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Contemplating a Conversion to QuickBooks Online

Contemplating a Conversion to QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks is America’s most popular small business accounting software.  Millions of businesses use either QuickBooks Desktop (install the program on your computer) or QuickBooks Online (log in from a browser). 

In recent years, QuickBooks Online has become the favorite for new businesses.  With its anywhere-access and automatically-updated features, even existing businesses using QuickBooks Desktop are converting to QuickBooks Online.

Our experts can setup QuickBooks Online properly for your business. Schedule a free consultation!

If your business is using QuickBooks Desktop software and wants to move to QuickBooks Online, you’re in luck. There is a conversion tool built into QB Desktop that does a very good job pushing data to QB Online. You’ll want to explore exactly what does and doesn’t convert as relates to your business.

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Keep in mind that QB Online is a different software program built on a different platform than QB Desktop. While there are many similarities, there are also many differences. A major one is that QB Online is intentionally designed to act as the core general ledger for an ecosystem of connected apps, found in the QB App Store.  These apps customize QB Online for your business’ unique needs and push relevant data back and forth to QB Online. The additional cost of an app is almost always off-set in spades by a reduction in labor, as they automate work and reduce errors caused by manual processes.  Apps also keep non-accounting staff out of the general ledger – salespeople in the CRM, warehousemen in the inventory app, hourly workers in the time tracking app, etc. Today’s app developers are re-thinking better, more automated ways to help you run your business.

When you’re ready to convert from QB Desktop to QB Online, you’ll find everything you need to know here.

Fun fact: While many of us think of QB Online as the new kid on the block, it was actually launched in 2001! Intuit has been building a solution for our now saas-based business world before it was mainstream. RAI was founded in 2005 with our own firm’s books and our very first client using QB Online.