Everyone wants to manage their business properly without any issues, but managing everything by oneself as a freelancer is too difficult. They can travel for work purposes, but that is not possible to manage the track record for a self-employed person. For that reason, a self-employed person needs an automated way to manage the trip expenses. In this blog, we are discussing the QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker with its Advantages in details.
What is QuickBooks Self-Employed and its Mileage Tracker?
QuickBooks Self-Employed is a cloud-based business structure designed by Intuit, used to manage accounting, track projects, mileage, income, expenses, send invoices and pay taxes online using this software. It’s not designed for large businesses. It is suitable for freelancers and self-employed individuals.
QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker is a feature of the QBSE app. When a self-employed person travels for business purposes then they need to create a track record to manage their travel expenses. In that case, the QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker works perfectly. It automatically tracks the business trip by your phone’s GPS and merges it into your expenses.
Set up & Use of Automatic QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker
For setting up the automatic QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker, download the QuickBooks Self-Employed app. The QuickBooks Self-Employed app is available for Android, iOS and also for a web browser. Now just open the app and register with your email, mobile number and new password. After registration, QuickBooks Self-Employed login and go to the menu and select mileage, then click on auto tracking. When you turn on the auto tracking for the first time, you need a trusted app to use its location service.
When you go on a business trip then you need to turn on the QuickBooks Self-Employed app. The mileage tracker automatically tracks the mileage of the trip from start to endpoint and manage the travel expenses. After arriving at your destination, open the app, go to the menu and click on mileage. Then you just need to find your trip and add your trip to a specific category. There are two categories available, i.e., business and personal. Choose your category as your needs for the trip.
After adding your trip to a category, you can edit or delete your existing trip. For editing or deleting, go to the mileage menu and select the reviewed tab. Then find your trip which one you need to edit or delete and open it. Then simply click on edit, make changes and save all your changes.
Manual Mileage Tracking
If in any case you forgot to turn on the QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker. Then you can track mileage manually. You need to add your mileage manually by following the process for different devices.
- To add mileage manually in the web browser, go to QuickBooks Self-Employed. Then select the miles and edit the date. Then enter the start location and end location of the trip, or open add miles and enter your trip distance. Then add the trip purpose and save it
- In the case of IOS device, open the QuickBooks Self-Employed mileage app and click on the mileage menu. Then click on the plus icon and create a trip. Then simply add your trip details and save it.
- For an Android device, just open the QuickBooks Self-Employed app and choose mileage from the menu. Then click on the plus icon and select add business trip. Then enter your trip details like distance or start location and end location. Then simply click in save.
Advantages of Using a QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker
QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracking is the best way for freelancers, where they can get many advantages, like.
- Automatic GPS tracking
- Properly organize expenses
- Save time and effort
- Data stored in the cloud
- Accuracy
- Permit to add manual trips
- Save battery power
- Mileage summary export or download as PDF
Frequently Asked Question(FAQs)
1. Why is QuickBooks Self-Employed not tracking my mileage?
Ans. If you properly set up your mileage, then it will track your mileage. If you are still facing those issues, then once you update your application and disable the antivirus and once recheck your mileage setting.
2. Can antivirus apps cause issues while tracking the mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed?
Ans. Yes, it can create issues because the third-party antivirus can block the QuickBooks Self-Employed app from accessing the battery power or memory, and location. Without those things, QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker can’t track the mileage. So disable the antivirus when you use the QBSE for mileage tracking.
3. Is it possible to track mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed using multiple devices?
Ans. Yes, you can track mileage in different devices in one QuickBooks Self-Employed account. You just have to download the QuickBooks Self-Employed app on another device.
Conclusion
In all the above discussions, we find that the QuickBooks Self-Employed Mileage Tracker is the best way to manage your trip experiences through its automatic mileage tracking features for freelancers or self-employed persons. If you are facing any issues, then contact QuickBooks Experts for an immediate solution. Let’s start your journey with the automatic Mileage Tracker.
