QuickBooks
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Pros
- Setup an LLC, learn QuickBooks (very easy), find a good accountant.
- connecting with accounting tools like QuickBooks can really help reduce manual errors and streamline your payroll tax compliance.
- Quickbooks definitely seems to fit your requirements. It’s fairly straightforward to set up and has gotten way better over the years. You can set up custom reports to get a snapshot view of your month/year without going to multiple place...
- omg quickbooks saved my aunt's salon business! she was literally using a shoebox of receipts before and now everything syncs to her phone. totally worth the monthly fee just for the mental health benefits lol.
- seems like both Xero and QuickBooks are the main go-tos for freelancers in the US
Cons
- FreeAgent feels far more modern than others like Xero and QuickBooks which I have tried and they felt incredibly awkward and dated in UI/UX.
- Company uses Quickbooks (I know, I know) in multi-user mode so both workstations can access and work from the same company file. Issue now is that no matter how I configure the file share on the primary workstation (A) (where the company...
- The one real issue they have with it is that Quickbooks truncates details of an invoice so really the only way they can share the information with different departments is printing it out.
- hiring a specialist to design the system and develop a robust governance plan; then hire someone to maintain your full tech stack, including notion, quickbooks, etc.
Sentiment
15 positive (79%) · 1 mixed (5%) · 3 negative (16%)
Trust + time weighted score: +64% · raw score 63%
What redditors said (10 of 19)
Setup an LLC, learn QuickBooks (very easy), find a good accountant.
connecting with accounting tools like QuickBooks can really help reduce manual errors and streamline your payroll tax compliance.
Quickbooks definitely seems to fit your requirements. It’s fairly straightforward to set up and has gotten way better over the years. You can set up custom reports to get a snapshot view of your month/year without going to multiple places. You can set up rules to categorize your expenses automatically. This will save you a significant amount of time. Invoices and tracking payments are easy. It has a built in CRM so you can store customer emails and have invoices directly sent.
FreeAgent feels far more modern than others like Xero and QuickBooks which I have tried and they felt incredibly awkward and dated in UI/UX.
omg quickbooks saved my aunt's salon business! she was literally using a shoebox of receipts before and now everything syncs to her phone. totally worth the monthly fee just for the mental health benefits lol.
seems like both Xero and QuickBooks are the main go-tos for freelancers in the US
Company uses Quickbooks (I know, I know) in multi-user mode so both workstations can access and work from the same company file. Issue now is that no matter how I configure the file share on the primary workstation (A) (where the company file is located), workstation B cannot log into access the shared folders.
They previously used their personal laptop for the PoS and were frustrated by switching tasks between back office QuickBooks stuff and front of house point of sale.
We've quickbooks for years and it's been great
Thanks. We use Quickbooks too.
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