We were pleased to roll out another release recently with a whole bunch of new features.

The level of positive feedback across all our channels and countries has been excellent, from phone calls, emails, twitter, skype, instant messenger and more.

There have been so many positive comments and it has only been out a few days - have a read below and you will get the idea. Try it and tell your friends!

Sure, there were a few areas that needed a tweak or two, but 90% of reported issues were cosmetic and the vast majority are already fixed and live. This the great thing about SaaS - continuous improvement and community driven quality and ideas. We love it!

Faster. Better. Easier.

That is what we live for - saving you time and helping you do more while simplifying your life. It is being made available to all users immediately. No upgrade hassles, no effort no additional cost. That what I call Good SaaS.

The main areas of improvement are listed below the comments from our fans.

Fans love it

• Congratulations on the new release going live – it looks and feels terrific - Marytn from My CFO
• New version looks great. Huge improvement on the previous one (and that one was pretty good anyway) - Ben from CompSyc
• Love the improved interface, abundance of printing and export options. Accounting that makes sense at last, thank you. I will be migrating several other accounts at the end of the financial year as there is no point in struggling with the obtuse behaviour of MYOB any longer !! - Hew from Coral Sea Superannuation Fund
• Love the new look - Michelle from Lorose
• Overall very good. Think you are doing a great job, well done - Jason from Computer Support Partners (Ryde Franchisee)

The new stuff

• Speed - some of screens in our top 5 have been reduced by 60%
• Look and feel - most screens make better use of real estate and improved readability
• Transact - cleaner, simpler faster transaction screens that work faster and make your keying easier but have more features
• Activities - manage your to dos, meeting minutes, docs and more. Do the same for your team. Show the boss how much you do every day. Rack activities at the project, client, tag and even transaction level (complex quotes are now easy). This was talked about earlier.
• Catch - the quick way of capturing activities in seconds, now you can easily remember those five action items from every phone call.
• Just one click - extended the number of features that are one click away to over 90%
• Reports - better access to loads of reports, lists, views, exporting and more
• Tags - No more inflexible categorisation, use one or a dozen tags across the whole system to file, group, filter, list and more. Probably a world first(?) for online accounting we think.
• Get social - one click access to around 200 million entries in professional and social networks like face book, linked in, my space, bebo, orkut to see info on your prospects, partners and more. This was pre-announced recently
• Get connected - see maps of addresses on Google maps, search from the dashboard using Catch, connect to salesforce.com for advanced CRM, connect to 88miles.net for project timesheetings, connections for more banks, improved security logging, improved security reporting, improved security control for system-to-system connectors.
• Get control - improved role based security to span one or more businesses and subscriptions, franchises and corporate
• Payroll - drop your old payroll provider and get online, email payslips, automated bulk processing and banking

See it scream

See the new features page for more details and screen shots or watch the new quick tour video.

By the way, it looks sensational on the Mac, and screams on Safari and firefox on Mac OSX, Windows XP and Vista. The best thing? This just the beginning

This release is timed to coincide with CeBIT too so make sure you come on down and see the greatest technology and business show in the southern hemisphere. Our stand and a little of our presentation will be featuring the new release.

We recently received a very kind note from a long term client. It shows just how we are helping people build great businesses and simplify life.

In 35 years of Accounting I have never come across a programme that is so simple yet comprehensive… I started with one client using Saasu.com Netaccounts and now have 25 clients having their paper work prepared every month… I have also put into place a system which will be starting this month with the potential to do many hundreds more clients. I have no hesitation in recommending Saasu.com Netaccounts and it is the ONLY programme that I use for book keeping.

Owner, Regional Bookkeeping Business
Mar 08

You can understand why we were so pleased. The full letter is below with explanatory notes for our international customers our comments are in [brackets].

18 Mar 2008

Dear Marc,

I am taking this opportunity to do a testimonial for your company and your staff and I apologise for the delay but I have been so busy with all the new business that I have been getting.

Firstly let me say that in 35 years of Accounting I have never come across a programme that is so simple yet comprehensive as Saasu Netaccounts.

I have been practising as an Accountant for over 30 years and have completed in excess of 50,000 returns from Individual to Company returns in that time.

Several years ago I decided to concentrate on Book Keeping work as I had more and more clients present who were in a mess and many who could have failed in their business because of outstanding Tax Returns.

I accidentally found your programme on the net whilst searching for a pure book keeping system as opposed to the “one fits all businesses” as most businesses tended to buy.

I found many businesses with a computer being used by their teenager with the accounting package still in its shrink wrap package up to 4 years after being purchased.

One business had never lodged a BAS [Australian sales tax return is called a Business Activity Statement] and only contacted me on recommendation from a friend after the ATO [Australian Tax Office] issued a “lodge or else” type notice with very little time to comply.

Saasu.com Netaccounts enables me to get the shoebox or semi-trailer of papers and enter them into a situation where the BAS can be prepared accurately and the figures then given to the Accountant for the other Accounting work including the BAS to be completed.

I started with one client using Saasu.com Netaccounts and now have 25 clients having their paper work prepared every month.

I have also put into place a system which will be starting this month with the potential to do many hundreds more clients.

This would have been impossible using any other system.

The support staff and Marc Lehmann in particular have always been available to help and have also been prepared to change things in the system if suggested and worthwhile.

I have some clients who just require the basic book keeping to get information to their accountant for Tax Returns through to those that need information for Payroll preparation and other reports for their financiers and banks.

Some of my clients are very basic skilled on computers but the ease of access makes record keeping simple for them and access to reports also very easy.

I have clients in Wollongong, Sydney and Newcastle and have no trouble communicating with them how to retrieve reports or information.

I very rarely have to see my clients face to face which means much less travelling and no lost work time for them.

I have no hesitation in recommending Saasu.com Netaccounts and it is the ONLY programme that I use for book keeping.

Yours sincerely

Tony Cunningham,
Nationwide Bookkeeping