A Better Alternative to QuickBooks Self-Employed
QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) was Intuit's answer for freelancers and gig workers — but it has been discontinued in favor of pushing users to QuickBooks Online, which starts at $30/month. If you used QBSE or are looking for a simple self-employed tracker, YourProfitBook picks up where QBSE left off, at a lower price.
⚠️ Sound Familiar?
Common Challenges Business Owners Face
If any of these hit home, you're not alone — and there's a better way.
QuickBooks Self-Employed was discontinued — existing users pushed to QB Online at $30/mo
QBSE relied on bank feeds that often miscategorized transactions
TurboTax integration was convenient but locked you into Intuit's ecosystem
No real P&L dashboard — just a tax summary view
✅ The Solution
How YourProfitBook Helps
Professional accounting built for owners to run and accountants to trust.
Purpose-built for self-employed: income, expenses, deductions, and profit
No product discontinuation risk — YourProfitBook is our core product, not a side feature
Tax Estimate tool for quarterly planning without a TurboTax requirement
Pro plan at $9.99/mo — 70% less than QB Online Simple Start
How It Works
Up and Running in Three Steps
Open your books
Create your account and set up your chart of accounts — no credit card required.
Add Your Numbers
Log income and expenses manually or upload receipts for automatic extraction.
See Your Profit
Your dashboard updates instantly — P&L reports, trends, and insights on demand.
📊 What You Get
Your Profit, Crystal Clear
Like QBSE, YourProfitBook tracks income and expenses, categorizes deductions, estimates quarterly taxes, and scans receipts. Unlike QBSE, we do not sunset products or push you to a $30/month plan you do not need. The interface is owner-friendly: log income, log expenses, see profit. No bank-feed dependency. No TurboTax upsell. Invoicing, receipt scanning, and tax estimation are included on paid plans — not sold as separate add-ons.
Live P&L Dashboard
See income, expenses, and profit update in real time
Trend Analysis
Spot patterns across weeks, months, and quarters
Tax-Ready Reports
Export clean reports for your accountant at tax time
Guided setup
Get your accounts, opening balances and connections in place without a long implementation
💡 Real-World Example
See It in Action
Grace drove for a rideshare service and used QBSE to track mileage, gas, and income. When Intuit discontinued QBSE, she was pushed to QB Online Simple Start at $30/month — triple her cost. She switched to YourProfitBook Pro at $9.99/month. She logs rideshare income weekly, categorizes mileage, gas, and car maintenance as deductions, and uses the Tax Estimate tool each quarter. She saves $240/year and gets a cleaner profit view.
❓ FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions about this solution.
Intuit discontinued QBSE and migrated users to QuickBooks Online Simple Start ($30/mo) or Solopreneur ($20/mo). YourProfitBook offers the same core features at $9.99/mo or free.
Yes. Export your QBSE transactions as CSV before your account closes, then add them to YourProfitBook. Your income, expense, and category history transfers over.
Not directly. However, you can export a tax-ready category report that works with any tax software or accountant. You are not locked into one ecosystem.
Yes. Use the multi-business feature to track each gig separately — rideshare, delivery, freelance — each with its own P&L dashboard.
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