Solve your Home Daycare Accounting Needs

Simplify expenses
Easier parent payments
Save time filing taxes

Easily invoice & bill parents
Track attendance

Home Daycare Accounting Software by KidKare is designed specifically for in-home daycare providers. It’s everything you need to run a successful daycare business on any device, from anywhere. Get started today with a 30-day free trial!

What You Get

No-Hassle Expense Tracking

Track expenses in one place

Manage finances & prepare taxes

Paperless Billing

Automatically create and email invoices

Save paper and time

Instant delivery to parents

Speed up payments

Track Income

Track income and expenses

Collect money easily with online billing and payments

Professional-looking portal helps parents pay quickly

Access KidKare from any device

iPhone, iPad and all Android devices

Use your laptop or desktop computer too

On the go and always accessible for you

Daycare Experts

Decades of daycare software experience

Constantly improving and adding new features and functionality

Meal Planning & Food Program Management

Create daily, weekly, or monthly meal plans, and automatically repeat them to make menu management easy

Track attendance, meal counts, and food expenses for CACFP reimbursement

Pricing

KidKare Accounting

$8/month*
30-Day free trial
Easily invoice & bill parents
Track expenses for taxes
Run tax reports
Record attendance
Plan and record meals
*plus tax

Charges are non-refundable.
Cancellations are effective at the end of the subscription period.

Are you a sponsor of homes that participates in the Food Program? Take a look at our Home Sponsors Program that is tailored to you!

Testimonials

“KidKare Accounting brings a level of professionalism to my business and convenience to parents who prefer to make electronic transactions. In today’s world auto pay is a way of life.”

Lori Preis, Fun Discoveries Daycare

Frequently Asked Questions

Is KidKare available in Spanish?

Yes. KidKare is available in both English and Spanish. You can change the default language in your settings after you log in. Check out our help instructions in Spanish.

How does invoicing and parent billing work?

You can create individual invoices that are emailed to parents and you also have the option to make invoices recurring. If you sign up for ePay, the parents will be able to make payments online.

Can parents use this to pay online?

Yes, subscribers to the Accounting feature will have the option to use ePay. ePay is an optional product that may require a separate fee.

How does it track expenses for taxes?

You can quickly and easily enter expenses, mileage, hours and care so that you can claim them as business expenses. The program can also calculate the time/space % for your home, so that you can claim the parts of your home that you use for your business (play area, office area, kitchen, etc.) on your taxes.

How does it help with meal planning?

You can save menus, name menus, copy and paste days, weeks, or months of menus to make meal planning easy for your daycare.

I'm being audited. Where can I get help?

Tom Copeland has a lot of resources that can help. His website: www.tomcopelandblog.com contains many articles on how to deal with IRS audits as well as a library of all IRS publications, Tax Court cases and rulings that may assist you: http://tomcopelandblog.com/irs-auditsdocuments. If you are a member of The Child Care Business Partnership, Tom can provide more personalized help to guide you through you audit, as one of its member benefits. See more information about the Partnership here: http://tomcopelandblog.com/the-child-care-business-partnership-tom-copeland-minute-menu-and-you