Who do you use for insurance? accounting?

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TDIGuy04

Diesel Sniffer
I'm now fully moved in and moving along with establishing my business. I have registered my trade name with the county, going to get a business line with nextel(free incoming), now I need business insurance and I don't know if I should go thru a big company or a local firm?



I'm also looking for some good accounting software...quicken, quickbooks? What do you recommend?



I can't wait to get working, this last month has been crazy and not working is killing me mentally...physically and financially I'm doing fine.
 
congrats on expanding and goodluck to you!

Quickbooks is a great way to organize your buisness as well as microsoft excell. Using excell you can monitor what you buy what you spend who you write checks too by making your own spreadsheet! I suggest checking both programs out and study them well. you might end up using both.. you might want to look into a cheaper phone service although i have nextel with all there extra charges they are expensive Imop.
 
I'm not a detailer but I used Quickbooks in my business for over 5 years. It's a powerful accounting system with a steep learning curve. But once you master it, you'll love it. I would suggest, however, to consult with your accountant before implementing any accounting system. My accountant demystified the accounting lingo and set up a chart of accounts much different than what the Quickbooks setup wizard proposed. Good luck.



EDIT: Forgot to add what you probably already know: Quicken is essentially a (highly) glorified checkbook register, while Quickbooks is a true accounting system. IMHO, skip Quicken because you'll soon outgrow it.
 
Another :xyxthumbs for Quickbooks and for consulting your accountant first.



The good thing about doing that consultation up front is that at the end of the year you should be able to just hand your Quickbooks file to your accountant for preparing your taxes. It will also facilitate doing your taxes yourself if you choose to do that. You do need to be diligent about correctly categorizing your income and expense items as they occur, but as long as you do that it makes the rest of your (accounting) life easy.



Quickbooks is also great as you grow and take on employees. Their payroll service is a breeze.
 
Who do you guys use for Insurance, I called like 5 place's with no luck so far, I really don't even know where to look at this point :(
 
also not to jump off subject but i know of at least two other companys in florida with the name "autohaus" (but not autohaus mobile detailing.....just the name autohaus) so just becarefull with using that name......it may lead to problems in the future.
 
I have my construction company's liability ins. through a local ins. guy in town. My WC ins. though, is provided through my payroll service.
 
psl car wash said:
also not to jump off subject but i know of at least two other companys in florida with the name "autohaus" (but not autohaus mobile detailing.....just the name autohaus) so just becarefull with using that name......it may lead to problems in the future.
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I registered the name with the Florida Division of corporations as my ficticious name. As long as the name isn't the same or in the same trade I'm in the clear :D
 
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