<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>simpleWhirks Books — Blog</title><description>Practical guides for home-based businesses and small service firms switching from QuickBooks. Bookkeeping basics, comparison reviews, tax prep, and trade-vertical playbooks.</description><link>https://books.simplewhirks.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Why Home-Based Businesses Are Outgrowing QuickBooks</title><link>https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/why-home-based-businesses-are-outgrowing-quickbooks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/why-home-based-businesses-are-outgrowing-quickbooks/</guid><description>QuickBooks Online was built for businesses ten times the size of a home-based operator. Here&apos;s how to tell if you&apos;ve outgrown it, and what you actually need.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Home-Based Business</category><category>outgrowing QuickBooks</category><category>QuickBooks for home business</category><category>home based business bookkeeping</category><category>QuickBooks too complicated</category><category>QuickBooks alternatives for home business</category><category>small business bookkeeping software</category><category>QuickBooks price increase 2025</category><category>Schedule C bookkeeping</category><category>owner operator bookkeeping</category><author>Travis Sutphin</author></item><item><title>QuickBooks Alternatives for Small Business in 2026</title><link>https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/quickbooks-alternative-small-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/quickbooks-alternative-small-business/</guid><description>An honest, builder&apos;s-eye comparison of the best QuickBooks alternatives for small business in 2026: pricing, fit, what transfers, and what doesn&apos;t.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>QuickBooks Alternative</category><category>QuickBooks alternatives for small business</category><category>QuickBooks alternative</category><category>best QuickBooks alternative</category><category>QuickBooks competitors</category><category>QuickBooks alternative free</category><category>QuickBooks alternative for home business</category><category>simple QuickBooks alternative</category><category>cheap QuickBooks alternative</category><category>easy bookkeeping software</category><author>Travis Sutphin</author></item><item><title>The Mid-Year Bookkeeping Cleanup Guide</title><link>https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/mid-year-bookkeeping-cleanup-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://books.simplewhirks.com/blog/mid-year-bookkeeping-cleanup-guide/</guid><description>Five-day mid-year cleanup sequence for home-based and small-service businesses behind on the books — get current before Q2 estimated taxes hit June 15.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Tax &amp; Year-End</category><category>mid year bookkeeping cleanup</category><category>behind on bookkeeping</category><category>catch up bookkeeping</category><category>bookkeeping cleanup checklist</category><category>Q2 estimated taxes</category><category>small business books behind</category><category>sole proprietor bookkeeping cleanup</category><category>fix messy books</category><author>Garrett Truman</author></item></channel></rss>