I am trying to find cheap or free accounting software which can be used to train students

I am trying to find cheap or free accounting...

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I am looking for free or very cheap accounting software for my students to use to practice at home whilst training in bookkeeping. particularly, SAGE, QUICKBOOKS, VT or any other useful software.

any ideas will be gratefully received. Thanks

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By Steve McQueen
22nd Oct 2012 14:46

VT cashbook...

...is free on the website and cheap to buy if you want the full version.

Most others can be bought cheaply on ebay (eg: today I bought Sage 50 2013 on ebay for 29% of the price Sage quoted me for it!)

 

Steve

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By User deleted
22nd Oct 2012 16:15

Software T&C's ....

@Steve McQueen

Watch Sage T&C's - if it is second hand you may be in breach of licence

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By 3569787
03rd May 2016 17:27

How long for?

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By SamanthaGore
22nd Oct 2012 17:50

IAB

sudents on some IAB courses get a student copy of Sage

 

http://www.iab.org.uk/course/view/level-1-award-in-computerised-accounting-for-business-(qcf)-500_slash_9404_slash_x

 

not sure what the course fees are however...

 

Rs, S.

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By ffinder
17th Nov 2015 13:55

I can recommend PayTraq accounting software, it's a very flexible system that fits any curriculum. They offer student subscriptions that gives students one year of free access. 

http://paytraq.com/students/  

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By decreba
12th Jan 2017 16:38

Good morning
You can try decreba.com , accounting game and software.
Thank you for asking.
Best regards

http://decreba.com/

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By Portia Nina Levin
12th Jan 2017 16:45

While you are here, would you mind digging my ex-husband up?

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By DJKL
12th Jan 2017 17:18

I do not know if anyone else noticed, but the thread title, as truncated and displayed in the list of Any Answers , reads as something many posters here have a common complaint against.

I was really disappointed when I clicked and then read the full title, I thought I was going to be able to read a posting saga with vitriol and invective being fired from all sides.

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By stepurhan
12th Jan 2017 17:25

DJKL wrote:

I do not know if anyone else noticed, but the thread title, as truncated and displayed in the list of Any Answers , reads as something many posters here have a common complaint against.

I was really disappointed when I clicked and then read the full title, I thought I was going to be able to read a posting saga with vitriol and invective being fired from all sides.

Me too. Though I would have had a grudging admiration for someone with the audacity to state it so plainly rather than "just checking before they ask their accountant that totally exists, honest".
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By stepurhan
12th Jan 2017 17:23

What is your position and what is the course you are teaching?

If you are offering a paid for course (either by yourself or through an institution) then payment for appropriate software for homework use should be covered by course fees.

If you are training students to use Sage and Quickbooks, then cheap/free software for home practice that operates entirely differently is worse than useless.

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By Portia Nina Levin
12th Jan 2017 17:37

PEOPLE THE THREAD IS FROM 2012!!! [***] ME!!!

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By DJKL
12th Jan 2017 17:47

Ah, but the truncated title point is still topical.

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By Portia Nina Levin
12th Jan 2017 17:51

I agree, but it makes those now attempting to answer it seem rather pointless.

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By cheekychappy
12th Jan 2017 18:01

It makes the those attempting to answer the question appear rather slow.

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By Portia Nina Levin
12th Jan 2017 18:07

Yes, slow. I meant slow. I never, ever, meant to suggest that stepurhan was pointless. Whatever was I thinking when I typed that.

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By decreba
04th Jun 2017 22:56

Sorry we did not notice that the question was from 2012.
But if anyone wants to ask the same question in the future the answer is already there.

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