Laguna                  

:: Laguna... In Brief
:: Capabilities
:: Powerful General Ledger
:: Intuitive Accounts Payable
:: Complete Accounts Receivable
:: Inventory Management
:: Integrated Payroll
:: Printing Options
:: System Requirements

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       :: Laguna... In Brief
Timely financial information can mean the difference between profits and losses, between good decisions and bad. Yet until now, most accounting programs simply kept track of data and only gave you a look at the past. Laguna Small Business Accounting for Windows is different... It will make the difference!

Laguna is a multi user real-time business management system that has proven itself in DOS for more than a decade. Now it's available in Windows to give you the reliability and up-to-the-minute information you need to compete in today's fast-paced business world.
Fast and easy to learn and use, Laguna meets all the requirements of the most demanding bookkeeper, CPA or CFO. And instantly provides the information you need for cash management, marketing, your banker or the IRS.

So if you've outgrown the low-end shrink-wrap packages but can't find a high-end system that will give you the information you need at a price you can afford, check out the details below.

Then call for a free demonstration package, and our more-than-competitive pricing. You can also request a CD online and check our price list posted in the "Products" section.

Here are just a very few of Laguna's characteristics:
Easy to install and use for getting accounting data in and financial information out
Meets GAAP and FASB standards
Provides real-time performance and flexibility, with unsurpassed reliability and audit trails
Real-time entries create formal double-entry journals and ledgers with no additional work, reducing
   chances for operator error
Hundreds of reports and variations and ad hoc searches provide up-to-the-minute information all
   the time
Unlimited open periods, accounts, vendors, products, employees, etc.
High-performance allows all data to be kept on-line all the time.
Built in modules for a quick start and easy use, with a Point of Sale module for retail use.
Powerful, versatile and affordable for your growing business.
 
 

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Full-featured, real-time multi-user accounting that grows with you.
Advanced programming techniques provide ease-of-use of Windows, performance far faster than
   DOS
Automatically creates double-entry books and ledgers with no time wasted posting, transferring, and
   purging
Real-time summaries or transaction details always instantly available.
HotPrintTM hundreds of reports and variations with most recently changed data directly without
   exiting to menus
Fast results for ad-hoc searches from any field in any screen.
Instantly check revenues, receivables or anything else you need to know to manage your business.
   better.
Detailed field by field on-line help and unique SuperEditTM make Laguna easy to learn and use.
Speed up entry by selecting from lists of available names or items.
Built in security lets you assign access and privileges to any module, action, or company's data by
   user.

:: Correct Accounting Automatically
Unsurpassed audit trails track changes, voids, deletions to entered data by what was changed by
   whom and when.
Normal business events & transactions create formal double entry accounting for the most
   demanding CPA.
Meets GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) and FASB (Financial Accounting Standards
   Board) requirements.
Enter information on familiar forms without using journals, debits and credits.

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:: Powerful General Ledger
Unlimited number of Companies, G/L Accounts, etc.
Flexible, intuitive design.
Hundreds of predefined charts of accounts for a quick start.
Alpha-Numeric Account Numbers.
Unlimited number of open periods.
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:: Intuitive Accounts Payable
Unlimited number of vendors.
Select who to pay, how much, and when right from the screen.
Automatically create and print checks.
Unlimited number of checking accounts.
1099 reporting automatically.
Easy checkbook reconciliation.
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:: Complete Accounts Receivable
Unlimited number of customers.
Use Open Item or Balance Forward aging methods for any customer.
Customer entry "on the fly"
Easily handle credit memos, debit memos and refund checks.
Warns you of customers over their credit limit or on credit hold.
Handles cash, credit card, & prepayments, partial, split, or over payments.
View account history and activity on screen: see balances owed on any invoice as of any date.
Handles multiple sales tax rates.
Commission calculation and reporting.
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:: Inventory Management
Unlimited number of inventory items.
Add inventory items "on the fly".
Five cost evaluation methods: LIFO, FIFO, Average, Standard, Current.
Unit conversions so you can buy in one unit of measure and sell in another.
Physical Inventory Reconciliation.
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:: Integrated Payroll
Unlimited number of employees.
Tracks taxes, payments, deductions, Workers' compensation, etc.
Easily handles state payrolls.
Prints payroll checks, 940's, 941's, I9's, W2's, etc.
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:: Printing Options
Print to screen, file, or printer queue.
Define unlimited number of printers and assign English names to each.
Text search, page-up/down, scroll in reports of any length sent to the screen.
Use blank paper or preprinted forms on Laser Printers or Dot Matrix Printers.
Hot Spots throughout reports let you Drill Down to examine or edit underlying records instantly.
Export any report to disk to print later, or to import to your spreadsheet or word processor.
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:: System Requirements
Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT
Minimum hardware: IBM 486 or compatible; 20 MB free space per accounting year (approximate)
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