QuickBooks Simple Start
by Kenneth Hess
Review of Quickbooks 2008 Simple Start, a free accounting software program suitable for a business with a simple inventory, and no need for advanced reporting features.
Quick Books Simple Start 2008 is a free (not a trial) lightweight member of the QuickBooks family. It doesn't do everything the full-blown version of QuickBooks does, but you can manage some businesses with it without ever having to purchase another product.
QuickBooks Simple Start is best for those businesses that have simple inventory, and no need for sales forecasting, inventory tracking, or advanced reporting features. If you have employees and need to run payroll, this latest version now integrates with QuickBooks Payroll Solutions so you can generate paychecks and tax forms.
QuickBooks Simple Start handles your invoices, payments, and deposits in a section named Money In. The Money Out section covers writing checks, recording expenses, and issuing refunds. Customers, Vendors, Bank Accounts, and some Reports reside in the Your Business section. Handy pop-up message windows appear when you mouse over an icon. See below.
QuickBooks Simple Start's Pop-Up Information
As your needs grow, so will QuickBooks Simple Start. Intuit offers online services that will assist you with accepting Credit Cards, paying your employees, or upgrading to QuickBooks Pro. Upgrading to QuickBooks Pro is easy since Simple Start is QuickBooks Pro with the advanced services disabled. The whole process is completed online with just a few clicks or a phone call to Intuit. You'll be given an unlock code so there is nothing more to download or install. A free downloadable copy of QuickBooks Simple Start is available at www.simplestart.com.
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Ken Hess is a freelance technical writer who currently hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ken writes on a variety of topics including business applications, open source programs, and databases. He is the Desktop Linux columnist for Linux Magazine and may be reached via his website at http://www.kenhess.com.