Is it time to replace QuickBooks with Less Accounting?
The internet is filled with hatred of QuickBooks. After doing much of the hating myself I realize now that people do not hate the program because of what the program can’t do; they hate QuickBooks because the program discourages them in small ways at every opportunity. Using QuickBooks is like wading three miles through a swamp to pay your taxes. If you took away half of the options and removed the unwanted spontaneous advertising you would have a nice program.
I had the above thought yesterday as I looked for a missing payment in QuickBooks. Today I listened to Andrew Warner interview Allen Branch of Less Accounting on Mixergy. Coincidence? Yes, but a happy coincidence. Less Accounting seems to have just the features that I, small business owner, would use in an accounting program, and nothing else. The price for what I need seems to be steep, (considering I’ve already bought QuickBooks, but that is a sunk cost) but I suppose if it freed up time and energy the program would pay for itself in short order.
Does anyone have any experience with Less Accounting?
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That’s funny because I’m in the middle of moving my data away from Less Accounting and into Quickbooks online. Less Accounting doesn’t support Assets and Liabilities at all and the automatic bank syncing has screwed up my accounts pretty bad this last month (to the tune of $4,000 off).
@Eric – It does seem like a specialized power tool. I’m horrible at all aspects of accounting so it would probably all be a wash for me.
And now that I think about it, I’m thinking of splitting my endeavors into three parts (the consulting, Stronico, and the woodworking), so I’m not sure how that would work out to use LA. I love the concept though.
@Eric, unfortunately no app can replace the act of bookkeeping and a doing monthly bank reconciliation. We try to spot data issues when we import from your bank via Yodlee.com however doing due diligence in bookkeeping is needed in any app you use. I hope you can find the right app for your needs.
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@Eric, unfortunately no app can replace the act of bookkeeping and a doing monthly bank reconciliation. We try to spot data issues when we import from your bank via Yodlee.com however doing due diligence in bookkeeping is needed in any app you use. I hope you can find the right app for your needs.
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