Do you have a proper handle on the management costs of your farm business?

With farm incomes remaining on a downward trend from last year, it is increasingly important to closely manage your costs to ensure you remain as efficient as possible.

For those that keep a manual accounts book keeping system, the availability of this information is often limited to a single format and can be extremely time consuming to extract. Sum-It’s simple, yet comprehensive, specialist farm software package has been designed to be operated by farmers who want to monitor and analyse the finances of their farm business, using a range of up-to-date reports.

As well as the usual year-end reports and data to email to your Accountant, Sum-It’s program includes a Five Year Comparison Report to easily monitor changes in income and expenditure, a monthly Cash Flow which can be compared to Budget and a detailed Enterprise Gross Margin Report.

Data entry is based on straightforward screens that guide the user through the process of inputting purchase invoices and sales receipts, together with direct debits and loan repayments. Then there’s a quick reconciliation process with your bank statement before pressing the button to send the VAT Return off to HMRC. If you get stuck along the way, Sum-It provide a ‘farmer’ friendly telephone support team for those that need a little more help. Alternatively, Teresa Sturtivant, who manages the South West area for Sum-It, can deliver on-farm training to help you get up and running.

Sum-It’s Total Accounts is available as a stand-alone module and prices start from £425 + VAT. Additional Total modules from the Livestock and Arable range can be bolted on at any time to provide the complete farm solution for ‘one stop’ data entry.

For an on-line demo of the Accounts program visit www.sum-it.co.uk and click on the Products tab to take you to the Accounts details and video. Alternatively, contact Sum-It on 01844 213003 for more details and a demonstration CD.