The development of PAPAS software started in 2008 in Mauritius at a meeting of Public \/ Professional Accountants from various jurisdictions. A common complaint was a) the variety of software that needed to be run to manage a practice, and b) the annual recurring licence fees one had to pay.<\/span><\/p>\n The idea was then to generate a fully integrated software package in Namibia that would be able to handle all administrative tasks in a public accountant\u2019s practice. The first module developed was the Secretarial module<\/a>\u00a0 which handles all static data of a client, KYC procedures, Tax administration of clients, company registers and more. Next was the Time & Billing module<\/a>, through which time charges from staff and disbursements could be recorded and billed. This module is linked to the Secretarial module and can also bulk invoice matters routinely handled by the Secretarial module, such as Advance Tax Payments and statutory Company returns.<\/span><\/p>\n The next logical step was the development of a monthly Payroll module<\/a>, which in turn integrates with the Time & Billing module. Matters such as different types of leave, overtime and more are automatically updated from the timesheets of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n