What Accounting Software CPAs/Accountants Use and Why?

1. EXCEL IS THE BEST, BUT USE QUICKBOOKS TO BE MORE ACCURATE

C. Zachary Meyers, CPA, CVA

I am a rare breed that refuses to yield control to accounting, tax, depreciation, or any software other than Microsoft Excel. I am somewhat proud to say that I literally do everything in excel. If given time, I could probably solve world hunger with excel and have done almost everything but that in my career. While I may be the slowest ten key operator the accounting world has ever seen, I have literally designed each and every template I create to function almost autonomously via mostly clicks of a mouse and very little typing.

Now, I’m not a typical tax or audit accountant, so in all fairness, their jobs lack the freedom I have and being a forensic accounting expert I can build very complex, multi and single purpose templates for almost all the work I do.

While others use QuickBooks, I can reconcile, close, and even generate reports faster than anyone I know via excel. While many may use valuation software to generate valuation and calculation reports, I would be willing to get I can do a full appraisal of even the most complex business in excel that would make anything generated outside of excel look like who, what, and why.

The models I have created to calculate damages for litigation can do things that I have yet to see any other software be able to do. I am a firm believer in mastering any tool, process, or operational aspect of your day to day routine.

2. QUICKBOOKS FOR ACCOUNTING AND INTUIT’S LACERTE FOR TAX

Brian T. Stoner – CPA

FYI I use QuickBooks for the very small amount of accounting, just to review profit & loss statement and balance sheets.  For tax preparation, I use Lacerte, an Intuit product.

I consider these best in the market because of its ease, ability to print just about every IRS form and all 50 state forms, and its great diagnostics and customer service.

3. INTUIT’S QUICKBOOKS FOR BOOKKEEPING AND PROCONNECT FOR TAX

Alexander Zazi – Bookkeeper & Income Tax Preparer

As an accountant, Intuit is the most quintessential software, especially for bookkeeping and tax preparation. For instance, QuickBooks facilitates one’s ability to balance debits and credits for their clients, along with doing clients’ bank reconciliations, financial statements and keeping track of the projects that are either in progress or completed during the year.

ProConnect Tax software makes tax preparation less time consuming, and it provides a tax planner which provides both the accountant and their client the tools and resources to make their tax returns more accurate, precise and convenient, especially when tax season approaches. I would, therefore, recommend Intuit to anyone who is a CPA, EA, accountant, Bookkeeper or tax preparer.

4. ACCURATE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR ACCOUNTING

Moh Mahsun – CPA

We use Accurate Accounting Software to assist our accounting operations, and I often recommended to our clients to use it. This software has many modules that can help the entity prepare financial statements in a very simple and easy way.

5. QUICKBOOKS

Joe Mastriano – CPA

My answer is QuickBooks because it’s most widely used by clients, so accountants need to be flexible and conform to what their customer use. Happy to help!

6. QUICKBOOKS AND CASEWAVE

Marc Belaiche – CPA, CA

I find that mainstream people use QuickBooks. In public accounting firms, they use CaseWave. It’s easy to use. Hopefully, that works for you. Thanks