Product Description

QuickBooks Pro 2009 makes accounting easy with tools to organize your finances all in one place. Complete tasks like paying employees, invoicing, bill tracking and check-writing. Stay on top of your business by seeing who owes you money or which bills are coming due. Easily track sales and expenses. Quickly create your own professional-looking custom forms, such as customer estimates, invoices and reports by using any of the over 100 included templates. Share your data with programs like Word and Excel. With QuickBooks Pro, you’ll spend less time on routine tasks and more time on your business.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25 in Software
• Brand: Intuit
• Model: 406642
• Released on: 2008-10-06
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 7.50" h x 2.00" w x 5.37" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Complete tasks like paying employees, invoicing, bill tracking and check-writing
• Track sales and expenses, and easily share this data in Word and Excel
• Stay on top of your business by seeing who owes you money or which bills are coming due
• Quickly create your own professional-looking custom forms
• Over 100 included templates for reporting

Amazon.com Product Description
Small business accounting software that makes accounting easy with tools to organize your finances all in one place.

Track sales & expenses. Click to enlarge.

Reduce data entry by downloading your bank & credit card transactions into QuickBooks. Click to enlarge.

Create purchase orders. Click to enlarge.

Generate reports with one click to see how your business is doing. Click to enlarge.

Track employee time and expenses. Click to enlarge.

Key Features

Track financial information in one place

Track sales & expenses
Get rid of the piles of paperwork. Easily enter customer payments & bills from vendors. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments & bills for each customer and vendor with just a few clicks.

Pay bills & print checks
Easily create and print checks. Aggregate all your checks to be paid and print them in one batch. QuickBooks will keep track of each check so you can keep tabs on where your money is going.

Create & e-mail invoices
Use the data you already have in QuickBooks--such as customer contact info & products/services--to make creating invoiced a snap. Choose from pre-designed QuickBooks templates or customize the layout yourself.

Organize data on customers, vendors, and employees all in one place
No more hunting through piles of files or trying to remember where you stashed that important paper. QuickBooks organizes all your important small business information in one place, giving you easy access to a complete picture of your business.

Import data from Excel, Quicken/ Quicken for Mac, and Microsoft Office Accounting
Get up and running fast by importing data from the tool you use to track your finances now. However little or much data you currently have, you won't have to start over from scratch.

Save time & be more efficient

Reduce data entry by downloading your bank & credit card transactions into QuickBooks
Save time and avoid data entry errors. Instead of typing in your bank and credit card transactions, download them securely from over 3000 participating financial institutions and easily import them into QuickBooks.

Enter bills and set due-date reminders
QuickBooks helps you ensure you pay your bills on time. Record bills as they come and set a reminder to make sure you pay before the due date.

Export data into Excel
Export data from QuickBooks reports to Excel spreadsheets so that you can do more complex analysis or graphing in Excel.

Track international sales & expenses with multiple currency support
QuickBooks supports all global currencies and does all the currency calculations for you. You can even download exchange rates or do wire transfers from right in QuickBooks.

Manage products & inventory

Create purchase orders
You can create purchase orders in seconds by selecting from vendors and inventory already in your QuickBooks. When you get the inventory in-house and record it in QuickBooks, QuickBooks will remember you have an open purchase order and automatically match the PO to the inventory bill.

Track inventory
Easily track your inventory to avoid overbuying and backorders. Indicate re-order points for each inventory good and turn on reminders to automatically let you know when its time to reorder.

Advanced Tools to track raw & finished goods
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise Solutions help you address your more complex inventory & product management needs including: tracking both raw materials & finished goods, adjusting inventory as you creating bills of material (BOMs), and receiving inventory in one unit of measure and selling in another.

Monitor performance & gain insights

Generate reports with one click to see how your business is doing
Get pre-designed, customizable business reports to gain insights into your business. See all available reports in one screen to easily choose the right one. Drill down with one click to see the detail behind the numbers. Export any report to Excel--your QuickBooks formatting and formulas go with it. Access industry-specific reports In QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise Solutions.

