Expert: Scottgem - 1/16/2008

Question
My wife is beginning a one-person professional services venture.  She needs a program that will keep track of fees in, expenses paid out, and prepare basic tax forms (federal estimates, etc).  She is computer-inhibited, but will input basic data.  I've been steered to Quicken Pro, but that seems to do a lot more than she needs - she has no employees, no real office expense or such.  Does she want that, or is there some basic program that will do this?

Answer
QuickBooks is considered the premier small business accounting package. They have almost no competition in that area. That being said, I think she should probably have an accountant and use what the accountant recommends. She may be able to get by with a simple spreadsheet.

Hope this helps
Scott<>