I run my own small business and I had a problem. At the end of every tax year I was spending far too much time preparing my financial statements. I was using traditional accounting packages where you almost need a CPA to be able to drive them. Not only that, I was not doing a great job at maintaining backups of my records.
Then I discovered online bookkeeping services and settled on a good one called Accountium.
So what's so good about it? Accountium is an online service meaning I can access it from any system that has Internet access. It is optimized for the iPad and other tablet devices allowing me mobile access to invoicing and my accounts. I can even generate invoices or quotes while I am on a customer site and have a PDF emailed to them instantly.
Finally, Accountium is very easy to use.