QuickBooks Pro 2007 Small Business Financial Software [OLD VERSION] Reviews

• Good Product, Terrible Customer Relations, Bad Value

  
  By AQXFP4OG8YYA9 on 2006-12-13
  I've been a Quickbooks user for about 10 years. The basic product is great, its always worked well for me with very few problems - however the company is heading in the wrong direction.
  
  1st - Evidently they don't care if you are a loyal customer, when you upgrade you pay the same price as a new customer, the total retail price.
  2nd - They force you to upgrade now by discontinuing support including payroll support for older versions of the program. So don't think you can buy it once every 5 or 6 years and keep using it, you're going to be forced to upgrade about every other year.
  3rd - The payroll option is unreal at $199 per year! When I started using the program I was paying $49 per year, so what do I get now for my extra $150, Nothing. Its the same payroll tax downloads as 10 years ago. And get this,with their 2007 edition, if you don't subscribe to the payroll option, you can't use the payroll features at all, even if you wanted to figure it manually, it blacks out the entire payroll section. How greedy is that.
  4th - As I said the accounting features are very good, but the last couple of upgrades they started adding in all these useless bells and whistles, mainly to sell things, so about once a month I get these popups wanting me to purchase checks and supplies at way too high prices. You can't turn the reminders off.
  5th - Their customer service has always been terrible.
  
  The basic problem is the lack of competition. They only have one main competitor, Peachtree, but Quickbooks dominates the market. This will not always be the case Intuit. As soon as I can find a good alternative, I'm gone. I imagine a good many over uses who are feed up with their lack of customer appreciation will follow.
  
  

• Terrible Upgrades

  
  By AB4HH88OP6UIJ on 2006-11-11
  As a long-time QuickBooks Pro user I was sent (unsolicited) a copy of the 2007 version. I paid more than the cost on Amazon and then when I went to install it on my computer that has run all previous versions with no problems, I got an error message (Error 1303) that stopped the installation. There is a fix for this on the Intuit Board, and although none of the conditions that Intuit claims cause this error exist on my system, I tried the fixes without ever being able to install the update I had just paid for!!! There is no tech support on weekends, others on the community board were having the same problem. One person reported that Intuit told them that it was a Microsoft problem and to call them. This used to be a company that wrote elegant, functional smooth running software but their poor support and buggy upgrades and increasingly sleazy marketing make me want to stick with the 2004 version that I currently run. Be very careful about upgrading to this version. I am returning my copy for a full refund.
  
  

• Intuit sticks it to their customers again...

  
  By AGYW7VBS0GG44 on 2006-10-30
  The software is pretty good, and it's price is not unreasonable, but I am giving it 3 stars for the lack of an actual upgrade path (i.e. not paying full price every year for an upgrade). To me that seems not to be customer-friendly for those of us who need to keep current with QuickBooks Pro.
  
  In addition, they need to find a way to make their patch/update process run more quickly. Regardless of the time of day it seems to be one of the slowest downloads that I know of (compare to MS, Firefox, Logitech, and Symantec for example).
  
  

• Be prepared to pay a lot more than the represented price

  
  By A2O2EVPWZCDI01 on 2007-02-02
  I used to be a loyal Quickbooks user and recommended QuickBooks as the best small business software out there. However, over the past few years the program and the company have seemed to change. The recent strategy of QuickBooks has been to take advantage of the near monopoly that it has on the market in order to suck every last dime they can out of you as a customer. They haven't seemed to improve the program though over this same time period as it has become a huge, bloated program, loaded with advertising, that is constantly making you download and install updates. One recent "update" actually removed a feature of the program that had been standard since I have been a user. That feature was the payroll tax return generator that now is only available by paying an extra $200 a year. Funny how that feature was removed right before payroll tax returns were due for everyone in January. Unfortunately, the program may still be the best option out there for small business, but just get ready to be nickle and dimed. There is no telling what else they have planned as a future "subscription" feature, even though you already paid for the program.
  
  
  

• Caveat Emptor

  
  By A1BBUZE1XZHYPA on 2006-11-07
  I have been using Quickbooks in one form or another for several years. While QB seems to do the job, the support offered by Intuit is pretty dismal. The customer service reps don't seem to have a clue. I just spent over an hour, mostly on hold while they tried to figure out my problem. It took a second call to a different department to finally get it straight.
  BEWARE of the payroll services offered! DO NOT install any upgrades unless you know exactly what you are installing!I purchased the 2006 Enhanced payroll in June 2006. Recently they sent me a 2007 upgrade disk as part of my subscription, which I promptly installed. After installation I found that I no longer had multi-user functionality. After all that time on the phone, they informed me that it would cost me another $200 for an additional seat for the 2007 program. Once the 2007 is installed and your data is converted, it's no easy task to go back to 2006. (The 2006 version's license was good until 2009!!) I feel like I was the victim of some sort of bait and switch scam.
  Intuit needs to rethink their policies that strive to squeeze every nickel from their customers. I'll be shopping around for different accounting software .
  
