Wave has new competition in Sunrise, which is also free and based on double-entry accounting. Its user interface is pleasant, and its navigation tools are excellent. Sunrise handles income and expense management very well and its dashboard is better than others. Two unusual features are its transaction timeline and “rulesets” for sales taxes that simplify a difficult process. It also integrates with Gusto, so if you have an employee or two, you can do your own payroll. Like Wave, though, Sunrise lacks dedicated time-tracking capabilities and its mobile apps aren’t up-to-par.
Ways Small Businesses Can Handle Accounting
When you declare business assets as an expense, you usually get a larger deduction. You can still claim items that are less than $2,500 as assets, but some small businesses prefer to claim them as expenses. • Direct rollovers let you move money from one type of retirement account, such as a solo 401(k), into a different one, like a self-directed SEP IRA. Similar to transfers, no money enters your hands and no taxes are withheld from the rollover amount.
