If you run a small business or indeed work for yourself and struggle with your accounts then this bookkeeping app might well be for you. It’s ok keeping your invoices in a ring binder and marking them as paid with a marker pen but sooner or later the taxman is likely to want a look at some back-up information for the numbers you enter on your tax return. How nice it would feel if you could present a profit & loss account and a balance sheet without ever having had any accountancy training. Read more
There are a few business expense trackers out there and this one sits comfortably as one of the easiest to use. Staff can claim out of pocket expenses and mileage expenditure very simply under categories you set up. What’s more you can export the data in a QuickBooks readable format or to Excel. Small businesses can overcome the nightmare of spreadsheets by signing up for as little as $5.95 a month. Individual users can enjoy the app and its helpful features for free. To set up an account you can use the default categories, create your own or import a QuickBooks chart ... Read more
Freeagentcentral.com can help you de-mystify the pain of accounting and give you all the tools you need to cover all aspects of it in one place. Say goodbye to spread-sheets dotted around all parts of your system and pull all the relevant data together in a one–stop application that covers the whole finance cycle. Read more
If you could pick two words to send shivers down the spine of any freelancer or small business owner then they are surely ˈaccountsˈ and ˈtaxˈ. Read more
One hundred and twenty pounds a year plus VAT sounds a bargain for a pretty comprehensive accounting system with unlimited user access. Read more
Billingboss.com from Sage is a free quote, invoice and payment application for freelancers and small businesses that has all the functions you’d expect to see in a very smart and user friendly layout. Read more
WORKetc does it all… online project management, CRM, billing and more. Read more
There are some good vibes going around about Xero and it’s easy to see why. As an accounting package it’s very comprehensive but simple to use with a lot of the hard work usually associated with bookkeeping done automatically. Read more
The site itself is a bit rambling for my liking but if you can get over the endless links leading to even more rambling pages you get the basic concept of this app designed to make the nightmare of expenses tracking and approval easier. Read more
If your small business is no longer small enough to cope with the scraps of paper you just chuck in the in-tray and forget about then waveaccounting.com could be just the place for you. Your accountant will smile again too and not dive for cover as you present him with a sack full of receipts, invoices and bank statements. Read more