  
• Accounting with no payroll??
  By A1VG49PET8R5ZJ on 2007-01-22
  I have been a QuickBooks user for over 10 years, but Intuit is quickly gaining a reputation for trying to squeeze every last penny out of their customers. QB 2007 adds to that legacy. I upgraded my QB 2004 Basic to QB 2007 Pro and quickly found that I couldn't do ANY payroll unless I subscribed to their $199 tax tables (more than I paid for the product itself)! In QB 2004 you could at least write payroll checks by entering the tax information yourself, but in 2007 even that option is gone. The Payroll section is completely useless without the subscription. I have never heard of an accounting system without ANY way to write payroll checks and keep track of taxes. As a small business with only a few employees, I don't want to double the cost of my product to get something I can do myself in a few minutes. I have returned the product, gone back to my QB 2004, and am looking for another accounting product. I am playing with Peachtree which at least lets you manually do paychecks if you want. Intuit has squeezed the last out of me.
  
  
• Not a real accounting program
  By A12NEEMJTU8YJR on 2007-06-08
  I'm a sole practitioner CPA and maintain about 20 separate sets of clients' books in my office. Since both Intuit and Sage (Peachtree By Sage Complete Accounting 2007) have "professional advisors programs" which aggressively solicit CPAs to shill for their software, I should also state that I'm in no way affiliated with either of them, nor any other software company (the fact that it's necessary for me to mention this demonstrates where the accounting profession is headed, but that's another story).
  
  I realize that I'm swimming upstream here, but I truly despise QuickBooks. My clients who use it routinely bring me sets of books which they have messed up so badly that I generate hefty fees by unraveling their errors. The reason, I believe, is that QuickBooks is not a legitimate double-entry self-balancing accounting package. I strongly suspect that it's merely a dressed-up, aggressively marketed version of Intuit's checkbook program, Quicken. Because of this, it's far too easy to make serious errors which the software itself will not detect. A few examples:
  
  A single click will convert your books from cash basis to a sort of quasi-accrual basis. A client once brought me his books which had a cash-basis balance sheet, an accrual-basis P&L, journals and ledgers which were some of both - and he had no idea why nothing balanced (and if you don't know what I'm talking about here, that's all the more reason to avoid this software).
  
  Another issue is that no QuickBooks accounting period is ever really closed. This "feature" allows my clients, many of whom don't really know what they're doing, access to prior years' files, all the way back, in order to "fix things." Consequently I constantly must check to be sure that prior years' balances, for which tax returns have already been filed, haven't been altered. This lack of program control over prior years' data is an inexcusable security defect.
  
  Out-of-balance conditions are often forced to an account called "Opening Balance Equity," an account which frequently has entries appearing from nowhere. It's simply a program-generated force-balanced "plug," which is unidentified and untraceable. Beware the OBE account!!
  
  Both Intuit and Sage have terrible tech and customer support. Both companies gouge their customer bases unmercifully by means of expensive annual payroll updates and discontinuance of support for older versions of their software. Nevertheless, I do my best to steer my clients toward Peachtree. It's by no means a perfect solution, but it's at least a "real" double-entry system, and therefore more idiot-proof, more powerful, and generally bug-free. The learning curves of the two programs are now roughly equal, since Peachtree has added an optional interface for non-accountants.
  
  Finally, I'm not bashing the company, just this product. I've been using Intuit's professional tax return preparation software (ProSeries) for many years, and I'm entirely happy with it. But my bottom-line professional opinion in this case is that QuickBooks is simply not what it claims to be. Use Peachtree (Peachtree By Sage Complete Accounting 2007), use MYOB, use the new Microsoft package - any of which are preferable to this over-hyped and under-powered dog of an accounting program. I keep a recent version of QuickBooks on my computer ONLY as an accommodation to my clients who refuse to switch.
  
  I originally reviewed QuickBooks 2001. As far as I can see, six years have changed nothing significant regarding QuickBooks Pro. One can hope the new upscale versions are better; me, I'm not going there unless forced to by recalcitrant clients.
  
