As a non-accountant, I chose QuickBooks Pro to help me keep track of my new business' finances.  Daunting at first, I am slowly learning about how to enter financial transactions so that my year-end reporting is accurate.  I would appreciate some more help in the program for beginners, as this seems to be targeted at people with an accounting background.  But one plus for me is that I am a long-time Quicken user, so some of the terminology and activities are familiar.

Without going into too much detail, I have a partnership with another person.  I have been entering our income (via Paypal deposits) by creating Sales Receipts, since we don't have a tangible product or invoices.  The harder part is dealing with the distribution of the income between partners, and how to record expenses so that we both can claim our individual profit/loss at the end of the tax year.  I have been tapping into Intuit's online "Live Community" help resource as I go.  So I guess they'll make an accountant out of me yet!  ;-)
As a non-accountant, I chose QuickBooks Pro to help me keep track of my new business' finances. Daunting at first, I am slowly learning about how to enter financial transactions so that my year-end reporting is accurate. I would appreciate some more help in the program for beginners, as this seems to be targeted at people with an accounting background. But one plus for me is that I am a long-time Quicken user, so some of the terminology and activities are familiar. Without going into too much detail, I have a partnership with another person. I have been entering our income (via Paypal deposits) by creating Sales Receipts, since we don't have a tangible product or invoices. The harder part is dealing with the distribution of the income between partners, and how to record expenses so that we both can claim our individual profit/loss at the end of the tax year. I have been tapping into Intuit's online "Live Community" help resource as I go. So I guess they'll make an accountant out of me yet! ;-)