accounting-software-selection

1# Accounting Software Selection
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3**What it is:** The evidence behind a software purchase, recorded so the decision is arguable - and the decision itself still belongs to the business.
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5## Overview
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7Works out the smallest useful **Accounting Software Selection** setup for the business in front
8of it, then builds it only when asked. The default output is a short recommendation, not a
9spreadsheet. Artifacts - CSV, SQL DDL, JSON Schema, Notion mapping - are produced on
10request, from one field list so they cannot drift apart.
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12For a Nepal trading, manufacturing or services business, this is the record that makes the
13purchase arguable: requirements ranked, a candidate shortlist, the same demo tests run
14against every candidate, the evidence behind every score, cost split so first-year and
15three-year totals can be compared, and the evaluation status, selection decision,
16rejection reason and deal-breaker flag kept as four separate fields instead of one
17opinion. It is an evaluation and decision-support tool, not a bookkeeping, tax-filing,
18legal or procurement system.
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20Four guardrails shape every row.
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22**Nothing is invented, and nothing is asserted without a source.** Never supply a vendor
23capability, a price, a compliance status, a demo result or a stakeholder score that the
24user or a named source did not give. What nobody has verified is `Untested` for a
25capability and an empty cost cell with `Unknown` in `Notes` for a price. A capability
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