Online Record Keeping

[lovemykidstoo]

Due to me losing my record book and ultimately finding it, I've learned a lesson. I need an online record system. Does anyone use one? I don't need to bill my parents or do my taxes online, I need your regular record keeping such as time in and outs, pay, expenses, mileage. Any recommendations?

[lovemykidstoo]

Noone uses online record keeping?

[melilley]

I have used Minute Menu Kids Pro and like it, but now do a spreadsheet on Microsoft Works (that's all we have) and record everything on there per request of my accountant. For some reason she doesn't like MMK's way of record keeping.

[butterfly]

This is my first year using Minute menu Pro kids. It is so easy!! I can do my in/outs, keep track of my extra hours worked, record expenses and mileage, menus, basically everything to do with my business can all be done in MMPK. I love it! We'll see how my tax person likes it, but I like it so much! I know that my mileage number is going to be huge over last year, simply because it's so easy to actually track it now...

[Sunchimes]

Melilly, you might want to switch your records to Open Office. I had Works too. Windows 8 dropped Works. It's a mess trying to use them if you get a new computer. I used zamzar.com to convert them to Open office files. It was free and goes really fast. I'm slowly but surely going back and changing years of files. Open office is free too.
Lovemykidstoo, I also use spreadsheets. It works well with me. I can come back tonight and tell you how I set it up if that would help. Too much to type on this tablet.

[melilley]

Melilly, you might want to switch your records to Open Office. I had Works too. Windows 8 dropped Works. It's a mess trying to use them if you get a new computer. I used zamzar.com to convert them to Open office files. It was free and goes really fast. I'm slowly but surely going back and changing years of files. Open office is free too.
Lovemykidstoo, I also use spreadsheets. It works well with me. I can come back tonight and tell you how I set it up if that would help. Too much to type on this tablet.

Thanks!
I'll have to look into that! I think I downloaded Open Office once, but I don't remember what happened with that....I'm so computer illiterate, it's not funny!

[melilley]

This is my first year using Minute menu Pro kids. It is so easy!! I can do my in/outs, keep track of my extra hours worked, record expenses and mileage, menus, basically everything to do with my business can all be done in MMPK. I love it! We'll see how my tax person likes it, but I like it so much! I know that my mileage number is going to be huge over last year, simply because it's so easy to actually track it now...

Yeah, I love MMKP, but last year I did everything on it and when I took it to my tax lady, she told me to do a spreadsheet instead, I have no idea why. Maybe because it's all right there instead of multiple pages.? Idk. It was my first year doing taxes.

[_Dana_]

I have used Minute Menu Kids Pro and like it, but now do a spreadsheet on Microsoft Works (that's all we have) and record everything on there per request of my accountant. For some reason she doesn't like MMK's way of record keeping.

My CPA LOVES that I use MMKP. She said it takes a lot of the work out of it for her and gives me a discount for doing it that way. happyface

[Sunchimes]

Thanks!
I'll have to look into that! I think I downloaded Open Office once, but I don't remember what happened with that....I'm so computer illiterate, it's not funny!

I'll be happy to walk you through converting if it would help.

[Unregistered]

I use Excel spreadsheets. Open Office would work the same. Then for backup I upload to Google Drive - just to be sure I don't lose it all.

[melilley]

I'll be happy to walk you through converting if it would help.

Thanks! I may have to take you up on that offer soon! I'll try it first and if I can't figure it out, I'll see if you can help. Thanks again!

[earlystart]

I use excel spreadsheets (you could use Open Office spreadsheets too) and I save everything to a cloud drive, so that it is always backed up online. There are many free options to choose from: Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, SpiderOak, SugarSync. It's just like a regular folder on your computer, but it automatically saves it to the internet, so you can go online and download the file if anything happened to your computer. You can also have it on multiple computers so that you always have a copy of your files on every computer you regularly use.

[Cradle2crayons]

I use forms from a private page on my website... I can click time in and out... Money in And out etc.. And it automatically outs it on my spreadsheet

[lovemykidstoo]

Sorry, I'm just able to get back on this thread. Let me take a look and I'll be back in a bit! Thanks!

[LadyK8]

The Excel sheet idea is a a great one. Can anyone show an example of how they keep records in Microsoft/Open Office?