To open a small construction business???? - tanTALK

Sweetness · 03-17-2005, 11:06 AM

My husband is a brick mason and has been for over 18 yrs, and soon will be going out on business for himself.

Question, is there a good software for us to get to walk us through, like takes, payroll, invoices etc? I want to help him out as much as I can....for he has been there for me. Please all, any advise I would be so greatful for.

Thank you.......
Sweetness.....

pam · 03-17-2005, 11:51 AM

Quick Books should do the trick.

Neon Beach · 03-17-2005, 11:53 AM

If you can learn it.

Sweetness · 03-17-2005, 02:04 PM

Come on now, You Bet, and thanks!

SwedaGuy · 03-17-2005, 03:26 PM

Seriously...Neon is right--QB is a pain in the ***...

Try Daceasy accounting by Sage Software. I used it for years before it went "all Windows", and several of my customers have been VERY happy with it...

Sweetness · 03-17-2005, 04:16 PM

Even for a small business?

sunsationaltan · 03-17-2005, 04:30 PM

Quickbooks is awesome but I had my CPA set it up and give me a couple hours of training. It was well worth it!! The program is awesome.

movieking · 03-17-2005, 04:35 PM

Quickbooks is about as easy as it gets and will do everything you need. Invoicing by customer and job, payroll, taxes, accounts payable/recievable. I've used it for 8 years to run 14 store locations and never had a problem with it.

clubtan1 · 03-17-2005, 06:30 PM

Quickbooks is good but it does take a little time to learn all the features. Never have a problem with my payroll taxes being correct.

DWhite6872 · 03-17-2005, 06:35 PM

quickbooks is easy...we switched to Peachtree...and it is so much harder. Quickbooks is really easy to learn and is the best software out there, I wish we were still on it!

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03-17-2005, 11:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sweetness Join Date: Sep 1 2004 Posts: 778 Rep Power: 21	My husband is a brick mason and has been for over 18 yrs, and soon will be going out on business for himself. Question, is there a good software for us to get to walk us through, like takes, payroll, invoices etc? I want to help him out as much as I can....for he has been there for me. Please all, any advise I would be so greatful for. Thank you....... Sweetness.....

03-17-2005, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
pam I'm Banned Join Date: Oct 29 2001 Location: USA Posts: 3,893 Rep Power: 0	Quick Books should do the trick.

03-17-2005, 11:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Neon Beach Join Date: Nov 30 2000 Location: Ontario Age: 61 Posts: 38,594 Rep Power: 107	If you can learn it.

03-17-2005, 02:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sweetness Join Date: Sep 1 2004 Posts: 778 Rep Power: 21	Come on now, You Bet, and thanks!

03-17-2005, 03:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
SwedaGuy Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Sep 3 2004 Posts: 533 Rep Power: 0	Seriously...Neon is right--QB is a pain in the ***... Try Daceasy accounting by Sage Software. I used it for years before it went "all Windows", and several of my customers have been VERY happy with it...

03-17-2005, 04:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sweetness Join Date: Sep 1 2004 Posts: 778 Rep Power: 21	Even for a small business?

03-17-2005, 04:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
sunsationaltan Join Date: May 30 2003 Posts: 214 Rep Power: 21	Quickbooks is awesome but I had my CPA set it up and give me a couple hours of training. It was well worth it!! The program is awesome.

03-17-2005, 04:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
movieking Team TanTalk Join Date: Aug 12 2004 Location: ITA 2004-2013 / ASA 2013 Posts: 3,444 Rep Power: 30	Quickbooks is about as easy as it gets and will do everything you need. Invoicing by customer and job, payroll, taxes, accounts payable/recievable. I've used it for 8 years to run 14 store locations and never had a problem with it.

03-17-2005, 06:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
clubtan1 Join Date: Jan 31 2005 Posts: 2,114 Rep Power: 57	Quickbooks is good but it does take a little time to learn all the features. Never have a problem with my payroll taxes being correct.

03-17-2005, 06:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
DWhite6872 Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Apr 22 2004 Posts: 3,646 Rep Power: 0	quickbooks is easy...we switched to Peachtree...and it is so much harder. Quickbooks is really easy to learn and is the best software out there, I wish we were still on it!

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