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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Elaine Marmel
February 2016
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
7h 10m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Embracing the QBO/QBOA Format

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding available QBO subscriptions and their costs

arrow Examining ways to meet payroll needs

arrow Taking a tour of the App Center

QBO and QBOA are not traditional software that you buy and install on your local computer. In this chapter, you explore the QBO/QBOA software format, and I assume that you’ve read Chapter 1 and evaluated whether QBO can meet your needs.

It’s All about Subscriptions

QBO and QBOA fall into the category of Software as a Subscription (SaaS). As such, you don’t buy the software. Instead, you rent it; that is, you buy a subscription to use the software.

remember Traditionally, you buy a license to use software that you purchase and install on your computer, and typically, that license permits you to install the software on only one computer.

And, of course, a client can pay varying amounts for a subscription, depending on the subscription level purchased.

QBO is available at different subscription levels, and each subsequent subscription level costs more and contains more functionality. The QBO subscriptions available ...

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