Last year I downloaded a great and inexpensive small business bookkeeping software to my computer.  It was simple and easy to use and I spent about a week entering all my receipts.  It was a relief to finally be getting my bookkeeping done so I would be ready for tax time.  Then soon after, to my dismay my computer died, and because I had not created a back up, all that work went down the drain.  I was so discouraged that I couldn't even think about doing it again.

Sometime later I took a class on Quickbooks.  Finally, I was going to catch up on this much needed task of entering and categorizing my receipts.  I went  to two four-hour classes and got a great overview of the system but like most courses, I put the paperwork on the shelf and it's still there today.  It was just too overwhelming and because I am a one-woman company, I didn't want to take away from operating my business to do bookkeeping.

Then not long ago I thought I'd give it another try. That is when I googled free online bookkeeping for small business.  I was not going to use a computer based program again for fear that I lose all my hard work.  That's when I discovered Outright. A free online bookkeeping system that is simple to use and understand.  But that's not the best part, Outright has partnered with Shoeboxed to bring business owners the very best online bookkeeping system possible.  When I discovered Shoeboxed I just started praising God, literally.

With a Shoeboxed account, you combined your receipts each month, place them in a large self-address envelope and send them to the company..  There is no need to categorize or separate them.  Shoeboxed takes your receipts and runs them through a scanning machine that reads the name, date, amount, and also identifies the category of the receipt and then uploads it to your free Outright account.  Not only that, the machine scans each receipt so that after it is uploaded to Outright, you can click on the receipt to view it.  If for some reason that Shoeboxed couldn't figure out the category, you can do it manually with a drop down button.

There are four pricing options. The fees are very reasonable as well starting at .95 per month to submit 50 receipts. But if you are like me and have accumulated a lot of receipts, with an annual plan that begins at .95 you can send in 150 receipts monthly and 250 of your catch up receipts. For a slightly higher rate you can send in more.

In addition to this awesome service, they have live customer support, a real human being you can call for help or  answer questions and they are always polite and courtesy.

A 30-day free trail of the service is available. I believe this service is going to revolutionize the bookkeeping and account practices for small business owners and I highly recommend Shoeboxed for your small business bookkeeping needs.  Learn more about ShoeBoxed and Outright.

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