Accounting Software Selection

At Brandt and Associates, we recommend using QuickBooks for your accounting needs. QuickBooks is the ideal business accounting software for small to mid-sized business owners. Here's 10 reasons why you should be using QuickBooks.

1. You save time on bookkeeping and paperwork because many of simple bookkeeping tasks are handled automatically making it easier to run your business.
2. You can easily generate the reports with the information you need, so you always know where your business stands. QuickBooks lets you instantly know whether you're making money and whether your business is healthy through these easily generated reports.
3. You save money because QuickBooks is so affordable. You can use it to run a $5 million or a $25 million business for a few hundred bucks. Rather than waste money on a series of accountants, this PC software accounting program allows you to perform the same functions for only a small fee.
4. Your business can grow with QuickBooks. QuickBooks will help you design a business plan to use when trying to secure a small business loan or line of credit or to plan. QuickBooks will create a projected balance sheet, profit and loss statement and statement of cash flows in the format recommended by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
5. You can customize QuickBooks to work the way you want. QuickBooks is specifically designed to be flexible and adaptable to a wide range of small businesses. To broaden its appeal, QuickBooks has recently added customized accounting packages for Contractors, Retailers, Health Care Professionals, and Non-Profit organizations. In other words, QuickBooks is readily accessible to every type of small business owner.
6. You can rest assured knowing that QuickBooks is a stable, reliable and proven product. Hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the U.S. and throughout the world have chosen QuickBooks as their accounting software. You can't go wrong with a software program that has been this widely used with success.
7. You save typing time and errors by sharing data between QuickBooks and over 100 business applications. You can even share data with popular programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and ACT. Why risk putting your data into multiple applications that can result in mistakes and unnecessary duplication?
8. You will get paid faster with QuickBooks online payments. E-mail an invoice or statement and with QuickBooks Online Billing, your customer can easily pay you with a credit card or bank account transfer. No more waiting for the check in the mail!
9. You can easily accept Credit Cards. With QuickBooks Merchant Account Service, you can accept credit cards with ease. QuickBooks Merchant Account Service is the only credit card acceptance service integrated with QuickBooks software, which means you don't have to enter the same data twice. No additional software or hardware is required. Your customers can use Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.
10. You can pay your bills and bank online. Setup your current bank account in QuickBooks, and you're ready to pay your bills wirelessly in a modern and efficient manner. Just write checks in QuickBooks as you normally would, click a button and your participating bank does the rest! Pay anyone in the U.S. from your credit card companies to paying for simple transactions. Online Banking also lets you download your monthly statement from your participating bank directly into QuickBooks reducing the amount of paper that can be easily misplaced.

With QuickBooks, you get the modern, streamline accounting your small business needs at only a few hundred dollars a month.  Why waste time on performing these features over multiple applications when you can easily get QuickBooks today?