Create budgets to keep your business on track
Create a working budget automatically, based on your recent spending history. Adjust figures individually or across line items. The spreadsheet-style format makes it easy to see the results of your changes. Refer back to the budget to see how your actual spending compares to your original budget.

Get a real-time snapshot of your business, in one central location with the Company Snapshot
Stay on top of your business- see who owes you money, who you owe money to, important reminders, and income/expense performance, all in one centralized location

Easily create a business plan; Forecast sales and expenses
Build a professional business plan quickly by answering step-by-step questions. QuickBooks fills in the numbers based on your QuickBooks data. You can export the projections to Excel for further analysis or save it as a PDF file. Click a button to create a forecast of income and expenses for the coming year, based on your existing QuickBooks data. Increase or decrease line items by any percentage to adjust for future changes.

Manage Employees

Manage payroll & payroll taxes; offer Direct Deposit (paid subscription required)
Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Services, QuickBooks Payroll for Mac powered by PayCycle, and Payroll for QuickBooks Online save you time by eliminating steps and giving you the tools to get your payroll done right.

Automatically populate and print 1099s for independent contractors and federal filing
Create and print 1099 tax forms for you and your independent contractors.

Track customer information and related transactions. Click to enlarge.

Work simultaneously with other QuickBooks users on your company file. Click to enlarge.

Ask questions and get answers from experts and other small businesses like you, through Live Community, right in QuickBooks. Click to enlarge.

Track time & billing

Track employee time and expenses
Track time by employee, service, and customer with timesheets in QuickBooks. When you select a client to bill, QuickBooks automatically reminds you of unbilled time and expenses for that client.

Assign different billing rates for different types of employees
QuickBooks provides the flexibility of setting different billing rates by employee and service type. You can set a fixed hourly rate for each employee or create custom hourly rates by service.

Allow employees to enter billable & non-billable time online, from anywhere with an internet connection
Time tracking is automatically included with QuickBooks Online Plus. Time Tracker for QuickBooks Pro and Premier, an optional subscription service, is the fastest, easiest way to collect and record billable and non-billable hours into QuickBooks Pro and Premier for accurate invoicing, payroll and reporting purposes. No more paperwork! Employees or contractors only need an internet connection to submit billable hours Download timesheets right into QuickBooks with one click.

Attract Customers & Manage Customer Relationships

Track customer information and related transactions
Keep customer contact and transaction information in QuicKBooks, so you can follow up on past-due accounts and answer customer requests faster. See contact information and complete transaction history for any customer.

Accept credit card payments right in QuickBooks
Process credit card approvals right in your QuickBooks software. If you use Intuit QuickBooks Merchant Services, the data is automatically recorded in QuickBooks when you make a sale. And, it has no teaser rates, no hidden fees, no cancellation fees, and no long-term contracts.

Easily create a professional website with customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools.
Save time with easy-to-use website creation tools including customizable templates, one-click publishing, and website hosting. Everything is included to get your site live within minutes. Point-and-click, drag-and-drop tools. Know how well your site is doing with website tracking and statistics.

Create & customize professional-looking invoices and other forms with advanced customization tools
Create professional-looking forms by choosing from more than 100 expertly designed forms, including invoices & sales receipts. You can also customize the templates by adding your company logo and tag line to present your business uniquely to your customers.

Create sales orders & track back orders
QuickBooks helps you and your customer keep track of backordered items. Invoices, sales orders, and other sales forms show which items have been invoiced, which items have been backordered, and the quantities backordered.

Set price levels
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise Solutions help you address your more complex pricing needs such as customize prices for different groups of customers or jobs (i.e. corporate, loyal, high-volume, etc.) with more price levels (up to 100).

Multiple Users & Multiple Locations

Work simultaneously with other QuickBooks users on your company file
Multiple-user functionality enables more than one person to work on a company file at the same time, increasing collaboration and productivity. It ensures that all users are working on the most up-to-date data.

