2014 Quickbooks Free Cloud Accounting

If you move 5 years back, the story wouldve been totally different.

Heres a look at some features which have been recently added to the QB for Mac armory.

It has been dynamically tailor-made to cater to business accounting needs of CPAs and finance professionals across the globe.

Now that the number of dedicated Mac users is rapidly increasing by the second, it has finally received the critical acclaim that was due.

It is renowned for hosting tax software (Drake, Lacerte, ATX, ProSeries, ProSystem, and others), accounting applications (QuickBooks, Sage, and others), and other business desktop applications.

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If your inventory needs go beyond the basics, or you need a more fully integrated payroll, or you have multiple users who are mobile and always in different locations, then other solutions are more suitable.

It is great for the micro to small business with basic accounting needs.

It handles the usual accounting functions like bank downloads, reconciliation, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchase orders, estimates, job costing, and budgeting.

Edit Pros and Cons The user interface is very Mac-like and yet QB for Windows users will be able to find most functions quickly, especially via the menus, as their layout is similar to the Windows version If your accountant andor bookkeeper uses QuickBooks for Windows, your file can be easily passed over to them after saving it as a Windows backup.

You can also import journal entries they create on the Windows version directly into your company file.

The Company Snapshot function gives a great one-screen overview of your companys finances including profitability and receivable and payables.

Edit The inventory function works but lacks units of measure, assembly items, price levels, and current availability functions.

The payroll imports from Intuit Online Payroll, so it is not completely integrated and provides no mechanism for assigning labor costs to jobs.

You have to do your own journal entries in order to add those costs to jobs.

There is no Accountants version, so your accountant or bookkeeper cannot work on a copy of your file and then import changes into your company file.

However, this is less of a drawback than it might sound, since the Windows implementation of this is fraught with problems as well.

The new facility to import journal entries from the Windows version is very nice.

There is no SDK for developers, so there are no third-party applications available to add functionality like improved inventory, CRM, point-of-sale, etc.

Edit Alternatives Considered AccountEdge,QuickBooks Online,Xero,Wave Accounting,QuickBooks Pro QuickBooks for Mac is roughly equivalent in functionality to QuickBooks Pro for Windows.

It has better job costing than QuickBooks Online with roughly equivalent inventory functionality.

QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Wave offer anytime, anywhere functionality for multiple users that QuickBooks for Mac (or for Windows) simply cant match.

In my opinion, Xero and the new QuickBooks Online provide a much cleaner and easier-to-use interface, with superior third-party integration.

AccountEdge offers a complete desktop accounting platform for the Mac (and Windows) with robust inventory and job costing, along with fully-integrated payroll, but the interface is somewhat less user-friendly.

2014 Quickbooks Free Cloud Accounting

Wave is great for free cloud accounting software, but offers little beyond the bare basics of accounting.

Edit Likelihood to Renew 9 It works well for my business and for those clients I support that use it.

I also support other platforms, so its limitations do not bother me, as I am comfortable in switching when another product would work better, and in recommending another to my clients.

Edit Likelihood to Recommend QuickBooks for Mac is a good option for small companies with basic accounting needs.

The job costing is adequate for most companies, though probably not for contractors.

2014 Quickbooks For Mac