TURBOCASH

accounting 3.7

 TurboCASH is a free software accounting software package, developed by a project team headed by Philip Copeman, a South African. It has been continuously developed since April 1985,and was released under the GNU General Public License in July 2003. The biggest TurboCASH communities are found in South Africa, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, USA, Canada and Australia. It has been translated or partially translated into 23 languages including Afrikaans, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Indonesian and Spanish. According to the company, TurboCASH has over 80,000 users.

 TurboCASH accounting software is flexible. It can be configured for any country and any small business. It is much more than a simple 'home finances' or small business bookkeeping system;

One of the most popular fully featured, multicompany, multi-user accounting system utility;
It can be customized to accommodate virtually any business requirements. The program is so versatile, that, if your business expands and you change to another form of ownership.

TURBOCASH INCLUDES MOST FUNCTIONS A BUSINESS WILL EVER NEED:

Debtors Creditors General ledger Full stock control VAT accounting Invoicing Bank reconciliation Trial balance Balance sheet and income statements Full reporting and analysis As well as mutli-company and multi-user capabilities.

1.1 TURBOCASH FEATURES:

Easy setup
Easy step-by-step installation.
Accounts and Transactions

(accounting)
Batch -driven entries allow mistakes to be edited before posting to the ledger. Bank Reconciliation transactions are posted. before cash-book

Use our templates or create your own Set of Books.

Comprehensive tutorials. manuals and

Import and Export Batches

T-Account viewer Online Registration Interactive Help System No month -end procedures Generate Repeating Transactions and Invoices. Multiple Language - English, Afrikaans, Netherlands, Espaol, French, German, Gibberish, Indonesian, Italian, Xhsa, etc.

1.2 TURBOCASH FEATURES:

Comprehensive Reporting Powerful Accounting Software

Bank Reconciliation Budget Performance Sales and Purchase Analysis Trial Balance Income Statement Balance Sheet.

Up to 256 Batch Types 10 Bank Accounts 250 Reporting Groups 40 000 Debtors / Creditors 64 000 Stock Items

ACCOUNTING PROCESS
1. Create your Set of Books 2. Set the System Parameters and Defaults a) Company Information b) Reporting Dates c)Reporting Account Groups d) Financial Categories e) Batch Types f) Access Control and Passwords (Optional) g) Internet Set-up (Optional) h)Documents Set-up (only for Documents and Point-of-Sale) i) Salespersons (only for Documents and Point-of-Sale) j) Stock Information (only applicable to if Documents and Point-of- Sale is used) k) Set Preferences Backup Printer Data

3.Customise your Chart of Accounts 4. Create Debtors 5. Create Creditors

6. Create Stock Items

7. Enter Opening Balances/start processing your daily transactions

8. Generate Reports to evaluate your activities

BASICS IN TURBOCASH
BATCH ENTRY

These are so named because all transactions of the same type are grouped together as a batch (for example, all the receipts or, all the purchases).
Sales Journal

This journal or book is used to record your sales for the day. You would record the invoice number, date of invoice, invoice details, the debtor, Output VAT/GST/Sales Tax and the amount you charged the customer - including or excluding VAT/GST/Sales Tax, depending on your requirements.

 Purchases Journal

This journal is used to record all the purchases, which were made in the normal operation of your business. Details which would be recorded include the invoice number, the date of the purchase, purchase details, from whom you purchased, Input VAT/GST/Sales Tax and the amount you were charged, including or excluding VAT/GST/Sales Tax, depending on your requirements
Cash-Book

This is made up of both the Receipts and Payments Journals. The Receipts and Payments Journals of the Cashbook are reconciled with a bank statement

 Receipts Journal

All deposits, along with the date of the deposit, the name of the depositor and the amount are recorded in this book. For debtors it would have the effect of debiting the bank account and crediting the debtor, after the debtor has been debited through the Sales Journal.
Payments Journal

All payments made, along with the date, detail and amount are recorded here. Payments would have the effect of debiting the creditor or the expense, and crediting the bank.

