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An Outline of the Pretty Good Accounting System

Computerized Accounting System

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                        *** OUTLINE ***
  
                Pretty Good Accounting System      
                Version 2.0 (C) May  1999          
                by Duane Bristow, Albany, Kentucky 
                                 
1. Posting - data input?                                                    
      1 Enter Transactions?  (see Figure 1-1)  
      2 Delete Transactions?                  
      3 Print Transactions?                   
      4 Pay employees?      (see Figure 1-4)              
          1 General Info?       
          2 Payroll Constants?  
          3 Tax w/h Constants?  
          4 Other w/h Constants?
          5 Pay Employee?       
          6 Next Employee?      
      5 Print trial balance?                  
      6 Post transactions to main accounts?
      7 Rename temp. transaction file?        
      8 Pay payables?                         
      9 Copy or paste transaction file?       
     10 Use Special input screens?
          1 Access Invoices?                      
          2 Access Time Accounts?                 
          3 Access Inventory Received Screen?             
          4 Access Inventory?   (see Figure 1-10-4)
          5 Access Product Sales?      
          6 Access Log Tallies?
          7 Read MDAS daysheets?
          8 Access Purchase Orders?
     11 Change transaction dates?             
     12 Reconcile bank account?               
     13 Access Group Transactions?
     14 Trial balance by profit center?
     15 Post employer's share & sales cost?
 
2. Reports?                                                                 
     1 General Ledger?          
         1 Balance Sheet? (see Figure 2-1-1)
         2 P&L Report?    (see Figure 2-1-2)
         3 Audit Trails       
               1 Bank Account Checks (see Figure 2-1-3-1)
               2 Bank Acct Ck detail
               3 Payroll Cks. detail
               4 Payroll Date/Emp.  
               5 Payroll Date/Acct. 
               6 Payroll Acct/Emp.  
               7 Payroll Acct/Date  
               8 Payroll Emp./Date  
               9 Payroll Emp./Acct  
              10 General Ledger     
              11 Audit trail 11     
              12 Audit trail 12     
              13 Audit trail 13     
              14 Audit trail 14     
              15 Audit trail 15     
         4 Financial Analysis & Sales Margins?
         5 General Ledger?
     2 Payroll?                 
          1 Employee Payroll Report?
          2 General Payroll Report?
          3 Employee List?
          4 Retirement Report?
     3 Vendor?                  
          1 Vendor Report?  (see Figure 2-3-1)
          2 Bill Vendors?   (see Figure 2-3-2)
          3 Vendor List?    (see Figure 2-3-3)
          4 Aged Accounts Report  (see Figure 2-3-4)
          5 Overdue Form Letters?
     4 Taxes?                   
          1 Sales Tax?
          2 1099s?
          3 Unemployment?
          4 W-2s?
     5 Cash flow & Budget?    
          1 Cash Flow Needs Projection?
          2 Payables Report?
          3 Budget Report?
     6 Trend Charts & Special Reports?
          1 Recent Trends?
          2 Long Range Trends?
     7 Inventory Reports?
          1 Inventory Lists?
          2 Order lists?
          3 Sales Margins?
     8 Status Report?
3. End Period?     (see Figure 3)
   
4. Utilities?                                                               
      1 Edit general info? (see Figure 4-1)
      2 Edit help screens?                      
      3 Reindex system?                         
           1 Vendors?
           2 Accounts?
           3 Employees?
           4 Transactions?
           5 Inventory?
      4 Add employee vac/sick time?
      5 Update w/h tax tables?                  
      6 Access GL chart of accounts?            
           1 Print Chart of Accounts?  
           2 Add New Account?          
           3 Edit Account?             
           4 Review transaction index? 
           5 Review $, QT. and Numbers?
           6 Review Budget?            
           7 Save or Restore GL order code scheme?
      7 Set budget?                             
      8 Edit billing messages?                  
      9 Review main transaction file?           
     10 Copy from main transaction file?        
     11 Edit flags? (see Flags below)
     12 Edit Constants? (see Constants below)                        
     13 Set security levels?                    
     14 Name profit centers?                    
     15 Edit sales tax rates?                   
     16 Change Vendor's Carrying Charge Rate?
     17 Erase Vendor Billing Recording?
     18 Access auxillary Utilities?
   
5. Index to data input & reports?
 
Use [F1] and Shift F keys 2-10 for help screens.
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Figure 1-1
JOE'S OLD SHOE SHOP:GUEST - T- Posting Screen 9/99                              
   TR#  .DATE. ..TYPE.. CHECK# ..AMOUNT.. ..ACCT.. VENDR PC. QUANTITY NUMBER TX 
    
    
    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
      1 090299 BA                    0.00 PE           0   0     0.00      0    
Previous Earnings                        000000    0         0                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Bank Account                   - Previous Earnings                         
                                                                                
         AMOUNT       0.00   CHECK #                                            
            [F9] - FIELD, [SHIFT TAB] - CALCULATOR                              
            ARROWS TO MOVE, [HOME], [END], [ESC],   [F1] FOR HELP               
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Figure 1-4
     
