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Ask Soylent: Payroll Software on Linux

posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 08 2015, @06:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the give-me-the-money dept.

Gravis writes:

A client of mine does the payroll for his small business and has thus far used various versions of Intuit's Quickbooks. While he can manage to muddle around with programs and do things, computers are still very much magic boxes to him and he had the malware to prove it. I'm doing everything remotely, so I would like to switch him to a simple Linux desktop but the problem is Quickbooks doesn't have a Linux client and the web version of their app is unusable. I've looked into Linux financial software (e.g. gnucash) but I can't seem to find anything that does payroll and accounts for U.S. state and federal payroll taxes. Does anyone use payroll software for Linux that they can recommend?

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  • (Score: 3, Disagree) by Dr Spin on Wednesday July 08 2015, @07:35AM

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @07:35AM (#206372)

    If you hire an accountant he will bleed you dry. Instead of doing your accoutns, he will keep on asking for more money. As the deadline for filing approaches, more money. As it passes, more money. as the deadline for fines approaches, more money. After the fines, more money, and they still dont do the work.

    I have had more than 10 accountants, and most have been worse than this! One had his filing cabinets seized by the Inland Revenue cos he did his own VAT wrong!

    For a one man business, the answer is to watch a few Youtube videos and do it on paper.

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday July 08 2015, @06:07PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @06:07PM (#206545)

    You couldn't find a reliable accountant, at least by reputation? Is it more difficult in the UK than in the US?

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday July 08 2015, @06:27PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Wednesday July 08 2015, @06:27PM (#206559) Journal

    OK, who is the common denominator in all of your bad experiences?

    I've used an accountant for ten years now -- first three I did everything myself (mistake). He's always been informative, timely, and priced his services reasonably.