Set individual access levels for each user
Restrict access for other users to only certain parts of your QuickBooks data so that employees only see the data they need to get their work done. For QuickBooks Pro and Premier, you can restrict access to 9 broad categories. QuickBooks Online Plus and Enterprise Solutions restrict access on a more detailed level to specific tasks and information. Customize each user's access level to view-only, create, modify, delete, print or any combination thereof for Enterprise Solutions.

Real time remote multi-location access service included
Access your QuickBooks data remotely. Remote access is automatically built into your QuickBooks Online subscription, so there's no need to send files back and forth. For QuickBooks Pro and Premier, get up to 1 year free access to your QuickBooks data through WebEx. You can use Windows Terminal Services with Enterprise Solutions to allow password-protected access by authorized users.

Support for your product & data
Ask questions and get answers from experts and other small businesses like you, through Live Community, right in QuickBooks Ask a Question: Ask QuickBooks users like you for help on anything from how to use QuickBooks to how to grow your business. Chances are, someone else has had the same question you do. Discover Answers: See what others are talking about. You will be able to see Questions & Answers relevant to what you're looking for, so you can find your answer right away. Help Others: Give advice and share your own knowledge of QuickBooks.

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Step by step coaching for new users. Click to enlarge.

Learn QuickBooks quickly with built-in tutorials. Click to enlarge.

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Industry Specific Features

Create customizable reports designed for your industry
Access over 150 industry-specific reports In QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise Solutions such as:

• Profitability by Product for manufacturing and wholesale businesses
• Job/ Project Costs for professional services firms & contracting businesses
• Donor Contribution Summary for nonprofit organizations
• Sales Tax Liability for retail businesses

Easily Get Started

Import Data from Excel
Excel templates make it easy for you to import your existing customers, vendors, or product information into QuickBooks. You can also assign each column in your existing Excel spreadsheet to a corresponding QuickBooks column. Save these settings to use again the next time you want to pull in data. You can even preview your data before you transfer it.

Import Data from Quicken, Peachtree, and Microsoft Office Accounting
Access the Quicken conversion tool in QuickBooks to convert your data from Quicken 1998 through 2007. If you are currently running your business using Peachtree 2001-2008, Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006, and Microsoft Office Accounting/Office Accounting Express, you can also easily convert your data into QuickBooks 2009.

Get Set Up and Running Quickly
Answer a few basic questions, and get a customized setup you can change at any time.

Step-by-step Coaching for New Users to Help you Learn QuickBooks Faster
Get up to speed on QuickBooks easily. The QuickBooks Coach guides you step by step, so you can learn how to use QuickBooks features faster and explore QuickBooks as you enter your data.

Learn QuickBooks Quickly with Built-in Tutorials
Learn QuickBooks skills as you need them--in your own time, at your own pace. The built-in Learning Center offers short tutorials on basic and advanced features to help you get the most out of QuickBooks.

Upgrade your QuickBooks Effortlessly
Easily transfer your existing data file into QuickBooks 2009. Your company file and preferences will transfer automatically. In just a few steps, you can start working in QuickBooks using your information, including customer lists, vendor lists, balances, and inventory lists.

Get Help When You Need It

Find Answers Fast
Help functionality allows you to find the information you need quickly and easily. You'll find answers to most questions in QuickBooks in-product, onscreen Help. Type a question, choose from a list of topics, or search by keyword.

Connect with Other QuickBooks Users and Experts to Get Help and Share Ideas
Connect with a vibrant community of QuickBooks users, QuickBooks experts, accountants, and Intuit employees. Instant access to a wealth of questions and answers to assist with QuickBooks and small business problems.

QuickBooks Pro Reports

With QuickBooks reports, you'll always know where your business stands. See who owes you money and how much. Find out who your best customers are and what they're buying. Learn where your business is profitable and where you're losing money. You can also customize report templates to best meet your needs.

• Profit & Loss Standard
  How much money did my company make or lose over a specific period of time?
  
  
• Inventory Stock Status by Vendor
  What is the detailed information about each inventory item, organized by vendor?
  
