Help With Accounting Program for Contractor

[Damo_T]

Can anyone suggest the best Accounting software for an IT contractor?
I am looking for something cheap, preferably free. This is mainly for my own records and to make things like invoicing easier, I do have an accountant who does everything from speadsheets.
I downloaded quick books bit is appears very Americanised.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[bogeyman]

I still use Quick Books V3.0 for Windows.

It's ancient (from about 1991 I think) but still does the job for me.

It does invoicing and VAT easily. Not Americanised at all IMO (well, V3.0 isn't).

I trust it to do my VAT 100 without going back through and manually checking. Does my P&L and Balance Sheet at the drop of a hat. An optimum piece of software. Best investment in software I ever made.

It is flexible and covers all of my freelancing activities, whether 'contracting' or not.

It's one of the few apps I actually need to run Windows for (in a VM on OS X).

Never found anything better, but I guess, like everything, newer versions of the product are past the optimal point on the curve.

[EternalOptimist]

I got a vb developer to do mine (me).
it took about 2 hours to programme

plus changes are quick, cheap and easy. I would recommend this guy(me)
to anyone

[bogeyman]

I got a vb developer to do mine (me).
it took about 2 hours to programme

plus changes are quick, cheap and easy. I would recommend this guy(me)
to anyone

You're a bit of a sad case EO. Why don't you post something sensible?

[EternalOptimist]

You're a bit of a sad case EO. Why don't you post something sensible?

Shut it , you cranky old fag.

The point is, you can do stuff like this yourself in no time.