QuickBooks Simple Start




“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions & Point of Sale users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Ask The QuickBooks Gal!

Ask the QuickBooksGal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in our series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks and related bookkeeping topics. Today I want to take a few minutes to talk about Simple Start.It’s available for free here

It’s for first time users – can’t import from Quicken, QuickBooks, or Peachtree.. However, you can grow with it and upgrade Simple Start to other versions of QuickBooks if needed.

As you complete everyday transactions, you'll be automatically tracking tax-related income and expenses, making tax time a snap.Track the money flowing in and out of your business. Know who it comes from and where it goes. Simple Start keeps sales, expense, and customer information in one place, so it's easy to find what you need when you need it.

Look more professional with easily–customized estimates and invoices.

Get totals automatically, without writing formulas or doing math.

This is not a trial version– there's no expiration date. Simple Start is free software that lets you track thousands of customers or vendors. Use it as long as you'd like. Upgrade whenever you're ready and transfer the data you've already entered.

Get started quickly. Step-by-step tutorials show you how to create invoices, record expenses, and more. Plus, data you've tracked in Excel spreadsheets can be easily imported into Simple Start.


Simple Start is part of a family of small business products and services designed to help you do everything from process credit card transactions to track inventory. As your business grows and your needs change, QuickBooks can grow with you.


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Look for more QuickBooks Topic-Focused podcasts in the future. I hope you will continue to find my podcasts informational and helpful. If you have questions or comments, send me an email at jayne@quickbooksgal.com. If you’ve "Got A QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal!"


Well, that’s it for now. I hope you’ll join me next time when I will be answering listener questions. We’re kicking off a new series of subscriber-requested Q&A that I hope you will find helpful. If you have questions that you would like answered on-air, drop me a line a jayne@quickbooksgal.com. Don’t forget that we are now serving Reno, Lake Tahoe, The Carson Valley and Truckee California.


I’m Jayne Miller, The QuickBooksGal. Thanks for listening.


Jayne Miller is the owner of Custom Business Solutions a firm in Reno Nevada that specializes in bookkeeping, payroll and small business accounting software support.

©2007 Custom Business Solutions, Reno, NV

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