TooziQuickBooks Self-Employed Is Gone. What to Use Now.
Intuit stopped selling QuickBooks Self-Employed to new customers in 2024 and has been moving solo users to its newer plans. If you liked QBSE because it was simple (track income, track expenses, log miles, see your tax), you have four real options. Here they are side by side, plus what to save before you switch.
Want the simple version?
Toozi does what QBSE did, by text. No app, no dashboard. 14 days free, no card.
What QuickBooks Self-Employed actually did
QBSE was popular because it stayed small. It pulled in your bank transactions, let you swipe each one business or personal, sorted business costs into Schedule C categories, tracked mileage, and showed a rough quarterly tax estimate. Then it handed numbers to TurboTax at filing time.
That’s the bar for a replacement. Most self-employed people don’t need full accounting software. They need those five jobs done with as little effort as possible.
Your options, compared simply
| Option | Cost | Your effort | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intuit’s solo plan (launched as QuickBooks Solopreneur) | Limited free tier; paid around $20/mo list | Medium: app and dashboard, bank connection, review transactions | People who file with TurboTax or whose accountant uses QuickBooks |
| QuickBooks Online Simple Start | Around $38/mo list | High: real accounting software | Businesses growing toward payroll, inventory, or an accountant-run setup |
| Spreadsheet + separate bank account | Free | High: you categorize, track miles, and do the tax math | Very low volume and very disciplined people |
| Toozi | $49/mo flat, 14 days free | Low: text what you made and spent, like texting a friend | People who never open the app, or who run more than one hustle |
Prices are list prices as of October 2026 and change often, especially with promos. Check each provider’s site.
Option 1: Stay with Intuit
Intuit’s solo plan is the closest feature match to QBSE: income and expense tracking, mileage, invoices, and Schedule C categories. If you already file with TurboTax, or your tax pro works in QuickBooks, staying in that world is the path of least resistance.
The catch: it’s still an app you have to open. If your QBSE habit was “ignore it until March, then panic,” a new dashboard won’t change that.
Option 2: Move up to full QuickBooks Online
Simple Start is real small-business accounting. It’s more than most freelancers, drivers, and beauty pros need, and it costs more. Pick it if you’re about to hire, carry inventory, or hand your books to an accountant who asked for QBO.
Option 3: A spreadsheet
A spreadsheet plus a separate business bank account costs nothing and works if you have a handful of transactions a month. The cost is your time: you sort every charge, keep a mileage log by hand, and figure out your own quarterly estimates. Most people who start here fall behind by summer. (Here’s what mixing accounts really costs.)
Option 4: Toozi, bookkeeping by text
Toozi is built for people who liked QBSE because it was simple, and still didn’t open it. You text a regular phone number:
- “made 450 from 3 clients today” logs income
- “62 at Sally Beauty for supplies” logs an expense in the right Schedule C category
- “drove 38 miles to a job” logs mileage
- “what do I owe this quarter?” gets you a plain-English estimate
There’s no app to install. Each hustle gets its own books at one flat price, invoices go out by text with a payment link, and at tax time Toozi builds your Schedule C and can e-file your federal return with the IRS. You can bring your old QuickBooks transactions with you by uploading your export.
Want a feature-by-feature look? See Toozi vs. QuickBooks Solopreneur.
Before you switch: save your QBSE data
Whatever you choose, get your history out first. Your tax records need to outlast any one app.
- Transactions: export all years as a spreadsheet (CSV or Excel)
- Mileage log: export trips with dates, miles, and purpose. It’s your proof if the IRS ever asks
- Tax summaries: save the Schedule C summary for each year you filed
- Receipts: download any receipt images you attached
- Estimated payments: note what you paid each quarter this year so your new tool doesn’t double-count
Switching mid-year is fine. Just make sure the new system has January through today, so your quarterly estimates aren’t based on half a year. (More on how quarterly estimates work.)
How to choose in 30 seconds
- Your tax pro lives in QuickBooks? Stay with Intuit.
- Hiring or carrying inventory? QuickBooks Online.
- A few transactions a month and you love spreadsheets? Spreadsheet.
- You never opened QBSE and just want it handled? Toozi.
The bottom line
QuickBooks Self-Employed isn’t coming back. Export your data, then choose by effort, not features: the tool you’ll actually use every week is the one that keeps your Schedule C right.
The Toozi team
QuickBooks, QuickBooks Self-Employed, QuickBooks Solopreneur, and TurboTax are trademarks of Intuit Inc. Toozi isn’t affiliated with Intuit. Product details and prices reflect public information as of October 2026 and may change. This post is general education, not tax advice.