Quicken Business & Personal helps you maximize deductions by automatically tracking and categorizing every business expense year-round, storing digital receipts, calculating mileage, and generating reports using IRS line items for Schedules C, E, and F. 

You’ll never miss a deduction because everything is organized and documented as it happens — not scrambled together at tax time.

Key questions answered in this article

What’s new with Quicken Business & Personal for tax season? Two powerful features now make tax prep even easier: Quarterly tax planning estimates your payments based on actual income and expenses, while the new mileage tracker logs deductible miles right alongside your other financial data.

What business expenses am I probably missing? Most business owners miss deductions for mixed-use purchases (like office supplies bought during personal shopping trips), mileage for business errands, home office expenses, and quarterly business fees that get lost in personal accounts.

How do I separate business and personal expenses? Quicken Business & Personal lets you instantly categorize, reclassify, or split any transaction between business and personal — regardless of which card or account you used to pay.

What documents do I need for tax deductions? You need receipts for all business expenses, mileage logs for vehicle deductions, and organized records showing expense categories. Quicken Business & Personal stores all of this digitally, attached to each transaction.

Can Quicken help with quarterly taxes? Yes! Our new quarterly tax planning feature estimates your payments based on your actual income and expenses, helping you avoid penalties and plan your cash flow.

Can I use Quicken Business & Personal with a service like TurboTax? Yes. You can export your Quicken data to the TXF format and import it into your favorite tax filing software, such as TurboTax.

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What’s new with Quicken Business & Personal for tax season? 

Quicken Business & Personal continues to evolve with features that make tax preparation simpler and more accurate. Here are the latest updates that help you maximize deductions and stay ahead of your tax obligations.

Quarterly tax planning

No more guessing what you’ll owe or scrambling to find cash when quarterly taxes are due. Our quarterly tax planning feature estimates your payments based on your actual income and expenses throughout the year.

This means you’ll know exactly how much to set aside, avoid underpayment penalties, and maintain better control of your cash flow. The feature updates in real-time as your income and expenses change, so you’re always working with current numbers — not last year’s taxes.

Integrated mileage tracking

Every mile you drive for business is money back in your pocket at tax time. Our mileage tracking feature lives right inside Quicken Business & Personal, so you can log trips without switching between apps or maintaining separate spreadsheets.

The tracker automatically calculates your deduction using current IRS rates, keeps a detailed log for your records, and adds up your total deduction for the year. Since it’s part of your regular financial workflow, you’re more likely to capture every deductible mile.

Why do business owners miss valuable tax deductions?

Most business owners leave money on the table at tax time—not because they’re trying to pay more taxes, but because their financial records are scattered across bank statements, credit card bills, receipts, and memory.

The problem isn’t knowing that office supplies are deductible. It’s remembering the Target purchase from eight months ago that included printer paper along with your groceries. It’s tracking every client lunch, every mile driven to meetings, and every software subscription that auto-renews on different cards.

When tax season arrives, you’re left trying to reconstruct an entire year from fragments. Even with the best intentions, deductions slip through the cracks.

How can I track business expenses automatically?

Quicken Business & Personal connects directly to over 14,000 financial institutions, automatically importing every transaction from your business and personal accounts. No more manual entry or monthly spreadsheet updates.

How automatic tracking protects your deductions

When Quicken imports your transactions, it uses built-in intelligence and customized rules to categorize them into tax-appropriate categories. If you need to change anything, you can do it in a few clicks — and even make it a rule so Quicken will handle it for you next time.

That coffee shop meeting gets tagged as Meals & Entertainment. Your internet bill splits between home and office use. Software subscriptions land in Software under Office Expenses. Quicken learns and remembers your rules and spending patterns.

What about historical transactions?

Even if you’re starting Quicken Business & Personal today, connecting your accounts pulls in anywhere from 90 days to 2 years of past data automatically, depending on what your financial institution allows. You can also import older transactions via CSV files or add them manually, ensuring this year’s tax prep has everything it needs.

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What’s the best way to handle mixed business and personal purchases?

Real life doesn’t separate neatly into “business” and “personal” shopping trips. You grab office supplies while buying groceries. You split your mortgage payment because you have dedicated office space in your home. You use a business account for a personal project and need to separate that payment out from the rest. 

Split transactions instantly

Quicken Business & Personal understands this reality. You can split any transaction between business and personal categories with a few clicks. That $200 Costco run becomes $150 in groceries (personal) and $50 in office supplies (business deduction).

Reclassify on the fly

Accidentally categorized something wrong three months ago? No problem. Switch any expense from business to personal (or vice versa) instantly. Your books stay accurate and audit-ready, no matter how you originally paid.

How do I organize receipts for tax deductions?

The IRS requires documentation for business expenses, especially for meals, travel, and purchases over $75. But keeping track of paper receipts is a losing battle — they fade, get lost, or end up in that drawer you’re afraid to open.

