Things you own

Machines, vehicles and computers kept as a register, with depreciation worked out each year.

Each asset keeps its cost, its date and its rate. The year's depreciation is posted for you, and a sale works out its own gain or loss.

Also in your numbers

Every entry keeps a record of who made it, who changed it and when, and that record cannot be edited.

Set a budget, see each month against it, and where the year is likely to land.

Several businesses rolled into one set of statements, with dealings between them taken out.

Tag income and spending by branch, project or department and read a profit for each.

For the accountant: any entry by hand, checked to balance before it posts.

Income earned but not billed and costs owed but not received are booked, so each month tells the truth.