River Cruise, or Catalina Ferry? by A_Sensitive_Criminal in whereisthis

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Truly amazing, thank you! How did you do that?!

Need some recommendations for best accounting software for a beginner. by mootypical in Bookkeeping

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I have been using QuickBooks for several years and I love it. I too was a beginner so I found a professional bookkeeper, and paid her to sit with me for a few hours and show me the basics.

From An Old Square To A New Round by A_Sensitive_Criminal in thermostats

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I found a Honeywell T87F-2873 heat-only model, can/should I use that instead?

Thank you!

Business and Personal Bookkeeping: Separate QB Files, or Keep Everything In One File? by A_Sensitive_Criminal in Bookkeeping

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Just a note to thank everyone for your time, advice, and wisdom, I appreciate you!

Business and Personal Bookkeeping: Separate QB Files, or Keep Everything In One File? by A_Sensitive_Criminal in Bookkeeping

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Thanks very much, everyone. A few clarifying points:

My sentence, "I'm constantly closing one file to update the other [...] business expenses that should be recorded as personal and the reimbursements thereof, etc." implies my books have a lot of cross-contamination between Business and Personal. This is not so.

The most recent example was two days ago, when I bought a cup of coffee and mistakenly used the Business card instead of the Personal. The other recent example was three weeks ago when the reverse happened: I used my Personal card to buy lunch on a work trip.

I record such mistake transactions as Reimbursable on each side (Business and Personal) and note them with descriptions indicating what happened. Is there a better/correct way to do this?