If you are like the majority other business owners during their initial years in business you want something simple - something that does the job, that you can understand, and without all the mystery and jargon that attaches to most other accounting software.

But returning to 'pencil and paper' and the old handwritten cashbook is not the answer either - too much adding up and cross checking to get it all correct first time round!

There had to be something in between.

So, some years ago, under pressure from a number of clients, business owners just like you, I set about developing the Rapid Cash Accounting Package - my brief - to provide a solution for those business owners and managers looking for the ‘best of both worlds’ as regards their business's financial record keeping.  Research showed that what they were looking for was not an 'all singing, all dancing' piece of kit, but a simple system that:

• was easy to understand
• was easy to maintain
• allows for quick and legible data entry
• allows for quick and easy corrections (something they all said they wanted)
• does all the adding up - immediately and accurately!
• provides useful business information (like whether or not you were making a profit)
• and more.

I developed a solution over a period of time, testing and checking it out with a group of volunteers, and it worked really well.  This rapid cash accounting system became a milestone in ‘quick, easy accounting systems' in that it provided what was needed with the minimum of fuss and effort. And many of those original users are still using this package 6 years later. ("The best thing since the Chinese first invented double entry bookkeeping all those centuries ago" said Malcolm a successful businessman in Maidstone)

But there is always room for improvement and adding more ideas, especially in safeguarding the data formulae and the reporting of useful business information. Consequently the package gets updated from time to time.

Now the 2009 version is available for download whenever you like. The biggest change this time is the 'help' section, explaining exactly how the user can tailor the system to their specific business needs.

Check out the video below to see just how easy the package is to use

Currently, as a special introductory offer for the first 25 purchasers, you can download this package for only £27.95 - recommended price is £67.95 - a saving of £40 if you act fast. (Why the special offer? Because, in return for this low price I would like you to email me some feedback on how well the system works for you - Is that a fair deal? I'm serious, because that's the best way I can continue to improve the system.)

Please, a word of warning - this package needs Microsoft Excel 2003 upards to run. It's a much used business product and most computers bought today come with Microsoft Excel installed, or available. But if you don't have it already and don't want to invest in Excel, then don't download the package. It won't work for you!

There’s no better way to keep your accountant’s fees down than to give him the ‘finished’ product, but despite having to charge you less he will love you to bits for saving him the extra work!

Come your year end, you simply email the 'accounts summary page' to your accountant and bingo - he's got everything he needs to finish off your tax returns and statutory accounts.

This application should more than pay for itself, even at the full price, in savings on professional fees in year one, let alone keeping you, as the business owner, fully ‘in the picture’ financially throughout the year (provided of course that you input your data in timely and accurate manner).

Assuring you of my best attention at all times.