Switched from paper invoices to QuickBooks for my cleaning business last fall

I used to hand write every invoice for my commercial cleaning clients (you know, the old school way with carbon copies) but after I messed up a $1,200 billing for a downtown Detroit office, I finally gave in. The change saved me about 3 hours a week on paperwork, but now I'm worried I'm missing some tax deductions that the paper trail used to catch. Anybody else make this switch and find a way to track expenses better with the software?

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kevin2186d ago

A friend of mine missed a $400 equipment write-off after switching.

theabarnes6d ago

$400? Man, that's a rough one. I can't believe your friend just let that slip away like that, @kevin218, especially when every dollar counts these days. Equipment write-offs are one of those things you'd think the software would just catch automatically, but it never does. I remember my cousin had a similar situation with a $250 printer he bought for his home office and totally forgot about it come tax time. It's almost like these platforms are designed to make you miss stuff so you end up paying more later.

robinson.jake6d ago

@theabarnes makes a solid point about those write-offs slipping through the cracks. Man, that $400 equipment miss stings, I feel for your friend there.