What Solopreneur costs in 2026, what replaced Self-Employed, and how to save the tax-time receipt hunt with every expense matched to your bank.
QuickBooks Solopreneur pricing starts with a Free plan and a paid plan at $20 a month, listed as Lite on Intuit's Solopreneur page with 50% off the first 3 months (as of September 2026). Intuit no longer sells QuickBooks Self-Employed to new customers, and neither Solopreneur plan includes accountant access. SparkReceipt keeps the receipts, mileage and bank lines of a one-person business in order from $5.75/month billed annually, and your accountant joins free.
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Plans and prices checked on Intuit's own pages in September 2026.
| QuickBooks Solopreneur (Lite) | SparkReceipt | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $20/month; $10/month for the first 3 months | Pro $5.75/month billed annually; Elite $10.75/month billed annually |
| Built for | One-person businesses that invoice clients and file Schedule C | Freelancers, sole proprietors and small businesses keeping their own records |
| Receipts | Unlimited on Lite; 2 a month on Free | Pro: 50 documents a month. Elite: unlimited (fair use) |
| Email receipts | Not listed on the plan page | Connected Gmail, Outlook or IMAP inbox, including past emails |
| Mileage | Unlimited on Lite; 5 trips a month on Free | GPS or manual trips on every plan |
| Bank statements | Bank and card connections | Statement extraction from PDF, CSV or Excel, each line matched to a receipt |
| Invoicing and payments | Invoices, estimates, online payments | Not offered; SparkReceipt does not create invoices |
| Tax filing | Expert Assisted Tax powered by TurboTax, paid when you file | Schedule C export (Elite) for you or your preparer |
| Accountant access | Not on Free or Lite | Free on every plan |
| Free trial or plan | Free plan with limits | 7-day free trial with full access |
Match every bank line to its receipt before tax time.
Start Free TrialIntuit's Solopreneur page shows three plans side by side. Prices are per month with monthly billing:
| Plan | Price | Receipts | Mileage | Invoices | Accountant access | Contractors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2 a month | 5 trips a month | 2 a month, unlimited with QuickBooks Payments | No | 1 |
| Lite | $20/month ($10 for the first 3 months) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | No | 3 |
| Simple Start | $38/month ($19 for the first 3 months) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Unlimited |
A few details decide which plan a one-person business ends up on:
Intuit no longer offers QuickBooks Self-Employed to new customers. People who already subscribe can keep it or upgrade to QuickBooks Solopreneur, and new customers choose from Intuit's other products, Solopreneur included. Because it can't be bought any more, Intuit's pages no longer list a QuickBooks Self-Employed price, so a search for one ends at Solopreneur's pricing.
Intuit lists these differences between the two:
If you are still on Self-Employed and wondering whether to move, the question is less about QuickBooks and more about where your receipts and mileage live. Both products are built around the bank feed. The receipts behind each line are still yours to collect.
Solopreneur is a good fit for a one-person business that bills clients. Invoices, estimates and online payments sit next to the bookkeeping, deposits typically arrive the next business day, and the Lite plan's tax help comes from TurboTax experts who review the return. It also handles 1099 contractors: Free manages one, Lite three. SparkReceipt does none of that. We don't create invoices, take payments or file returns.
What Solopreneur doesn't offer is a way to see which bank lines have no receipt behind them, read receipts out of your email inbox, or give your accountant a login on the Free and Lite plans. If those are the gaps you keep hitting, a QuickBooks Self-Employed alternative built around records makes more sense than a bigger QuickBooks plan.
