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Accounting Tool Preliminary Research: The investments team researched several accounting softwares in addition to Quickbooks, and selected Quickbooks to use as the basis for the accounting tool. The other softwares researched were:

1. Accufund
   - Designed for government or municipal projects
   -Many of the features in place in this system are designed for the ease of reconciling problems that towns and cities face, rather than an organization like AguaClara
   • AguaClara needs a simplistic report
   • More accounting knowledge would be necessary to utilize this tool - would need to be taught to plant operators
   • Not as user-friendly as QuickBooks
     
     
2. ZipBooks
   -Uses cloud based accounting platform
   -Could be an effective way to cut cost costs
   -Drawbacks:
   
   • System is cloud based
   • Not applicable in places with unreliable wifi
   • No Spanish language support
   • Unclear who has ownership over data
     
     
3. FreshBooks
   -Similar to QuickBooks
   -Uses cloud based accounting platform
   
   
4. UltraTax Accounting CS
   -Unclear whether it is was translatable to Spanish
   -Many functions are more complicated than the simple tools
   -Unclear whether it’s customizable

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