Peachtree vs. Quickbooks accounting software

[Gromit]

Are you offering it for beta testing...ie, are you affiliated with the company in any way, or are you testing the software in beta form to see if it's right for your own small business?

[bigjonnyg]

Personally i prefer quicikbooks, but that could be because I was trained on it.
I do find it pretty easy to operate and make corrections if I mess up.

Im certainly glad I no longer need to handwrite all the business cheques i used to manually write out though!

I do find that cheque costs are a little higher on laser cheques compared to the manual cheques, but i did find a new cheque supplier that helped me reduce those costs as well.

chequesnow.ca

My bookkeedping trainer referred me to them. Theyve helped reduce our cheque costs and quickbooks has helped reduce my bookkeeping time.

[MaryG1959]

I'm new and looking for a bookkeeping software that is specific for ecommerce. I just signed up for quickbooks online, and think it has more to do with someone who owns a physical business such as a "handyman service" etc. I am selling parrot and bird supplies online (or will be as soon as I can get everything in place).

Any suggestions appreciated.

[liamhowell]

Currently, I'm using Point of Sale software from RetailExpress and I'm happy with the inventory management and stock control feature it has.

[AllanL]

I think the differences between the two systems are not all that glaring. Peachtree probably offers a little bit more in the way of "accounting" whereas QuickBooks is more of a small business manager.

A pretty good comparison I saw recently of their differences is one from the Software Advice website. I think they might show a little preference for Peachtree in their review, but otherwise I agree with it.
http://www.softwareadvice.com/articl...books-1062211/

For what it's worth I use QuickBooks, but that is because I am used to it and my clients more often use it too.

[asadali0000]

Here 's the full scenario: First my company (LLC with Subchapter S ) is still not producing enough profits to pay myself or my partner on a regular basis. In this case, some months we make little extra, so we withdraw some money, and other months where not much profit made, we don't withdraw any funds. Some one mentioned that I could make a owner's withdraw account in the equity, therefore when I pay myself my bank funds are credited and my equity owner's withdraw account is debited, which mean my bank funds decreases and my equity owner's withdraw funds increases. Also, at the end of the year I could transfer all the owner 's equity funds to my retained earning and pay taxes on that total. Would that be an accurate and correct accounting method to pay myself without having a payroll and dealing with the payroll headache and its extra tax expenses. Thank you in advance.