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Yuma N. Vuono turtlelove15@email.phoenix.edu Assignment 1-2 Accounting Software Memo
Resource: September 2003 article “A Strategy for Finding the Right Accounting Software” by Randolph P. Johnston located at the website for the Journal of Accountancy.

Read the following memo:
Your department’s accounting software is extremely outdated and you have included the purchase of new software in this year’s fiscal budget. You have decided it is time to start looking into purchasing your company’s accounting software and have chosen someone in your department to undertake the task. You want to draft a memo for your employee to help guide her in the purchasing process. Prepare a 350-word memo discussing the factors to consider when choosing accounting software. Analyze why each factor is important and the risks of not considering each factor.
Post your memo as an attachment. Post your Certificate of Originality. Interoffice Memo: To: | Jane Assistant | From: | Yuma N. Vuono | CC: | John President | Date: | 1/29/2012 | Re: | Accounting Software | Comments: | Hello Jane,As you know, our accounting software is extremely outdated. I have included the purchase of new software in this year's fiscal budget and decided you would be the perfect person to research the various types of accounting software systems on the market and choose the most suitable system for our company. We both understand the importance of choosing a system that will help our organization grow while providing the efficiency of control and management of our company's financial information. A thorough evaluation of the current and future needs of our company, organizational structure, management philosophy, and operating style will help determine the most suitable accounting software system as well as a review of our current system's capabilities,