About Total Business & Accounting Solutions
David Hartley is a qualified accountant (SAIPA), who offers a full range of Accounting, Financial Statement preparation, Accounting System Sales, Set-up & Training and Business Consulting.
Recently, Sylvain Ntumba, who wrote the origional Turbocash and David Hartley (founder of Total Accounting Solutions) have just successfully produced and launched our own unique accounting software package called "SmartBank". See our video read more about SmartBank.
Together with my accounting associates, we will offer an expanded range of top class and excellent value added accounting services including:
- SmartBank software sales, training and support
- Pastel and QuickBooks for both Accountings and Payroll Services
- Financial Management, Bookkeeping, Accounting and Taxation Services
- The new companies act and company registration
Our offices are situated in 1 Orange Street, Newlands, Cape Town. To see a MAP on how to find our office, Please Click HERE
More about Total Accounting Solutions
Total Accounting Solutions opened up Pastel Software in Cape Town in 1990 as the Pastel Software Distributor for the Western Cape from Claremont, Cape Town and successfully serviced hundreds of Pastel Software clients around the Western Cape over the last 20 years.We have also been a practicing members of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) and work with a few associate accountants.
David Hartley, who is the founder of Total Accounting Solutions, played a major role in setting up Pastel Software in Cape Town in 1990. He also was responsible for the greatly improving the Charts of Accounts and Reporting standards in Pastel Accounting, when he designed and set-up the generic charts of a accounts and Report Writer reports in Pastel Partner and Xpress. This generic charts of accounts model is still currently used by Pastel with over 300 000 companies in over 30 countries around the world including South Africa.
In 2006 & 2007, David Hartley recently showed his expertise again, when he designed and set-up the new Pastel Auditor that has been recently launched 2 Years ago. This started when Pastel approached David to revamp the Pastel set of accounts and reports to comply with the latest Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAP) and fall in line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
All this creative work resulted in the release of the new Pastel Auditor in 2007. The Pastel Auditor has been designed to smoothly extracts the trial balance and database from Pastel Accounting and creates a beautiful set of financial statements with full set of notes and Audit pack.
Apart from the Financial Management Services above, Total Accounting Solutions have now expanded our services to include:
- SmartBank software sales, training and support
- Pastel Software sales, training & support - from My Business to Pastel Xpress to Pastel Accounting, Payroll and Fixed Assets.
- QuickBooks & TurboCash sales and installations
- Financial Management, Accounting Services, Tax and Business Plans with partners in Claremont and Somerset West. total Accounting Solutions is also a practicing member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA )
Now is the best time to contact Total Accounting Solutions and find out how we can:
SAVE you TIME and MAKE you MONEY by advising, setting up & streamlining you business and financial systems by:
- Automating your Accounting, Payroll, Backup and Business systems
- Expert Financial Management, Taxation & Business Plan consulting
Yes, browse through our website and do not hesitate to contact us as we will definitely help your business move forward into Success, Wealth and Prosperity!

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