So, on my other blog I recommended that moonlighting entrepreneurs get and use some piece of accounting software, but that they also enlist the help of a CPA.
Everyone agreed with that conclusion, and then I happily exported my 2006 QuickBooks file on my PC to my new 2009 QuickBooks program on my Mac desktop. Hahahahahahaha.
Easier said than done. I got the export done (saved the Windows QB file as a Mac QB file) and sent it via YouSendIt.com (for very large files) and successfully opened it up in my new 2009 QB Mac program.
And then I had to get out my Missing Manual for QuickBooks 2009. Ahem.
They dropped the option to save an accountant’s copy in the Mac version. I spent thirty minutes looking everywhere for it, did a Google search, emailed my CPA, everything. Finally, I realized that because most CPAs don’t use Macs, thus in the Mac version, they offer a chance to export to a Windows version that you can send to your CPA instead.
This may sound completely confusing to most of you, but I do have a point.
Writing is a fun endeavor, moonlighting is even funner (unless you have so much writing to do you dream about how stressed out you are), and making money is great, especially when it’s on the side, but the money aspect is where I just start to fry. I can’t imagine if I didn’t have QB to help me, or a CPA who can untangle my QB messes at his end. I can’t imagine attempting to juggle all that and still write.
So, my advice for aspiring writers on this blog is the same as my other blog: save out about 2k a year and get a CPA.
I also save out around 2k a year for my legal advice, but that’s another post for another day.
Now, go get writing!
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