Accounting software for small startups

Please don't squeeze pennies here. Your time is astonishingly valuable. Don't squander it by doing it yourself.

I am a tax lawyer and have taken multiple accounting courses. I am not competent.

Software does not solve financial accounting (yet).

Do not hire yourself at $0 per hour. Use Quickbooks for Windows (not the online piece of crap or the Mac piece of crap). Pay a shit ton for a really good bookkeeper. Don't cheap out. Do weekly sit down reviews of your money with the bookkeeper. Fucking mandatory. Or you will financially die.

Personal experience speaking here.

Software will not fix your problem. It won't hit all of the points on your list. Use a human as glue for lots of little pieces that work well. The bonus of using a good human brain -- you don't lie to yourself and believe your own bullshit. You have another person telling you truth.

For receipts use any iPhone app that tracks expenses and lets you take pictures of the receipts. I use XpenseTrkr. It is adequate.

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