In thinking of using a spreadsheet I think of two things. 1) fexability 2) the cost in time of creating the spreadsheets, formulas etc.<br><br>Might be more cost effective to just buy quickbooks.<br><br><br><br><b><i>"der.hans" &lt;PLUGd@LuftHans.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> moin moin,<br><br>Randy mentioned using a ledger rather than suffering the indignity of<br>paying for software.<br><br>I'm fine with paying for software, but it still needs to be Free Software<br>and it still needs to use a free and open data format.<br><br>Are there accountants that support clients who use spreadsheets for the<br>source data?<br><br>In other words, could I obtain or create an OpenOffice.org template for<br>general personal and small business accounting that an accountant could<br>use?<br><br>If the accountant then imports the data to a proprietary program for<br>auditing I might
 be fine with that.<br><br>ciao,<br><br>der.hans<br>-- <br>#  https://www.LuftHans.com/        http://www.CiscoLearning.org/<br>#  "The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own<br>#  reason for existing." -- Albert Einstein<br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></blockquote><br><BR><BR><br>------------------------<br>Keith Smith<br>(520) 207-9877<br><a href="http://www.netcodeman.com/">PHP Programmer</a><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span><p>&#32;
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