5 Websites About QuickBooks

  • Intuit
  • Insightful Accountant
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Dummies

Because QuickBooks is one of the most popular accounting software options available, there are fortunately many online QuickBooks tutorials users can access. These tutorials are beneficial not only for professional accountants or small business owners but also for accounting students learning some of the key software programs used in the business. Below are five of the most helpful resources on the Internet for people learning to use QuickBooks or who have questions about how to perform certain functions.

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1. Intuit

What better source of information than the developers of the software themselves? Intuit is a major financial software firm that are also the makers of TurboTax. In fact, deals where users who purchase an edition of TurboTax get an added subscription to QuickBooks is not uncommon. Intuit has very good guides on how to use their software, as well as robust question and answer pages. For the more visually-oriented, they offer plenty of walkthrough videos.

2. Insightful Accountant

The Insightful Accountant is a website featuring articles, courses and human interest stories about the accounting field, and particularly accounting software. They offer educational webinars for free, countless articles and a newsletter users can subscribe to for additional insights. The site is currently run by William (Bill) Murphy, who has over 20 years of experience as a consultant and is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Information the site covers includes payroll management, tax information and general information about the accounting field.

3. Twitter

Twitter is full of professional accountants who use QuickBooks and ask questions of each other about its use. Users can search for hashtags and scroll through responses to gain insightful knowledge about this popular software program. It is also very easy to ask questions of professional accountants and other software gurus, as well as Intuit themselves, by simply tweeting at them. This allows users to get their specific questions answered if no guide elsewhere was able to help. Giving back by answering the questions of others can turn someone into a valuable member of Twitter’s community and boost their reputation in their field as well.

4. YouTube

There are countless videos on YouTube for how to use QuickBooks. Videos are often better than text guides because users can watch and follow along with how to use QuickBooks’s interface and perform certain functions. Both more official and more informal channels have all sorts of information about QuickBooks, making YouTube one of the best sources to view QuickBooks tutorials outside of Intuit’s resources. Intuit themselves have a QuickBooks-centric presence on the site as well.

5. Dummies

Most people are already familiar with the Dummies brand. Its goal is to act as an easy-to-use reference guide on a wide variety of subjects, including software. Because QuickBooks is so well-known and widely used, Dummies has a vast amount of information on how to use all versions of this product. Aside from buying a physical book detailing how to use the most recent edition of QuickBooks, their website also has significant up-to-date information entirely for free. Users can search for questions and subjects to pull up specific instruction pages within seconds.

QuickBooks is one of the most widely-used accounting programs in the United States. It is not only used by accountants but also by small business owners in every field. Any of these QuickBooks tutorials will teach students and professionals alike how to use this integral piece of software.