  
  
• Faulty product - wait for QB 2008!
  By A174GNCZ1T2HHW on 2007-06-14
  I'm an accountant with over 20 years of experience and 8+ using Quickbooks. This version (2007) is a disaster! I recently was forced to upgrade a client to QB 2007. I have NEVER had so much trouble installing any other version of Quickbooks! I was able to solve all the issues myself, with the help of their ProAdvisor's forum, but I'd never recommend it for the average business user. Second, after a month of use, I found the software was incorrectly calculating payroll deductions and a cash summary account balance did not add up to the sum of the cash sub-accounts (an impossibility if the program were written or functioning properly). I finally dumped 2007 and begged the client to go back to 2006 and wait for QB 2008 to come out in Dec. 07'. What a nightmare!!! Quickbooks support has been awful (even for me, a ProAdvisor) and I can't imagine what the average customer could expect. I've never had serious problems with any other version of Quickbooks, but this one is terrible. DO NOT BUY!
  
  
• Memory HOG! Why make life complicated?
  By A1L50QUV8P0RBF on 2007-01-23
  After being notified that QBooks would no longer be supporting my 2004 version for payroll updates, I had to upgrade and purchased the 2007 version. I have a business with 6 employees. I do my own payroll but rely on QBooks for taxes and withholding.
  
  The software seems to work fine; but I sure don't need all the bells and whistles. And I don't care to have such a large backup file. Backing up used to take about 20 seconds. Now you may as well go down the hall, get a cup of coffee, and chit chat for a while.
  
  There needs to be a simple version for the small business owner. And the company needs to offer payroll support for more than 2 years. That is the part that really chaps me. I shouldn't have to buy expensive new software almost every year.
  
  
  
• The Updates Alone Are Beyond Reason
  By AGK7IO6IHLW0F on 2007-02-01
  It seems like I spend more time uploading Quickbooks updates than I do actually using the software. Right now, I'm stuck at "9% complete", where I've been for the last 5 minutes. You would think with the amount of memory this program takes up combined with these onerous long infuriating updates that this program was running the entire universe. I've never owned a program whose updates completly interupted my life as does Quickbooks. It's beyond annoying. I just tried to cancel and my machine is now frozen. Thanks Quickbooks. I had work to do tonight, now I just get to fight your program that was supposed to make that work easier. Worse, it seems like the primary goal of these updates are to add on more crap they're trying to market to you. That's another dissapointment: uninvited icons on my desktop, links, items built into the software used to advertise their other products. What gives them the right? You can't even make a piece of software that runs without these constant horrible upgrades and you really expect me to react to the advertising you've embedded in my computer? Never again. Now the machine is flipping out, constantly switching between "preparing to install" and "Loading". This is insane.
  
  
• QuickBooks Love Hate Relationship - Insight From Long Time User
  By A36BYI7O06F3BR on 2007-03-31
  Love the program.... Hate the company!
  
  I've been using QuickBooks for more than 10 years. I started with the basic edition since I am a very small business and use only a portion of the program, specifically Customer and Vendor Lists, Invoicing, A/R and Purchase Orders.
  
  OVERKILL is an understatement... QuickBooks Pro is much more powerful than I need. I don't use Payroll, Check Printing, Year End Accounting and many of its other functions. SO WHY DID I PURCHASE SUCH A POWERFUL PROGRAM?
  
  That's the "rub". Intuit is not satisfied with its QuickBooks users being content with the edition that they are using; Intuit sales people call all too frequently trying to get you to upgrade to the next higher version (edition) of their program. They hounded me for years to upgrade from the early basic edition to the then current basic edition; finally, they dropped support of the product and I had no choice.
  
  I purchased QuickBooks 2005 Basic Edition in 2005. Shortly after purchasing it, they informed me that they were no longer going to support the 2005 Basic Edition and if I wanted continued support I would have to upgrade again, this time to the Pro Edition.
  
  This January (2007) I received an email from Intuit informing me that my 2005 Basic Edition wouldn't run on the new Windows XP Vista platform and if I switched to Vista I would need to upgrade to QuickBooks Pro. I upgraded to a new PC in February as the result of a major crash on my former system and opted to go with Vista, thinking that I could install Windows 98 as a second operating system to run QuickBooks 2005 Basic. The second operating system didn't work out and, after seriously considering switching to Microsoft Accounting 2007, I purchased QuickBooks Pro.
  
  I was very disappointed that Intuit didn't offer a significant purchase incentive to existing users; but they never have in all the years that I've been using their product. Even Microsoft, the shark of sharks, offers incentives. DON'T BE MISHEARTENED.
  
