I can easily handle most areas of my new business; however, accounting is not my strong suit. I’ve eliminated any thought of doing my bookkeeping myself in Excel or Google Sheets. I know myself well enough to know that it will end up a huge mess. So I’ve narrowed my options down to either hiring a professional accountant or using Quickbooks.

I was just curious, how intuitive is Quickbooks? Can the average person fairly easily figure it out? I love the idea of hooking it up to a business bank account and credit card and being able to track everything... I’m just not sure if it’s as easy as it sounds given I’ve never used it. Hiring an accountant is realistically the smartest thing to do but much more costly than investing in the software.

I don’t mind paying for an accountant if I decide that’s my weakest area and that it is more beneficial than Quickbooks, I just wanted to see what other people had to say before making a final decision. Has anyone used Quickbooks and found it really useful? Any advice is helpful. Thank you!