What must accounting software for a car showroom do?

Does it cost each car including preparation?

A car's profit is not the sale price minus the purchase price. You have to subtract all its preparation costs: paint, mechanics, tyres, licensing, transport and ads. AutoSync records every expense against its car, so each car's profit is real, not a guess.

Does it separate your money from a consignor's?

When a consignment car sells, the money belongs to its owner. The right software records it as owed by the showroom until it is paid, never as profit. AutoSync does, and supports three kinds of agreement: a fixed fee, a percentage, or everything above an agreed floor.

Does it work out each partner's share per car?

In many showrooms partnerships are per car, and the profit share doesn't have to match what the partner paid in. AutoSync returns each partner's capital and works out their share of the car's profit after preparation.

Does it track deposits, instalments and cheques?

A deposit is recorded as owed until the sale or the cancellation, and if a reservation is cancelled you must choose explicitly: refund the customer or keep it. Instalment sales backed by cheques have due dates, and AutoSync alerts you to instalments and cheques coming due.

Does it show your real money?

Not all the money in the cash box is yours. AutoSync works out the real balance: the cash box minus consignment money, partner shares, deposits, commissions and pending spending. Every pound is recorded with its payment method: cash, bank, InstaPay, wallet or cheque, and a cash count shows the difference on its own.

Does it stop spending without your approval?

In AutoSync every outflow waits for approval from the owner or the accountant before it leaves the cash box, from preparation, rent and salaries to the owner's own withdrawals.

Does it produce reports and a books check?

AutoSync produces a printable management report and an 11-point books health check that catches mistakes before they grow, and shows the money tied up in unsold cars.

Questions to ask any accounting software before you subscribe

Before choosing software for your showroom, ask these questions. If the answer to any of them is no, the software will leave you doing that part by hand:

• Does it cost a car including preparation?
• Does it record consignment money as owed to the car's owner?
• Can it apply a different partner share to each car?
• Does it hide cost and profit from sales reps?
• Does it block spending without your approval?
• Does it work on a phone, in Arabic?
• Is it priced per user, or are staff unlimited?