Intuit’s QuickBooks is one of the most trusted small business financial software in the market.  It allows business owners with no formal accounting training to easily keep track of their income and expenses.

The key features in QuickBooks that will help you save time on routine accounting tasks are:

• Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses.
• Track sales, sales taxes & customer payments.
• Manage payroll & payroll taxes.
• Quickly create estimates & invoices.
• Create & customize professional-looking forms.

You’re left with free time to focus on growing your business and most importantly make money!  QuickBooks allows you to manage your finances more efficiently:

• 100 plus business reports to monitor your business.
• Effortlessly track bills & set due-date reminders.
• Track Inventory, set reorder points & create purchase orders.
• Track international sales & expenses in multiple currencies.

Quickbooks Pro is advertised as their most popular version but you have other options as well, such as an industry tailored edition (Premier) and an online edition.

FREE versions of both the desktop version and the online version are available for you to try and use.  These versions mainly allow you to only create invoices and track money.  There are no inventory controls and have limited reporting.