Most small businesses know Intuit’s Quickbooks package quite well, as its by far the most popular small business accounting software package in the country.   But did you know that Quickbooks now offers as web-based accounting product – QuickBooks Online?

The benefits of an online accounting package are numerous:

• Everyone can log in and see the most update information from anywhere, without the need to set up servers, permissions or other complex networking items.
• Your information is backed up by Intuit, so it’s always accessible and safe.
• You can access it on any type of computer:  PC, Mac, Linux, etc.  All you need is the proper browser
• You can process credit cards, payroll, invoices, and more, all from one web-login.

Intuit just updated its blog with a discussion of Quickbooks Online’s newly released features.  Of course, since the program is web-based, the new features are available to all users instantly, without the need for any upgrades.

An online accounting application may be right for your business…or, you may want to stick with a software version of the QB product, or some other product.  In any case, you probably want to bookmark or subscribe to the Quickbooks small business blog.   It’s in our blog roll.