PDS Ledger
PDS Ledger is accounting software for parish financial management, with tools for recording transactions, managing budgets, and preparing reports.
What PDS Ledger is
PDS Ledger is accounting software for parish financial management, with tools for recording transactions, managing budgets, and preparing reports. It tracks up to eight years of account balances on a cash or accrual basis. Users can organize accounts by type, including assets, liabilities, income, and expenses, and set monthly, quarterly, or yearly budgets. Spreadsheet import and export support budget workflows. Transaction features include invoice entry, automatic check numbering, check printing and reprinting, spending alerts, and rules for transactions. Documents can be connected to transactions, vendors, income sources, fixed assets, and employees. The software includes dozens of predefined reports, while Easy Reports allows users to design reports or select fields to print or export. PDS Ledger can extract contribution totals from PDS Church Office or Formation Office and integrates with PDS Ledger/Payroll. Used within the Diocesan Financial Solution, it can share financial data electronically with a diocese. ACS Technologies describes it as helping parish offices meet IRS and FASB requirements. It is available on the web and Windows, with pricing on request.
Good
- Tracks up to eight years of balances.
- Supports cash or accrual accounting.
- Offers monthly, quarterly, and yearly budgets.
- Includes predefined reports and custom report design.
- Can share data electronically with a diocese in a specified solution.
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request.
- Windows is listed alongside web access.
- Diocesan sharing requires the Diocesan Financial Solution.
Who it suits
PDS Ledger suits parish offices that need accounting, budgeting, transaction records, and financial reports. It may also suit diocesan workflows that use the Diocesan Financial Solution for electronic data sharing.
Verdict
PDS Ledger combines parish accounting, budgeting, transaction handling, and reporting in one product. Its integrations and diocesan sharing option may be relevant to offices already using the associated PDS tools.
The facts
Each one read from PDS Ledger's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounting basis
- It tracks up to eight years of account balances on either a cash or accrual basis.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Accounts
- Users can organize a chart of accounts and assign account types such as asset, liability, income, or expense.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Budgets
- It supports monthly, quarterly, or yearly income and expense budgets, with spreadsheet export and import workflows.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Chart of accounts
- Users can organize a chart of accounts and assign account types such as asset, liability, income, or expense.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The maker says the program helps parish offices comply with IRS and FASB requirements.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Demo
- The maker offers a form to request downloads of PDS software demos.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Demo availability
- The maker's PDS product page invites visitors to complete a form to test drive the latest PDS software solutions and follow download instructions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Diocesan sharing
- Financial data can be shared electronically with a diocese when PDS Ledger is used as part of the Diocesan Financial Solution.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Document attachments
- The product brief says documents can be connected with transactions, vendors, income sources, fixed assets, and employees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- PDS Ledger can extract contribution totals from PDS Church Office or Formation Office and integrates with PDS Ledger/Payroll.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes PDS as a parish management solution and presents Ledger as a tool for parish financial records and bookkeeping.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PDS Ledger provides accounting software for parish financial management and is described as helping offices meet IRS and FASB requirements.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Reports
- It includes dozens of predefined reports and lets users design reports or select fields to print or export with Easy Reports.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- ACS Technologies says it uses physical, technical, and administrative security controls, conducts employee cybersecurity training, and complies as a PCI DSS Level 1 service provider.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- ACS Technologies lists product and account support and provides contact center hours of 9 a.m.–7 p.m. ET Monday–Thursday and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ET Friday.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Transactions
- Features include transaction records and rules, automatic check numbering, invoice entry, document uploads, spending alerts, and check printing and reprinting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Transactions and checks
- Features include transaction records and rules, automatic check numbering, invoice entry, check printing and reprinting, and spending alerts.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- ACS Technologies says it has served churches and faith-based organizations since 1978.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Florence, South Carolina, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- ACS Technologies lists its headquarters in Florence, South Carolina, and says it was founded in 1978.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Windows
- ACS Technologies describes PDS as having moved from installed software to its PDS OnDemand solution and identifies Windows software in its product history.checked 8 Oct 2026
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