One of the most important decisions you will make is what your QuickBooks start date will be. The start date is based on how much historical information you decide to bring over from your existing accounting software into QuickBooks Online. Let's take a look at a few examples:
- Example 1: Let's say a web designer decided to start a business in January. The start date in QuickBooks for this brand new business would be January 1.
- Example 2: Let's assume it's January 2020 and you have decided to bring in data from January 1 through December 31, 2019. Your QuickBooks start date will be December 31, 2019. That way, all 2019 balances will be as of this date, and transactions dated January 1, 2020, and after will be directly entered into QuickBooks Online.
- Example 3: Let's take our web designer from the first example...