Hi, I've downloaded Quickbook Simple Start and I found "What do I do first?" and "Check out the tutorials" to be quite helpful. Does anyone know where I might find a more complete tutorial, something that, say, takes a typical company thru a few months or so.
Yes, I know that one way or the other I'm going to have to buy Quickbooks Pro sooner or later, but working with the free version for a while will tell me if what I have in mind is doable without spending anything to find out.
Simple is so crippled that I doubt anyone can make a sound assessment based on what they see. Its like trying to deside if you want to marry a someone and the only part of that person you have knowledge of is their arm pit.
Armpit knowledge may be dispositive.
Do you recall the poem: "Ode to a lump of green clay I found in my armpit one morning?"
You might find some of the materials here useful:
What do you have in minde? Maybe we can tell you if it is doable or not. Or, you can get a 30 day trial of QB Pro or Premier to try it out.
Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Complete Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
Thanks Laura and Michelle,
Laura's suggestions were helpful. What I hope to do is start a mini-busines doing bookkeeping for small businesspeople. I did an "internship" with a guy today, and he's been using Quickbooks Simple Start for a while, snd he says it's quite adequate for his needs.
Gary
Wow, you want to make a living using QB and choose Simple to learn on. So it is you who shall inherit the earth.
If you want to keep the books for others, you REALLY at least QB Pro. Simple Start is too limited and doesn't have very many reports at all. You're right that SS is ok for small, service based businesses, but not if you're be doing bookkeeping for several businesses. Besides, most people outgrow SS fairly quickly and want more featues & report. You can get QB Pro for close to $150 at a wholesale club. Later, you should try to move up to QB Premier Acct edition (or better yet, join the QB ProAdvisor Program).
Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Complete Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
If you want to keep the books for others, you REALLY at least QB Pro. Simple Start is too limited and doesn't have very many reports at all. You're right that SS is ok for small, service based businesses, but not if you're be doing bookkeeping for several businesses. Besides, most people outgrow SS fairly quickly and want more featues & report. You can get QB Pro for close to $150 at a wholesale club. Later, you should try to move up to QB Premier Acct edition (or better yet, join the QB ProAdvisor Program).
Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Complete Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
Real QB fan boys and fan girls only use the Accountant's Edition, period.
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