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The benefits to you will be..
Save time as data doesn’t need to be re-keyed
All your information is available in one system and easy to find
No need for extra accounting software, so you save money
Accounts data generates management reports vital to your business
You will need...
A Durell Solution program (e.g. "Financial Adviser") to provide the source data
To book some training for members of staff who will be using the Accounts. Although our training is optional we strongly recommend you have some so you know how to correctly enter information and how to obtain reports
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There is a separate sub-menu for the Accounts, accessible from the Main Menu screen, which is then broken down into
the following areas:
Sales
a list of all things you sell, commission earnings and fee work
Purchases
a list of all things you buy (utilities, rent, etc), consultant pay-aways and net premiums
Cashbook
all money received and paid, showing what each sum was for
Bank
a computer version of your bank statement/s (for any number of bank accounts)
Journals
allow you to set-up opening balances, allow for depreciation, etc
Period End
prevents your old data from being changed
Regular
automates regular payments, such as for hire purchase, rent and retainers
Reports
leads onto a menu of reports for Trial Balance, Aged Debtors etc
There are many benefits from using the Accounts within Durell besides the obvious cost savings. For example in Durell all ledger transactions have three descriptors (for invoiced name, policyholder and policy no) instead of just two (for invoiced name and item), and the ledgers may be easily searched, sorted and filtered to only display outstanding invoices.
The system also includes two Fee Timers per adviser, that allow you to time and create invoices for on-going projects along with those for interruptions caused by client phone calls and ad hoc meetings.
If you work in multiple currencies you can have different account sets (e.g. For Euros, Dollars, Sterling etc) and switch between them on-the-fly, for example at the point of posting an individual policy.
The system also allows you to design your own invoices in Word, to use direct from the accounts. A number of templates (e.g. including and excluding VAT) are provided to get you started in minutes.
Providing you enter accurate data you can then obtain vital management information from the Reports menu, which comprises:
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Statements
the current state of your client, insurer and adviser accounts. Statements can be sent as a reminder to clients who have overdue invoices
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Aged Debtors
all outstanding business, shown in 30 day historic periods
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Balance Sheet
what your business is worth, including share capital and all assets
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Trial Balance
a quick check on the double-entry system and nominal account totals
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Profit and Loss
what trading profit or loss your business has made in a given period
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Spreadsheet
monthly trading profit or loss for the whole year displayed in spreadsheet format, and broken down into nominal type
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Basic Solvency
the sum of your bank accounts plus debtors minus creditors
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Client Bank
various analyses of money held in trust for clients
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VAT
report to calculate VAT liability for a given period
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Listings
various listings from the ledgers and nominal transaction trail
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User-defined
facility to re-design the Trial Balance, etc, and create new reports.
Here you will also find the RMAR Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss reports, enabling you to view the
information needed (and in the required layout) for the report you have to submit to the FSAvarious listings
from the
ledgers and nominal transaction trail