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• # 112592
• Wed 16 Mar 2016 10:50 AM

Hello

I have just said I would help a charity with their bookkeeping, the accountant they have uses Quickbooks and they would like to use the cloud version.

I gave quickbooks a ring to see which package would be most suituble and they have said that they would need the plus version (at £15 per month). Having not used quickbooks before, I'm trying to work out whether this is really necessary or whether one of the cheaper versions would be better? The Charity has set up a nursery (childcare) setting but they do apply for grants and funding.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks, Libby

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• # 112594
• Wed 16 Mar 2016 12:11 PM

Hi Libby,

I also volunteer at a charity and they have just agreed to use Quickbooks as their current system of Excel spreadsheets is not sufficient for their needs.

I did look into other packages but Quickbooks seems to be the most user-friendly and cost effective for them. I did consider Sage but I feel that the system is quite complex (should I need a leave of absence) and also more expensive. You can find cheaper packages but I personally don't believe the support would be there in the event of a problem..  Xero has quite a similar set up to Quickbooks but again, is more expensive.

Hope this helps?

Good luck

Janet

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• # 112598
• Wed 16 Mar 2016 02:09 PM

Hi Janet

Many thanks for the advice. Do you use the Plus version?

Libby 

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