QuickBooks Self-Employed (now Solopreneur)

Key features

• Automatic business-vs.-personal expense separation and categorization
• GPS mileage tracking that logs trips in the background
• Receipt capture with transaction matching
• Invoices and estimates with card, ACH, Apple Pay, PayPal, and Venmo payments
• Quarterly estimated-tax calculations and Schedule C readiness
• "Books to tax" TurboTax integration (Expert Assisted Tax included on the paid tier)

Pricing

Read from Intuit's pages in July 2026 (verify current — promos rotate constantly):

• Free — $0/month with hard limits: 2 invoices and 2 receipts per month, 5 mileage trips, 1 contractor. New in the post-QBSE era
• Solopreneur (Lite) — $20/month (typical promo: $10/month for 3 months, or a 30-day trial; an annual option around $215/year has appeared)
• Simple Start — $38/month, the bridge into real QuickBooks with accountant access and full reports

Legacy QBSE subscribers keep their old pricing until they migrate.

Pros and cons

Pros

• The mileage tracker alone justifies the price for drivers — automatic and audit-friendly
• Quarterly tax estimates take the guesswork out of the worst part of self-employment
• Clean escalation path into full QuickBooks as the business grows

Cons

• Not real double-entry accounting — no inventory, no balance sheet; you may outgrow it
• The free tier's limits (2 invoices/month) make it a demo, not a plan
• Some QBSE users reported bumpy data migrations to Solopreneur

Who should use QuickBooks Solopreneur?

The target user files a Schedule C, drives for work, and mixes business and personal spending on the same card: rideshare and delivery drivers, freelancers, consultants, side-hustlers. If you invoice heavily or carry inventory, skip straight to QuickBooks Simple Start or a free alternative like Wave — Solopreneur is a tax companion, not an accounting system.

Rating, for context: 3.9/5 on Capterra (~111 reviews on the listing, since renamed QuickBooks Solopreneur) — as of July 2026.

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