Computers In Accounting Around a generation ago, an accountant’s tools would probably have consisted of a pencil and sharpener, a hand-cranked calculator and a columnar pad. An electric pencil sharpener in those days was a high-tech accessory. Today the only one of those tools that you might find in an accountants office would be the pencil and sharpener. Replacing everything else are computers. Mostly personal computers (PCs), and their high-tech accessories and software products …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…business. Overall computers have greatly revolutionized the accounting world. Many different software companies are entering the industry and continue to introduce new and improved products. With prices on low-end PC systems hovering around $600-$1,000, and accounting software costing around $100, families and businesses can afford to have computerized accounting. Now days, of the tools that you may find on a desk belonging to a CPA, you can almost be assured that you will find a PC.