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Start Free TrialTake a freelance designer who sends 6 invoices a month, collects 35 receipts (20 paper, 15 by email) and drives to clients 40 times.
| What the month needs | Monthly price | |
|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Solopreneur Free | 2 receipts, 5 trips and 2 invoices a month: not enough | $0 |
| QuickBooks Solopreneur Lite | Unlimited receipts, trips and invoices; no accountant access | $20 ($10 for the first 3 months) |
| QuickBooks Simple Start | The same, plus accountant access | $38 ($19 for the first 3 months) |
| SparkReceipt Pro | 35 of 50 documents, 40 trips, email receipts from one inbox, accountant free; no invoicing | $5.75 billed annually |
Most of the gap is invoicing. If you already send invoices from your bank, your payment provider or another tool, SparkReceipt covers the rest of the month for less. If you want QuickBooks for invoicing and payments, the Free plan's invoice limit lifts once QuickBooks Payments is on, and SparkReceipt can keep the receipts and mileage that the Free plan caps.
SparkReceipt syncs with QuickBooks Online, which starts at the Simple Start plan, and publishes each expense with the receipt image attached. QuickBooks Solopreneur is not one of our integrations, so if you stay on Solopreneur, keep your records in SparkReceipt and hand over its reports or the Schedule C export at tax time. Exports come as PDF, Excel, CSV or ZIP.
The IRS generally expects you to keep the records that support a return for at least 3 years after you file it, and longer in some cases (see how long to keep receipts). Before you cancel a QuickBooks plan, download the reports and receipt images you need for the years still open, then upload receipts to SparkReceipt in batches of up to 100 at once and let it read new ones from your inbox as they arrive.
QuickBooks plans, prices and features come from Intuit's QuickBooks Solopreneur page, its Solopreneur vs Self-Employed comparison and its introduction to QuickBooks Solopreneur, as of September 2026 (USD, before tax). Prices and promotions change, so check before you buy. SparkReceipt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Intuit. QuickBooks is a trademark of Intuit Inc.
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Start Free TrialFor new customers, yes. Intuit no longer offers QuickBooks Self-Employed to new sign-ups. Existing subscribers can keep their plan or upgrade to QuickBooks Solopreneur, which Intuit positions as its replacement.
As of September 2026, Intuit's Solopreneur page lists a Free plan and a paid plan, shown as Lite, at $20 a month, with 50% off for the first 3 months. Simple Start, the first plan with accountant access, is $38 a month. Prices are before tax.
According to Intuit, Solopreneur adds a books-to-taxes flow with QuickBooks Live Tax for Schedule C filers, more payment options (cards, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay and ACH), estimates as well as invoices, QuickBooks Checking, and automatic sorting of business and personal expenses. Self-Employed exported its numbers to TurboTax instead.
Not on the Free or Lite plans, which Intuit's page marks as 'No accountant access'. Accountant access starts at Simple Start. On SparkReceipt your accountant joins free on every plan.
Only for a very quiet business. The Free plan covers 2 receipt uploads, 5 mileage trips and 2 invoices a month, one bank account and one contractor. Invoices become unlimited once QuickBooks Payments is turned on.
No. SparkReceipt does not create invoices or take payments. It captures receipts and income documents, tracks mileage, matches bank lines to receipts and exports your records, so it sits alongside whatever you invoice with.
Yes. The Elite plan turns a year of expenses, income and business trips into a Schedule C worksheet (PDF and Excel) and the official Schedule C (Form 1040) filled in from the same numbers. You review it with your tax preparer and file; SparkReceipt does not send anything to the IRS.
Yes. Every plan includes the mileage tracker, with trips logged by GPS or entered by hand, so your mileage log and your fuel and parking receipts sit in the same place.
Yes, with QuickBooks Online, which starts at the Simple Start plan. Expenses publish with the receipt image attached. QuickBooks Solopreneur is not one of our integrations, so Solopreneur users hand over SparkReceipt's reports or Schedule C export instead.
Yes. SparkReceipt starts with a 7-day free trial with full access, bills monthly or annually, and you can cancel any time.
If you invoice clients and want tax filing built in, QuickBooks Solopreneur is Intuit's own successor, and its pricing starts with a Free plan and Lite at $20 a month. If what you need is complete records, with receipts, mileage and bank lines matched and your accountant invited free, SparkReceipt is the alternative built for that. Compare it against QuickBooks Solopreneur pricing with a 7-day free trial.
