Hi,

Well I've been on the lookout for a way for a company (so multiple people) to monitor/edit expenses vs income on a monthly basis. There are services like lessaccounting.com, but they aren't free.

So I decided to put my php hat on and make one. It's uber-simple and is only 1 file and 1 database. Here's a demo version:

http://kerplunc.com/projects/expenses/index.php

My question is, would people be interested in getting it (for free), I'm just wondering if I should bother release it? it's simple, fast and does the job.

Thanks!

Seems it would be better to just use Microsoft's Excel... plenty of templates for that info available for free. Outside of that quicken business... then move into quickbooks...

Oh I know it is more diverse with excel, but we wanted something we could all edit online ourselves on our server. And something simpler.

lol @ whoever put crack and guns in!

I also use Microsoft Excel. It would be hard to promote something like this.

It's not for same or a massive product, so promotion isn't my concern really, I just thought I'd see what people think ^^
It only took 2 hours and it's just a useful tool for our company ;)

i use ms money business edition. does everything i need it to do, plus it auto updates from my bank accounts. works great for me.

I actually wrote my own software to do this, also, after using Excel for a while. It's too difficult to track all the different types of expenses you need to in one spreadsheet. Just my two cents.

ms money keeps track of everything for me, if it doesnt fall into a catagory built into the program, few mouse clicks later, its built and running. also creates reports and graphes to see visually how your spending money.. i find it helpful when trying to track down why one month this budget went thru the roof, while last month it didnt do anything. nice to see the contrast.

J

Its a nice little script. I think, to be truly useful, it would need a way to enter the income or expense date.

Interesting expenses you have there ;)

I set up a book in Excel to do this for me, but I'm looking for a better spreadsheet for the task.

Mike

Excel is great at this stuff, though I can see your point about having multiple users work on it. Have you tried the spreadsheet application in Google Apps? I think that may support multi-user, but I haven't tested it myself.

quickbooks anyone....

quickbooks anyone....

Hate it. Hate hate hate.

--Tina

Hate it. Hate hate hate.

--Tina

Are yuou serious?
One of the best accounting software i have seen

Its a nice little script. I think, to be truly useful, it would need a way to enter the income or expense date.

Thanks, the "info" bit was originally a date bit, but I might add a third column for date, making it so much more useful. Of course, info can be date & info at the same time.

Its a nice little script , thanks for this info :agree:

I'm going to look into QuickBooks - I hadn't thought about it until I read this thread.

We'll see what it has to offer over my basic excel spreadsheet *lol*

Are yuou serious?
One of the best accounting software i have seen

Pro has a steep learning curve but once you GET IT, it becomes a powerful tool that you fall in love with.

I like the script, I would use it if you offered it for free.

MYOB is awesome

Might want to set a max value for input, i entered 9999999999999999999999 and its glitched up :P

what glitch... you click the red stop button to delete each value lol

After using Quickbooks and many editions of it i have found that the power behind the software is amazing. They keep you up to date and offer a suprisingly knowledgeable staff that can deliver an answer to any concern or support problem.

-Tony

Hi guys, I have finally got round to adapting the script for download:

http://files.kerplunc.com (the expenses_micro_app, it's 5kb)

About the 9999999 thing, it doesn't matter, it's not a "public" script, it's meant for private use. The password-ing technique used is very very simple, but thats only a last resort, it shouldn't be for public viewing.