Does anyone use Quick Books to manage accounting?

[Lexual]

Just looking for some simple accounting software as a sole trader to manage invoices and track whats coming in, going out and VAT etc.

Been recommended Quick Books.. anyone use it?

[Eric Mc]

I have some clients who use it and, by and large, the accounts they pass on to me for review and knocking into shape are never too bad.

I think it is quite decent and suits those who are not trained in full double entry book-keping.

However, I still think that, at the end of the year, you do need someone who properly understands profit and loss accounts and balance sheets to review them to correct any errors.

[Beetnik]

I use it for 3 diverse businesses with turnovers of £30k, £100k and £2.5m. Copes very well and, as Eric says, the accountants can pull everything they need from it. I'd say that QuickBooks is an accounting package for business people as opposed to Sage which is an accounting package for accountants- i.e. it's simple and effective to use for anyone who doesn't much care for double entry bookkeeping and journals etc (albeit it copes admirably with both).

[hepy]

I would echo the previous comments about Sage, over-engineered for a small business, and costly.

A lot of my customers use Xero and all users are very positive about it. Cheaper as well.

Wouldn't work for a larger business, but should be good for most businesses under say £5m.

[surveyor]

Any vuews on KashfloW in comparion?

[ecs]

I use FreeAgent (and an accountant!) for my book keeping - I'm a contractor and freelancer so it's ideally suited for me. I did look at QuickBooks but wasn't as keen on it for whatever reason. FreeAgent handles all the usual stuff like quotes, invoices, expenses and VAT. This is my affiliate link, if you like FreeAgent and use it then we both get a 10% discount http://fre.ag/460e62p1

[monoloco]

I've been using Quickbooks Pro (Desktop) for years to do my company accounts and for a couple of charities I'm involved with. Seems pretty simple to set up, reliable (ie doesn't crash) and easy to use for someone like me with zero accountancy knowledge. Haven't tried the cloud based version but will probably go that way soon.

[MadProfessor]

I use a cloud based version of Clear Books which is provided 'free' by my accountant as part of my monthly charges. It does everything I need to do and my accountant is pretty good and picking up most things.

[Messer]

I used to use QuickBooks and moved over to Xero.

Xero is miles easier to work. Its not 'flawless', but is very good.

[SagMan]

I distribute finished B2B products and have 250 SKU's. Which of these cloud based systems handles product stock sales the best ?
Thank you

[Edwin Strohacker]

Thirteen years on QB, Always found it easy & manageable but then I am quite diligent, keeping it in shape, reconciling regularly etc. My business is B2B & high numbers of transactions & I've never felt held back by it. Amortising is a pig though, never really found a decent way to do that in QB, might just be me though.