Q. What are Accounting software packages?

Accounting software packages are normally menu driven and organized into modules such as accounts payable, general ledger, accounts receivable, invoicing, inventory, payroll, fixed assets, job cost and purchase order. For example general journal entries are made in the general ledger module and this module contains all of the company's accounts. The accounts payable module records every transaction involving credit purchases from suppliers and payments made to those suppliers. The accounts receivable module records every sale on credit to various customers and amounts received from customers.