QuickBooks Desktop Pro vs QuickBooks Self-Employed

• Inventory management with low stock indicators has made it easy to ensure I have the necessary parts and supplies I need for my jobs.
• Time tracking and being able to invoice on that time makes it simple to bill clients for work I have performed. Prior to QuickBooks I had time that I wasn't getting paid for because I would forget to invoice for it.
• The extensive number of reports available as well as customizations allows me to see how my sales are doing on a regular basis in different areas of the market.

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• Cross-platform compatibility (Browser, Android) makes it easy to see how my business is doing almost anywhere.
• Smart enough to recognize and automatically categorize most of my transactions, so I don't have to fuss with spreadsheets at the end of the year.
• Updates automatically and notifies me when it needs help, so I don't have to spend too much time babysitting it.
• Integrated with TurboTax and automatically exports year-end tax info for easy filing.

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• QuickBooks largest setback is the UI. It is a bit cumbersome and not entirely intuitive if you have never used QuickBooks before.
• Occasionally QuickBooks has a hard time communicating with your bank, but it is usually fixed after a couple attempts.
• QuickBooks does need to be bought each year to stay up to date.

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• Automatic mileage tracking used to work a lot better than it currently does. I got a new phone, and now I have to manually input call tracking, because it just doesn't work anymore.
• When creating invoices, there should be a way to import data into an invoices from Excel, which would make the invoicing a lot faster. Additionally, being able to press ENTER to save a line item on an invoice would be nice. Currently it doesn't work that way.
• Editing invoices shouldn't require sending a reminder.

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• By entering our bills as they arrive we get reminders when payment dates are coming due as well as making it easy to track where the money is going
• Invoicing has made tracking money owed to us easy and cut down on having to call people looking for money owee to us.
• Quickbooks built-in templates for invoicing & quotes we have been able to have a more professional look to present to customers

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• A positive impact on my business is, of course, keeping track of income and expenses, and approximate quarterly taxes. QuickBooks is a little better at this than Quicken, I think.
• By using QuickBooks (and Quicken) it saves me having to spend money on an accountant. (At least up to this point.)
• However, the time I spend on daily or weekly entries takes billable time away from other things.

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