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Starting a new business is no small feat, and that’s true regardless of how big your team is, whether you’re a young entrepreneur hustling solo or you have a crew on your payroll. But modern and digital tools make it a whole lot easier, offering both convenient and highly-capable solutions for the average business. You can do things that big businesses do, but with far less resources. For example, Intuit’s QuickBooks suite helps you auto-track business income and expenses, pay your employees and partners, and file your taxes, streamlining and automating your bookkeeping. In fact, QuickBooks is one of the best solutions for managing a business, and QuickBooks Online kicks that up a notch.
gives you anytime, anywhere access to business tools for stress-free financial planning and more. Let’s take a close look at how Intuit’s suite, including QuickBooks Online and , are changing the small business world for the better.
Tools that will help your business grow and thrive
Running a new small business can be quite limiting in the sense that you don’t have the budget or the resources to utilize the best of the best. When tracking money and finances, for instance, too many young entrepreneurs and administrators fall into the trap of using messy, complex spreadsheets and shy away from the most innovative big-business tools on the mistaken assumption that the software is too complicated. The opposite is the case: Spreadsheets may work for a while, maybe even longer than expected if you’re truly organized, but eventually you’re going to run into some serious limitations. These kinds of disjointed manual solutions also don’t afford the benefits of modern automation in the way that a financial toolkit like QuickBooks can.
QuickBooks Online will help you make smarter business decisions, essentially putting you in the right direction — you could even say on the road to success. You can see what’s in stock and what’s on order in real time, for example, if you run an e-commerce business. You can also track and know exactly where your money is going, and make sure bills and invoices are paid on time, every time. Moreover, you can get paid faster through online payments, card, eCheck, ACH, and more. enables you to pay your own team faster, too, and it also helps you automate payroll taxes and manage expense reporting. There’s no need to dread tax time any more; QuickBooks makes it easy to track and record all income and expenses so you’re fully prepared when it’s time to file taxes, and with QuickBooks Live, you can connect with a QuickBooks-certified bookkeeper should you need some professional help.
is a single, comprehensive solution for small business and expenses reporting that adds layer upon layer of modern intelligence and support. Easy-to-understand dashboard widgets show you incoming and outgoing funds, so you can track profits and stay in the green. It all grows with you and your business to boot. As the business expands and maybe even eventually becomes a big business — and one of the greats — you can still use the same tools you know and love. The always-on and anywhere access just sweetens the deal, allowing you to manage your entire business from a smartphone if you so desire. And let’s be real, most young entrepreneurs are busy and always on the move.
No matter where you are in your entrepreneurship journey, it’s never too early and no business is too small to start with QuickBooks. QuickBooks Online has everything you need to confidently guide your business as it grows, take complete control of your cashflow, manage your payroll, and more. For a limited time, you can sign up for a big discount: Through Sunday, December 4, you can save 70% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Payroll.
