Thanks to SmallBizTrends who tweeted about this yesterday, I can alert all of you to this deal. Any time we run a small business, or in most cases, a microbusiness, we need to cut every single penny we can, and still be able to take as much workload off ourselves as possible. And while QuickBooks Pro is the ultimate for managing the financial end of our microbusinesses, it’s not exactly on the cheap side.

But for today only, Monday, December 22, 2009, Intuit is giving away a free copy of QuickBooks Pro (although that actually involves an instant rebate plus a mail-in rebate, so you do have to cough up some cash up front, and then get it all back later). Still, that’s a deal, since you normally have to pay the full $199 to get it.

You can only get it at Staples (either in-store or online), and only today. The regular price is $199.99, and today, you’ll get instant savings of $40, and a $159.99 mail-in rebate. So I just wanted to make sure all of you were alerted to this so you didn’t miss out if you wanted to grab it while you can. Also, it’s hard to read in the image below, but the deal is for sku# 758686 only so make sure you get the right one.