QuickBooks: Simple Start Product Review
If you are looking for a very simple method of printing checks, paying bills, tracking sales and expenses and creating estimates and invoices, this just may be the perfect product for you. The price for this package is $99.95 (as of the date of this writing). There are limitations: It should be used for service-based industries as the product does not have the ability to track inventory. The financial reports available are very basic so if you find that your business has grown and you require more advanced reports, you can easily upgrade to QuickBooks: Pro (we will discuss this product in future posts). Also, Simple Start cannot import data from prior versions of QuickBooks: Basic, Pro or Premier Editions, Quicken or PeachTree.
You will no longer need to enter your income and expenses into a spreadsheet. You simply enter your sales receipts, invoices and checks into QuickBooks: Simple Start and everything is automated for you. It helps keep your transactions and records accurate by doing the math for you including sales tax, discounts and markups. If you change a transaction, any figures linked to it update instantly, including your reports. It keeps track of your sales and expenses automatically as you create receipts or invoices, and make deposits.
You will be able to select the different reports to see where your business stands or get the totals you need for taxes. Speaking of taxes, this product does allow downloading to TurboTax® which is a wonderful feature. If you don´t use tax software, just print a tax report, and copy the totals to Schedule C or other tax forms"?¦your accountant will love you and you will love saving money!
You will only need to enter information about a customer, vendor or product one time. Enter the first few letters on any invoice, check or other form and Simple Start will fill in the rest automatically. You will be able to create new estimates by duplicating and editing existing ones. When you finish a job, click a button to turn the estimate into an invoice.
You will be able to look up invoices, transactions, customers, and vendors instantly from the main screen. Related records are linked so you can move from an estimate to its invoice, or an invoice to its payment. The main screen also allows direct access to your bank and credit card registers and reports.
You will have the ability to customize your sales receipts, invoices, estimates and credit memos by showing or hiding fields; changing styles and colors, and even include your logo. This is a wonderful way to present a professional image without all of the added costs.
When you purchase this software, you will receive for free, 100 personalized business checks imprinted with your company name and bank account information (as of the date of this writing). These checks will work with upgrades of QuickBooks. You will also receive for free, 30 days of callback support upon registration. There is a money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied with this product.
Follow this link to see a more in-depth overview of this product: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting_software/simple_start_bookkeeping_software.jhtml
Stay tuned for our next QuickBooks product review!
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