123!
 
phaktza said:
That's why my staff still use Windows 3.1 and Lotus 123!
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Not entirely the same. Pastel is on V14.

Sticking to Windows instead of moving to Mac or Linux or any new OS is a better analogy.

It will cost more if an auditor needs to convert the data from some obscure program into their systems.
 
signates said:
Not entirely the same. Pastel is on V14.

Sticking to Windows instead of moving to Mac or Linux or any new OS is a better analogy.

It will cost more if an auditor needs to convert the data from some obscure program into their systems.
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Ja this new fangled Excel programme had them confused. I'm sure it's just a passing fad.
 
signates said:
It will cost more if an auditor needs to convert the data from some obscure program into their systems.
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Or my personal favorite: Custom rolled software, source code lost years ago and no export functionality.
 
HavocXphere said:
If you're getting audited/reviewed then stay far away from anything other than Pastel / AccPac / SAP etc (I'm forgetting one common one - the one the lawyers like I think :o)...it'll end up costing you far more in the long run & result in a lot of extra grief.

For companies not required to be audited/reviewed...feel free to go with whatever you like. I'd still go with Pastel though...remember this isn't IT...that fancy new toy doesn't get you efficiencies...it gets you confused fin staff that might have years of experience with product X.
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Depends...

In SA today, the widely accepted accounting applications includes your already mentioned, Sage suites, SAP, and then there are Quickbooks, Omni etc. Looking at the open-source route, various ERP systems are being used and accepted on enterprise scale, especially OpenTaps. There are various law applications (legal accounting and practices), like Ghost, Law etc.

We have a highly modded FrontAccounting package playing along with OpenERP (now Odoo) and vTiger, also a Sage One Accounting integration, more or less to establish a hybrid system. Our sourced accounting have access to the Sage system and ERP reports. Under our circumstances everything works as it is designed to do and no one have an issue.

In general in SA, most entities trusts to use Pastel or Quickbooks. IIRC, Palladiun Accounting, is a local application... never seen it being used in our industry.
 
Stefanmuller said:
IQ is just a piece of crap. Especially the earlier versions. A nightmare to audit
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Very popular in our retail industry, the larger entities have customised IQ solutions. In this regard, besides IQ, this is what makes SAP an extremely strong contender, POS integrations.
 
Yes the newer POS is better (point of sale, not piece of ****) but the older versions had horrible reporting and limited export capabilities. From an auditing perspective we like to be able to export reports to excel etc.

Also bear in mind I refer to scenarios where the client just barely knows how to use the program. If you have an inhouse team that can help with report writing its a different story. For the smaller firms Pastel remains the most common choice and is nice to work with.
 
There has always been quite a gap between IT and Audit/accounting, in the sense that from the auditor point of view some things are always lacking from the software. It is understandible because the accounting profession being quite old school and not knowing too much about IT, and your average IT guy not knowing too much about auditing and accounting, there will always be a gap in the needs of the different parties. On the one side you have to satisfy the requirements of the daily user but you also need to have the audit and report writing side in mind.

For our profession we use Caseware as an auditing tool to draft financials and do auditing work, and although it is an awesome program, there are always a communication gap between us who use it and the guys who write it. Things we see as being an obvious thing the program should do is lacking. Or rather the way to make it do it is super un-user friendly to do. You seldom get guys who are CA's who also go into IT, and if you do they tend to go the SAP route which focuses on the corporations and not the auditing profession.
 
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