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7 Handy iPhone Apps for Creating Expense Reports

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

iXpenseit Expense and Budgeting iPhone App Review

Question: How can I make a template to work for my business expenses, rather than buying a new program?

I want quicken home and business but don’t really want to fork over the $100 right now for it, so does anyone know of a free site that I can use, or have a template from excel that I can use to start recording and keeping track of purchases and expenses for the time being? If you need my email, please let me know. Thanks!

Answer: Yes, Quickbooks is the best solution.

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Question: Expense Write-Offs for Small Business?

As the owner of a small business, which is a Sub-chapter S corp, can I write off massage therapy? I am a Dentist. If I got massages for staff, it would be a business expense I think, but what about for myself?

Answer: I doubt massage therapy is an essential expense for a business. It may be considered a personal medical expense if you have some sort of condition that requires it. You best check with a good CPA before you try and get this by the IRS.

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Question: Accounting for total Dummies / Quotation and Invoice Templates for my business?

I need to keep track of my expenses, especially as I’m having building work done so need to keep track of all expenditure incl method of payment – eg, Cash, Internet Banking etc.
I am totally useless with figures and MS Excel is way way way past my abilities.

So therefore I need a free software program that comes as simple as it can.

Also, looking for software that I can use to design, print, copy etc personal business stationary templates such as for Client Quotes and Invoices / and customizable as well – as in, when I quote, I like to give a detailed itemized quote.

Answer: Well, the obvious answer is Quickbooks by Intuit. Everything mentioned above – including Client Quotes and Templates – part of the Quickbooks package.

12 Best Tools for Budgeting

Planning for the future is an essential piece to the survival of your business. At the beginning of each year, you should have a sense of where money is going to come in from and where you’re going to spend it. To this end, putting together an annual budget can help you determine whether you have enough money to fund operations, expand the business and generate income. The annual budget process …

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