TIME-SAVINGACCOUNTING TOOLS

K E W H O M I N

I N T RODUCT I ONThere ’s a great story over at Forbes about DIY accounting

tools . I came across the art icle last month when i t was

published by Tomas Laurinavicius , a f requent Forbes

contr ibutor who covers design , tech and entrepreneurship .

Laurinavicius i s a terr i f ic writer , and he ’s definitely one to

fol low i f you ’re interested in al l the ever -evolv ing technology

advancements that you ’ l l be hearing al l about a month or a

year f rom now . He hunts down cutt ing edge stuff that ’s

actual ly useful .

As a fan of Laurinavicius ’ report ing , I was curious and

excited when I saw that he had written a roundup

accounting software . When I read through the art icle , I

was almost embarrassed because there were at least

one or two platforms that I had never heard of !

But don ’t let i t be said that Kewho Min i s unwil l ing to

learn something new . I t just proves that even in a more

tradit ional industry l ike accounting there ’s always

someone making needed advancements to keep up

with the t imes .

You can read the full roundup of on theForbes site (goo.gl/xUL1Ad) but here’smy overview of five of the ten time-saving tools that were mentioned.

MOMENT EO The cal l -to -action on theMomenteo homepage asks ,

“Looking for a f inancial ly healthyfreelance career? ” The service

boasts i ts abi l i ty to “unleash yourpotential ” through a record -

keeping service that was createdby f reelancers , for f reelancers .

The primary focus i s forindependent workers to handlethe so -cal led boring part of their

jobs (which are typical lycreative ) . What that boils downto : Managing a calendar thatgives you a f inancial outlookbased on your invoices and

expenses . Price : Free 30 -day tr ia l ,then $20 /month

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F R E SHBOOKS Used by mill ions of service -based

small business owners ,

FreshBooks helps you getorganized–and get paid . Usingthis cloud -based accounting

solut ion you can track your t ime ,

log your expenses and invoiceyour cl ients . Plus , i f you run intostumbling blocks along the way ,

you can reach a l ive person ,

Monday to Friday between 8am -

8pm EDT . The service also saysthat i t ’s useful for helping

businesses grow , touting that “onaverage , FreshBooks customersdouble their revenue in the f i rst24 months . ” Price : Free 30 -daytr ial , then f rom $12 .95 /month

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XERO This onl ine accounting softwarecan also be useful to help growyour business . And this i s yetanother provider that has

interact ive customer support(with Xero the support i s

avai lable 24 /7 ) . Xero cal ls i tsel fthe “alternative to QuickBooks ”

because you can prepare andsend W2s and 1099s , enter andpay bil ls , create payrol l anddirect deposit checks–as as a

host of other features . Price : Free30 -day tr ia l , then f rom

$20 /month

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WAV EACCOUNT I NG

The tagl ine here : “Realaccounting , for non -

accountants . ” There ’s no manualentry with this software . Youconnect Wave securely to yourbank account , PayPal or othersources of data , and then

transactions appear r ight in youraccounting .You also have theabi l i ty to generate balancesheets , sales tax reports and

other reports that you can sharewith your actual accountant oryour current and potential

investors . Price : Free .

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Z I P BOOKS For ZipBooks users , featuresinclude accounting software ,

bil l ing software , Expensetracking , t ime tracking Invoicef inancing , onl ine invoicing ,

project management , teammanagement , and credit cardprocessing . There are also

customization options that letyou Upload a logo and add a t i t leto make your invoices your own ,

set default terms or send out apersonal ized email to indiv idualcl ients or create one standard

email that can work for everyone .

Price : Free .

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Source: Laurinavicius,Tomas. “10 PowerfulAccounting Tools To

Save You Time.”Forbes.Forbes Magazine, 22

Mar. 2016. Web. 20 Apr.2016.

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