My accountant has me on Quickbooks, and likes me to submit my quarterlies via Quickbooks. But I hate Quickbooks with a passion, I never update it because I hate it so, and my financial records are a total mess. My new year's resolution is to experiment with some alternatives -- preferably online solutions.
Anyone have any recommendations?
The thing is Quickbooks is unfortunately what everyone uses, and I actually really like the dead easy reporting (P&L statements, cash flow). I also find it a pain in the ass and always have issues also.
Things that have helped me:
Committing to syncing it once a month for ~ hour made things a lot more manageable.
If I was smarter I'd higher a bookkeeper to do it for me, like I outsource everything else <-- not sure what the psychological block is here.
My recommendation is to use what your CPA recommends you to use. It saves him/her time when it comes to filing your taxes and you, money.
I like outright.
there is mint.com and I like gnu-cash. it is FREE open source 'quicken' + CPA. do NOT make monies on the interqwbz without a competant (underline) CPA. Difference between owing them $90k and them owing you $20k
I use Outright all the way, only $9.95 a month and it kicks ass.
quicken for mac rocks, i use it for personal and buisness