Employee:  Doe, John                       Last Paid 00/00/00  Record     1     
                                                                                
Active  Y   Profit Center    0                                                  
Standard Hours   40   Overtime Multipler   1.50                                 
Salary       0.00   Hourly rate    6.00   Piecework rate    1.00                
Cash account for net payments BA       - Bank Account                           
Labor Account PAYROLL  - Payroll                                                
                 Accumulated    per period
Sick hrs.               0.00         0.00
Vacation hrs.           0.00         0.00
                                                                                
Retirement type (H, R, blank)?                                                  
      
==============================================================================  
Date Pd   End Date Check #  Piecework     Hrs.  Reg Hrs   OT hrs                
09/02/99  09/02/99               0.00    40.00    40.00     0.00                
$         Salary    Hourly Piecework   Regular  Overtime         $ Gross        
            0.00    240.00      0.00    240.00      0.00          240.00        
Tax w/h      Federal     State      FICA        MC                              
               17.40      8.82     14.88      3.48                 44.58        
Deducts       D1       D2       D3       D4       D5       D6                   
            0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00       0.00        
Remarks:  Doe, John                                       Net     195.42        
Hrs.    40.00    0.00 $ vac.    0.00 sick    0.00 hol.    0.00 other    0.00    
                                                                                
  
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Figure 2-1-3-1
                             Bank Account Checks                                
                                Output to SCRN                                  
                                   FILTER:                                      
Beginning date     090199              Ending date         090299               
Beginning acct     103.00              Ending acct         103.00               
Vendors to include: [BLANK] for all, 0 for N/A, or categories                   
                                                                                
Vendors to exclude: [BLANK] for none, 0 for N/A, or categories                  
                                                                                
Profit Centers to include: follow numbers with commas, [BLANK] for all          
                                                                                
Profit Centers to exclude: follow numbers with commas, [BLANK] for none         
                                                                                
Remarks strings to include, [BLANK] for all                                     
Remarks strings to exclude, [BLANK] for none                                    
Sources, follow numbers with commas                                             
                                    SORT:                                       
First Sort Field:       Check number                                            
Second Sort Field:      Date                                                    
                                                                                
                                REPORT FORMAT:                                  
                        WDT2SHT-                                                
         [ENTER] to begin audit trail, [ESC] to abort.   -----                  
                                                                                
[UA] to edit, or [HOME] for top, [F2] to reset to standard.                     
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Figure 2-1-1
   
                                Balance Sheet                                   
                                Output to SCRN                                  
                                                                                
[T]ype or [A]ccount               A                                             
                                                                                
Level 1-8                         8                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
2nd column                                  Preceding Period                    
                                                                                
3rd column                                  Difference                          
                                                                                
Beginning # months back                     1                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
[P]ause at end of each page, [W]ide printout.                                   
         ------                                                                 
    
    
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Figure 2-1-2
                                Profit & Loss                                   
                                Output to SCRN                                  
                                                                                
[T]ype or [A]ccount               A                                             
                                                                                
Level 1-4                         8                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
2nd column                                  YTD                                 
                                                                                
3rd column                                  Av. last 12                         
                                                                                
Beginning # months back                     1                                   
                                                                                
Ending # months back                        1                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
[P]ause at end of each page, [W]ide printout.                                   
         ------                                                                 
 
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Figure 2-3-3
                                 Vendor List                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Prompt for next printer page?                         N                         
Filter:                                                                         
   Include categories, [ENTER] for all                                          
   Exclude categories, [ENTER] for none                                         
   Include search string, [ENTER] for all                                       
   Exclude search string, [ENTER] for none                                      
   Business since date                                                          
   No business since date                                                       
                                                                                
Sort:                                                                           
   [blank] for Alpha, or $ business since date                                  
                                                                                
Include:                                                                        
   Vendor [N]umber      [C]ategory    [P]hone    [T]in    [O]wed
   [A]ddress            [E]mail address          [R]emarks                      
   Use A only for mailing label format                NCPT                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
Output to SCRN                                        -                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
[S]creen, [P]rinter, or [D]isk                                                  
 
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Figure 2-3-2
  
                               Billing Vendors                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Add next months carrying charges?                     N                         
                                                                                
Minimum billing amount?                                  5.00                   
                                                                                
Bill format [I]nvoice #, [Q]uantity, [3] column?                                
                                                                                
Prompt for next printer page?                         N                         
                                                                                
Print 130 characters per line?                        N                         
                                                                                
Beginning Vendor record # 1 - 50?                         1                     
                                                                                
Ending Vendor record # 1 - 50?                           50                     
                                                                                
Record bills (Y/N)?                                   N                         
                                                                                
Output to SCRN                                                                  
                                                                                
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Figure 2-3-1
                                Vendor Report                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
        1     Doe, John                                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
Summarize by Category [O] summary only                                          
                                                                                
Prompt for next printer page?          N                                        
                                                                                
[I]nvoice #, [Q]uantity                                                         
                                                                                
Beginning date                         010185                                   
                                                                                
Ending date                            123150                                   
                                                                                
Output to SCRN                         -                                        
                                                                                
Remarks:                                                                        
 