 General Journal

This book is used to enter all your opening balances, correct any errors you have made and process items like depreciation of assets and the payroll. Depending on the need, the payroll (or any other journal). Other journals that may be required are the sales returns or debtor allowances journal, petty cash journal, depreciation journal or payroll journal

THE STRUCTURE OF

TURBOCASH

 TurboCASH allows you to keep up to 999 sets of books. The full accounting records for a business entity or an organization are kept in a Set of Books. TurboCASH stores each Set of Books in a separate directory or folder on your system. The list of these Sets of Books is kept in the Books.db file (database file) in the TurboCASH Program Directory. Each Set of Books must have approximately 40 Paradox Files. TurboCASH uses the Borland Database Engine (BDE) to read these files.

COMPONENTS: o o o o o o Company Information, Defaults and Settings Accounting Periods Accounts Transactions Stock Items Documents

INSTALLING TURBOCASH

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

An IBM compatible computer running Microsoft Windows 95B, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT or Windows XP. 32 MB of RAM (64MB strongly recommended) for a single user and 128 MB for a multi-user 36 Speed or higher CD ROM SVGA screen (800x600 screen resolution). Approximately 80MB hard disk space

 To install TurboCASH, with the Sets of Books, etc. for your country, select the language for the Installation. Click on the Install TurboCASH T3 option. The Select Setup Language screen is displayed

Select the language of your choice and click on the OK button. The TurboCASH Setup Wizard screen will be displayed. Click on the Next button. The License Agreement will be displayed. Read the License Agreement carefully by scrolling down.

 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click on the Next button.
The Select Destination Location screen will be displayed. TurboCASH will install the program in the C:\TCASH3 directory or folder by default. Should you wish to select a different directory or folder to install TurboCASH, click on the Browse button and select the destination directory. The Select Start Menu Folder screen will be displayed. TurboCASH will install the program in the C:\Programs\Pink Software folder by default. Should you wish to select a different directory or folder for the Start menu, you may enter a different name than Pink Software or click on the Browse button and select the Start menu folder. Click on the Next button.

 The Select Additional Tasks screen will be displayed. You may select to create an icon on your Desktop and / or the Quick Launch menu of your system. You may, if these icons have been installed, click on these icons to start or launch the TurboCASH program. Click the Next button. The Ready to Install screen will be displayed. Make sure that the correct directory or folder in which TurboCASH is to be installed, and that the correct Start menu folder and Additional Tasks (Desktop icon and Quick Launch icon) is selected. Click on the Next button. Once the setup process is finished, click on the Finish button. The TurboCASH program will be started if you did not remove the tick on the Launch TurboCASH field of the Completing the TurboCASH Setup wizard screen before clicking on the Finish button.

NOTE: IF THE SET-UP PROGRAM

DOES NOT INITIATE AUTOMATICALLY

On your Start - Run menu type the following path X:\TurboCASH3SETUP.EXE where X:\ is the letter representing the CD-ROM drive on your computer, e.g.:

 If you click on the OK button, the TurboCASH Set-up program will be initiated. Or

Locate and open the folder TurboCASH3 on the TurboCASH CD. Double-click on the setup icon to start the TurboCASH installation process.

STARTING TURBOCASH

To start TurboCASH, double click on the icon created for you on your Desktop. Or select TurboCASH T3 on the Start Menu - Programs Pink Software TurboCASH T3

REGISTERING TURBOCASH

You may register to get your serial number and unlocking code via the following options: Telephonically during office hours (Mondays to Fridays from 08h30 to 16h30) by phoning TurboCASH on Telephone number +27 11 646-5702 Register on the Internet on the following options while connected to the Internet: Click on the the Get it Online button of the Register your TurboCASH screen. Click on the Register button of the Welcome screen Click on the Register option on our Website at http://www.turbocash.co.za. Enter our Registration pages web address http://www.turbocash.nl/register/registerdll.dll in the address bar of your Web Browser. Once you have received your serial number and an unlocking code, enter the Company Name (the owner of this copy of TurboCASH to be registered. You may also enter your personal name if you are the owner of the business).and the the serial number and unlocking code. Once the details and codes are entered, click on the OK button. If for any reason you cannot be unlocked or registered immediately, you can continue to work in TurboCASH. You will not lose your data or the company parameters that you have set up in TurboCASH

THE TURBOCASH PROGRAM

TurboCASH offers you three different tools, which you may use to access the different features and options:

Menus Speed Toolbar The Turbo Menu In addition to these menu options, you may use shortcut keys to navigate and access the various options in TurboCASH.