Digital receipt storage that works

With Quicken Business & Personal, you snap a photo of any receipt and upload it directly to the matching transaction. The receipt stays attached to that expense forever — searchable, readable, and ready if you ever need it.

Why this matters for deductions

When every receipt is digitally attached to its transaction, you have iron-clad documentation for every deduction you claim. No more wondering if you kept that receipt. No more scrambling to prove an expense was legitimate. Everything is right there, organized and accessible.

Which IRS schedules does Quicken Business & Personal support?

Different business structures and income types require different tax forms. Quicken Business & Personal handles the complexity automatically, organizing your data for the exact schedules you need.

Business tax schedules

  • Schedule C: For sole proprietors and single-member LLCs
  • Schedule E: For rental property income and expenses
  • Schedule F: For farming income and agricultural businesses
  • Form 1099-MISC: Payments made (contractors, rent, royalties)
  • FORM 4835: Farm rental income
  • Form 8829: Business use of your home (home office deduction)
  • Schedule K-1: Pass-through business income (partnerships & S Corps)

Personal tax schedules

Since Quicken Business & Personal manages both sides of your financial life, it also prepares:

  • Schedule A: Itemized personal deductions
  • Schedule B: Interest and dividend income
  • Form 1040: Your main tax return summary
  • W-2, 1099-G, 1099-R, and many more

The software automatically sorts your transactions into the right categories for each schedule. When tax time comes, you’re not starting from scratch — you’re reviewing organized, accurate records.

How can I track mileage deductions?

The IRS allows you to deduct vehicle expenses for business use, and for many business owners, this adds up to thousands of dollars in deductions. But tracking mileage accurately requires discipline most of us don’t have.

New integrated mileage tracking

Our newly added mileage tracking feature puts this essential deduction tool right where you need it — inside Quicken Business & Personal with all your other financial data. Log your business trips, and Quicken calculates the deduction using current IRS rates.

Making mileage tracking stick

Since you’re already in Quicken managing invoices, checking cash flow, or categorizing expenses, adding mileage becomes part of your regular workflow — not another app to remember. The feature is designed to be quick and easy, so you’ll actually use it consistently.

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What reports do I need for my business tax preparer?

Whether you file your own taxes or work with a professional, you need clear, accurate financial reports. Quicken Business & Personal generates everything automatically from your real-time data.

Essential business reports

  • Profit & Loss Statement: Shows income minus expenses for any period
  • Balance Sheet: Displays assets, liabilities, and equity
  • Tax Schedule Reports: Pre-formatted for Schedules C, E, and F
  • Income & Expense Detail Reports: Itemized list of income & expenses by category
  • Tax Detail Report: Shows all transactions associated with various tax forms and schedules

Quarterly tax estimates made simple

With our new quarterly tax planning feature, you’re not just ready for April 15th — you’re prepared all year long. The system estimates what you’ll owe each quarter based on your actual business performance, helping you avoid surprises and penalties.

How do I get started with tax-ready bookkeeping?

January is the perfect time to get organized for the tax year ahead. Whether you’re catching up on 2025 for this year’s filing or starting fresh for 2026, you can set yourself up for maximum deductions.

Start with connection

Connect your financial accounts to Quicken Business & Personal. The software will import your transaction history (anywhere from 90 days to 2 years of past data, depending on what your financial institution allows), giving you everything you need for your 2025 taxes while starting 2026 off organized.

Set up your categories

Review and customize expense categories to match your business. Quicken includes standard business categories, but you can add specific ones for your industry. Getting this right means the rest of the year practically organizes itself.

Create your rules

Set up rules so recurring income and expenses categorize automatically. Your monthly software subscriptions, utilities, and regular business expenses will sort themselves going forward — meaning less work every month of 2026.

Start tracking mileage now

With the new mileage tracking feature, start logging your business trips from day one of 2026. Even a few deductible miles each week add up to significant tax savings by year-end.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tax season brings up lots of questions about deductions, documentation, and getting the most from your financial software. Here are the answers to common concerns about maximizing deductions with Quicken Business & Personal.

Can Quicken Business & Personal handle multiple businesses?

Yes, Quicken Business & Personal can manage multiple businesses within the same subscription. You can keep each business’s finances separate while managing everything from one place.

How does the new quarterly tax planning feature work?

The quarterly tax planning feature analyzes your income and expenses in real-time, then estimates what you’ll owe for federal quarterly taxes. It updates automatically as your finances change, so you always know how much to set aside.

Can I access Quicken Business & Personal from anywhere?

Yes! Quicken Business & Personal is cloud-based, so you can access it from any device with an internet connection—desktop, tablet, or mobile. Your data syncs automatically across all devices.

What if I’ve been mixing business and personal expenses all year?

That’s exactly what Quicken Business & Personal is designed to handle. You can go back through past transactions and properly categorize or split them between business and personal, even months after they occurred.

How secure is my financial data in Quicken Business & Personal?

Quicken uses bank-level encryption and security protocols to protect your data. Your information is as secure as it is with your financial institution.