So what programs does everyone use for their business records?

[user3657]

Not sure what they are called, but quickbooks etc?

Notice today quickbooks is having a 50% off sale. I see this every so often but im thinking of biting this time....

What does everyone use? Just quickbooks? What edition? standard/pro?

[Gamefreak]

i use a certified accountant, nothing beats her... expensive but for peach of mind its well worth it

[user3657]

Originally Posted by Gamefreak

i use a certified accountant, nothing beats her... expensive but for peach of mind its well worth it

I plan on seeing one for the tax season to help me out but I still want something I can input my monthly data in. All I have are invoices/expenses in folders

[Gamefreak]

thats what accountants/bookkeepers are for unless you have the time and know how

[jeffweico]

My accountant does my taxes and keeps everything in order, but if I didn't keep proper records, separate finances between my businesses and do the groundwork, he would charge me a FORTUNE!

For that I just use Quicken QuickBooks. There is no need to make everything complicated. Not EVERYTHING needs it's own line item. As long as you have accurate records as to the cost of your goods and the income, all is well. For an easy example, lets' say you sell an item for $1 that costs 50 cents and you sold $20,000 of them. It would be enough for recordkeeping to record that as $20,000 in sales with a $10,000 cost of merchandise sold. Of course, you also have to track the other expenses related to that, like $2,000 for postage, $1,700 in eBay fees, etc. But there is no need to generate 20,000 lines of transactions spelling it all out in detail. That is why you keep the underlying records from eBay and PayPal, just in case it becomes necessary, which it almost never does.

[user3657]

What ver do you use? standard,pro, or premier? And do you just use it for record keeping(taxes) or other things? Inventory, etc.

[Stealth4]

I purchased premier n it was too hard for me to use. I couldnt understand :(

[nycek]

Only Excel

[123]

I like WAVE Accounting, nice and simple and good design and of course I have an accountant as well to help me out when I need it

[rsot]

Financial professional.