  
• Purchases by Item Summary
  For each item or service, how many has my company bought, and what is the total amount spent?
  
  
• A/P Aging Detail
  Which bills are due and overdue?
  
  
• Profit & Loss Budget Performance
  How do the actual income and expenses compare to what has been budgeted for the current month and year?
  
  
• Statement of Cash Flows
  What was the cash inflow (from profit and additional cash received) and cash outflow (cash spent) during a specific period of time?
  
  
• Income Tax Detail
  What transactions make up each amount on my company's income tax forms?

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Customer Reviews

If you own a business DO NOT BUY or DO NOT UPGRADE to QB 2009!
I cannot believe Intuit has completely destroyed this product with the 2009 version.

Downloading transactions and matching into a bank account or credit card account is a waste of time and I do mean waste of actual time. We download sometimes 50-100 banking transactions a day and a similar number of credit card transactions. The ability to automatically match those transactions is extemely old school ( a major regression for QB ) as each one must be done manually one by one. Gone is the "add multiple" to allow QB the ability to matchup payees and aliases. That feature allowed the input of hundreds of transactions in less than 5 seconds. Now hundreds of transactions will take no less than 5 hours.

This is the single biggest change between 2008 and 2009, completely for the worse. Any other changes are strictly smoke and mirrors to sell something new with glitz and glamour. If your business generate more than a few banking transactions a day or week, stay away from version 2009. Your online banking "time" will increase to an amount that it will take away from other tasks.

Aside from rushing Quicken and Quickbooks to market with major bug problems in each of the last few years and also sending support calls to India, removing the "add multiple" feature from online banking is the single biggest blunder Intuit has ever made.

Thankfully, I have a backup of my QB 2008 file. It's time to uninstall 2009 and re-install 2008!!!!

Consider yourself warned...

Intuit is just plain freakin' EVIL
Intuit is exploitative of the small business market that it has in its thrall. As I type this, I am on hold with tech support.. again... just trying to get the program to work reliably. (15 minutes on hold this time... no answer yet...)

From forcing annual upgrades to random error codes that require reinstallation and laborious validation routines, Intuit makes using QuickBooks a nightmare. Further, every annual "upgrade" makes the interface harder to use and more cluttered with "services" that are simply advertisements for Intuit upgrades.

Aaargh. I'm tired of putting up with Intuit's abusive customer "care". I'm finding a new accounting solution.

Current problem: Quickbooks has stopped launching altogether. It pops up the error "Quickbooks reached the expiration date and will no longer open company files" and leaves you with grayed out menu items for evrything but Help and Exit.

Update: Total On hold time 1 hour-- then Intuit insisted that I pay for a tech support package-- since I had registered the product "almost 30 days ago". I couldn't believe it.

I finally figured out the problem on my own: Go to the Help menu--> Manage My Lisc.--> Reregister the product. Exit. Re-launch. Works.

To solve the problem with THEIR product registration scheme, Intuit wanted to charge me almost $100.

"Uopgrade" Drops Critical Bank Transaction Download Automation
I upgraded to QB2009 Pro from QB2006 Pro. QB2006 provided a means to download and automatically enter bank information. I get several bank deposits from my credit card company every day. Under QB2006, this was automatically entered in about 20 seconds, using the "Add Multiple" button in the Bank Download. Under QB2009, I must manually enter all the data for payee, account and amount. One cannot enter the class, and must exit the download, then select each new transaction and edit it to change the class. This is a horrible HORRIBLE waste of time. The poor software design of this "new" feature overwhelms all the other potential benefits of the new features they implemented in QB2009. Watch out! Intuit's sales blurb claims that QB2009 improves the download automation. That is complete baloney.

Quickbooks User Community says this is the #1 issue on tech support, but Intuit has still not addressed the User Forum to acknowledge the defect or indicate when it might be fixed.

My advice is DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE UNTIL THE BANK TRANSACTION DOWNLOAD AUTOMATION is fixed.

I am returning the software for credit and will end up buying QB2008.