  I purchased the program from Amazon and, with rebates and other purchase incentives, saved $60 over Intuit's price; I could have saved an additional $25 if I had bought on eBay (had I known it at the time).
  
  
  
  
• Quickbooks goes way downhill...
  By AQOFHS4H4ELNU on 2007-08-24
  I've been a loyal Quickbooks user since 1999. What was once a fast, efficient, bullet proof product has become slow, buggy and annoying bloatware. And Intuit's sales and support policies are shamefully greedy and obnoxious.
  
  I upgraded my main desktop PC to Vista and was dismayed to find that Quickbooks 2005 won't work on Vista. Even worse, it corrupts Vista system files with older versions of DirectX when you install it. So after reading only Quickbooks 2007 supports Vista, I was forced to "upgrade".
  
  It's not really an upgrade as Intuit stopped selling those to their loyal customers. Instead, despite giving Intuit thousands of dollars for previous software over the years you, you have to buy a full copy just the same as a new user. That's the first slap in the face.
  
  The next surprise was that it took Quickbooks 2007 forever to install on my brand new screaming fast $2000 Core 2 Duo Vista PC. The entire Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate suite installs faster! We're talking serious bloatware here and they now also require Flash 7 to play their videos.
  
  But most frustrating of all is how much slower Quickbooks 2007 is. Even though it's running on a much faster PC than Quickbooks 2005 was, it easily takes 4 times as long to launch the software. And even once it's running, many things take seemingly forever and you just sit there locked out of the software while it's grinding away doing who knows what? And no, it's not my PC. All my other apps are nice and fast.
  
  Even simple things like reports and reconciling an account can lock it up for long periods of time. It also "nags" you with more pop up dialog boxes and other things that slow down using it. So where I used to easily and quickly get what I wanted done in Quickbooks 2005, it's now a slow, annoying, deliberate process to do the same things in QB2007. It's a giant step backwards.
  
  I've had it crash a few times already and get stuck trying to update itself. It also, like 2005, has to be registered to work for more than 30 days.
  
  Ottherwise, it's not that different than QB2005. The user interface is just different enough to be annoying, but it's not especially better. The find feature, for example, still hasn't been fixed to be more user friendly.
  
  Intuit's support policies really are shameful. They refuse to help with most problems, even their own bugs, without charging you a fortune for support. You can easily spend more than the price of the product just getting help. They also "sunset" their products after a few years and stop supporting them entirely forcing you to "upgrade" (buy a full new copy).
  
  Somebody needs to come along and do small accounting software right now that Intuit has mostly dropped the ball. Microsoft has their new "Accounting Professional" products and I'm going to be checking those out. If that works for me, I may well return QB2007 and get a refund as it's been less than 60 days. Perhaps if enough people do that, Intuit will get the messsage that half baked slow bloatware isn't acceptable and go back to making good software?
  
  
  
• QuickBooks PRO 2007 small business financial software
  By A3184S616TI3MJ on 2007-01-21
  I wish I still had QuickBooks Pro 2006. it was easier to use. Also since we installed PRO 2007, I have had a number of problems with my payroll and check registers. My accountant is coming next week to try to fix everything. It was like my computer said "no, don't do this to me". Dates got mixed up (showed dates past January), check registers (I have 4) were mixed up; one had parts missing, can't reconcile another because data changed - everything was fine until I made this change. I'm blaming these problems on the Pro 2007 because everything was fine until this was installed. Maybe it could be a computer glitch too but who knows . . .
  
  
• Customer Support System is Horrendous
  By A10L2FCO3HWAK6 on 2006-11-02
  I don't have a problem with the software. It pretty much does what we need but reversing an error can be a nightmare. Before I start this tirade, I should point out that the customer service reps were very nice. But they don't have the infrastructure to provide the most basic level of service (please, read on). The customer support system for the payroll upgrade on this product is really scary. (1) They want to have access to your checking account to pay for the annual payroll subscription!! (2) They DO NOT SEND RECEIPTS!! I help with the books for a small non-profit and paid for the payroll subscription on my own credit card. The only receipt I could get was a copy of the invoice, which is not formatted to print correctly on an HP1200 (duh!!). What is really disturbing is that these people are supposed to be accounting experts! If you acquiesce to the checking account withdrawal, the only receipt you receive is the line item on your bank statement. Have they every heard of a "paper trail". Well you sure won't get one if you purchase the payroll subscription for this product. I will start looking for an alternative to Intuit because they obviously don't understand some basic accounting and auditing principles.
  