 
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Figure 2-3-4
                                Aged Accounts                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
Prompt for next printer page?                         N                         
                                                                                
Sort by Alpha, Total owed, month back 1-9?            A                         
                                                                                
Output to SCRN                                        S                         
                                                                                
Categories, [ENTER] for all                                                     
                                                                                
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Figure 3
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|        
  |ENDING MONTH SEPTEMBER 1999                                         |        
  |                                                                    |        
  |BE SURE THAT:                                                       |        
  |   No other user is using the system.                               |        
  |   Bills to vendors have been printed.                              |        
  |   All temporary transactions have been posted to the main accounts.|        
  |   Current backups have been made.                                  |        
  |   Vendor files are properly flagged for carrying charges.          |        
  |   Periodic entry files have been updated.                          |        
  |   All necessary reports have been printed.                         |        
  |       Balance Sheets.                                              |        
  |       P&L Statements.                                              |        
  |       Payroll Reports.                                             |        
  |       Aged Accounts Reports.                                       |        
  |       Audit Trails.                                                |        
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|        
                                                                                
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Figure 4-1
                                                                                
Company Name:                          JOE'S OLD SHOE SHOP                      
Address line 1:                                                                 
Address line 2:                                                                 
Address line 3:                                                                 
City:                        State:         ZIP:                                
Phone:                                                                          
Federal TIN:                                                                    
State TIN:                                                                      
Other PIN:                                                                      
                                                                                
email:                                                                          
                                                                                
URL:  
 
Disk output:                           
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Figure 1-10-4

                                 Inventory 1                                    
Code:  PRECON    Description:  PRECONDITIONING CHOW                             
Units: BAG       Sales Tax:  Flag  N  Reason code                               
                 UPC number:                                                    
Accounts:   Sales  FEED     Inventory  120.05   Cost of Sales  420.05           
                                                                                
Source:  PURINA MILLS, INC.                  Category:  A                       
Vendor's Order Number:  3152C2H   Order conversion multiplier:    1.0000        
Date of last order:     07/17/00  Current cost each unit sold:     5.160        
Sales price each:     6.450       Special:                                      
                                                                                
Units on hand:      105 order kicker:        12 full stock:        96           
Total Inventory cost:      541.80                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Month back:  1       2       3       4       5       6       7       8          
Units:     161      85       0       0       0       0       0       0          
Sales:    1036     663       0       0       0       0       0       0          
Month back:  9      10      11      12      13      14      15      16          
Units:     161      85       0       0       0       0       0       0          
Sales:    1036     663       0       0       0       0       0       0          
Month back: 17      18      19      20      21      22      23      24          
Units:     161      85       0       0       0       0       0       0          
Sales:    1036     663       0       0       0       0       0       0          
                                                                                
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                *** FLAGS ***                                                   
                                                                                
Security enabled?                      -                                        
Logs enabled?                          Y                                        
Add carrying charge to payables?       N                                        
Print payables checks?                 N                                        
Print payroll checks?                  N                                        
Transactions include Sales Tax?        N                                        
Skip closing confirmation?             Y                                        
Skip opening user name?                Y                                        
Skip opening graphics screen?          N                                        
Autopost emp. part FICA & MC?          N                                        
Printer lines 130 characters?          N                                        
Skip post fields flags -               522 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0        
Turn off automatic name reindexing     N
Initialize Printer codes                 0  0  0  0                             
Print 130 cpl Printer codes              0  0  0  0                             
Carry forward profit center            N                                        
Add employee OT regardless of other payN                                        
Carrying charge statement on bill      N
Question non matched qt. or number     N
Expanded aged accounts report          Y
Prompt for date on 1st payroll check   N
   
                        *** CONSTANTS ***
# records by which to increment transactions?              500                  
# records by which to increment other files?                50                  
default carrying charge rate (decimal)?                    0.015                
Minimum carrying charge?                                     1.00               
Minimum amount for carrying charge?                          5.00               
Social security % (decimal)?                               0.0620               
Social security wage base?                                   72600              
Medicare % (decimal)?                                      0.0145               
Medicare wage base?                                        9999999              
FUTA % (decimal)?                                          0.0080               
FUTA wage base?                                               7000              
State Unemploy % (decimal)?                                0.0030               
State Unemploy wage base?                                     8000              
Number minutes time out for user?                              240              
Minimum billing amount?                                       5.00              
# records to search trans before date                            0              
default % of sale for cost of sales (.80)                    0.800
W-2 number for totals (default=42)                           42
Minimum payments for 1099                                   600.00
Don't allow post before date                              00/00/00
Decimal % for KREDA payroll                                 0.000
  
KLEFPF payroll hourly rate
Hazardous retirement rate %
Regular retirement rate %
Hazardous retirement account # +
Hazardous retirement account # -
Regular retirement account # +
Regular retirement account # -
WIP - materials account # -
WIP - labor account # -
Update employee's sick & vac. monthly -
Vendor's discount account # +
 

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