Book Keeping Software for Teams

Discussion in 'Trucker Taxes and Truck Financing' started by WarEagle, Jan 10, 2010.

  1. WarEagle

    WarEagle Bobtail Member

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    I am looking for suggestions and opinions on good book keeping software that fits my situation. I am an o/o with Landstar and run as a team with a friend of mine (who was also an o/o prior to our decision to team). We divide our settlement up 50/50 after truck specific expenses (fuel is all done through Comdata which is all recorded on the settlement). Any personal expenses we keep separate and apply them to our individual tax returns.

    As you can imagine this is difficult to track manually and I can already see where some things could fall through the cracks. I could write a spreadsheet to handle everything, but I can see that it will be quite complex and there is the possibility that I may overlook something and end up rewriting it later. Has anyone been using any of the commercial programs in a similar situation as I am in? I know Quickbooks etc work great for individuals but I don't know how it would work for a team.

    Perhaps there is another solution for teams that I am unaware of as I am new to this part of the biz. Any suggestions are appreciated.
     
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  3. Data_man

    Data_man Light Load Member

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    I build spreadsheets for many different areas and businesses to track just about anything but in your case you should build a basic spreadsheet to start then add as you go. This way you will build what you need and none of the extras that you would waste your money on if you buy commercial. I have a spreadsheet that I build for a small business and as the business grew so did the spreadsheet, now the spreadsheet contains 5 books and about 10 worksheets per book. If I had tried to built this at one time it would been impossible but by adding items one by one makes it look complex but simple at heart.
     
  4. WarEagle

    WarEagle Bobtail Member

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    Hi Data man,

    Sorry for the delay, I've been on the road this week and just never had time to check the forums. Thanks for the reply. You are right, ultimately creating my own spreadsheet will be the best solution given the flexibility of it. I appreciate your help!
     
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