  
• Diminishing value / Poor customer service
  By A72TU1M6XLLGK on 2006-11-06
  Quickbooks standard payroll software is 199.00 but they removed the ability to print the 941s and 940s unless you pay an additional 100.00
  
  Want to buy online? it says 199 but charges 299.00 and the fine print they automaticly charge your credit card anually.
  
  Call customer service - got put on hold for 1/4 hour then they dropped the call.
  
  Too bad the original people sold the company.
  
  
• President - Enertherm Corp.
  By A1DLCHLKU648O9 on 2006-11-25
  I have read some negative reviews posted here and I believe that you should take serious consideration in the beta tester's opinions. I have beta tested QuickBooks 2007 and I believe this to be an excellent product with exceptional value. Yes, it is true that you must upgrade to the enhanced payroll service in order to e-pay, but I feel the $299 cost is well worth it. Remember you get constant updates from your state and federal agencies. There is also an upcoming patch that will allow you to e-file your forms. Most problems arise from not completely uninstalling previous versions of QuickBooks. Once you have installed this version correctly, you will be happy with it's functionality!
  
  
• backup problems galore
  By A1KFX7EEPH4IH on 2007-01-18
  I have been a quickbooks user since 1995. Wouldn't use anything else. I updated from 2004 to 2007 version of Pro. I have been extremely disappointed. I cannot back up my data. They have over improved a very good product. I am trying to get a older version to replace the 2007 from QB.
  
  
  
• Still the best
  By A3MKF7TC9W3VEG on 2007-01-18
  QuickBooks has been the best small business accounting software that I have used for many years. I bought my first copy years ago on the recommendation of a colleague, and I have upgraded the versions ever since then. A few times I have tried other products when the costs felt a little high, but none of them had the ease of use and flexibility that QuickBooks has.
  
  If there is any negative about the product line, it is that it has expanded too much, with not too much real variation in the mixes (or maybe too much overlap). However, it does let you find the version best for the size of your business.
  
  This new version does have a nicer interface without introducing a lot of new functions or menu sequences. It installed easily and imported my saved company files, allowing me to continue my work without any interruptions or lost information.
  
  The automated accounting features are the best aspect of this product. For a small business, it makes year-end financial statement preparation and taxes much easier than anything else. Business analysis is also enhanced with the many ways of organizing and displaying the database. Automatic invoice and statement generation saves a lot of time and presents a consistent professional image to my clients.
  
  I will likely upgrade again, although for budgetary reasons I will usually wait for a good discount offer, or just upgrade every-other time. I've used it for over seven years now, and in two different businesses. I recommend it for anyone with a small business. Files are easily transfered as backups if you want an accountant to do the tax work, which I did for several years.
  
  
• Don't Bother with Quickbooks Pro 2007
  By AD69DE9MLX3CL on 2007-03-18
  I have been an Intuit customer from just about the beginning and am one of the many customers who built that company. However, over the last several years, Intuit products and the company itself has degenerated. I wanted to upgrade from Quickbooks Basic 2004 but found that Intuit no longer offers upgrades. They give a bunch of phony excuses on their web, none of which are true. Anyway, I purchased Quickbooks Starter 2007 and installed it. It uninstalled Quickbooks 2004 completely and then installed itself. That was relatively painless. However, when I ran Starter 2007 and attempted to load my QB2004 file, it said that you can't load files from previous versions of Quickbooks. Why the hell did it uninstall QB2004 in the first place? There was absolutely nothing on their web that said Starter 2007 will not run files from a previous version, and there was absolutely nothing during installation that said anything about it. This is a textbook example of a bunch of marketing idiots not knowing what the hell their customers do. Anyway, I felt committed to upgrading QB2004, so I uninstalled QBStarter2007 and purchased QBPro2007. Luckily, before I installed it, I read the reviews here concerning slow performance and other numerous problems. That convinced me to abandon the upgrade and go back and reinstall QBBasic2004. Meanwhile, I decided to never upgrade again and to never buy another Quickbooks product, ever. Intuit has lost me as a customer. The company sucks.
  
  
• Major dissapointment
  By A8Q10NO6U5U7K on 2007-01-30
  I have a relatively simple business. I'm an independent distributor of health products. I buy from the manufacturer and recieve a discount (set precent always) but pay tax and handling fee (also a set percentage). My sales maybe at full price (plus the applicable tax and handling) or I can give varying degrees of discount up to my own discount value (so I don't make or loose money on the transaction).
  I need to know my inventory at the cost level. I have to prepare taxes for 2006 also. I'm unable to use this software at all. I entered all my products - several hundred, but am unable to create the inventory or record my sales with the special discount. This software was a complete flop.
  
  
• Lost features if you don't use Payroll Service
  By A1II0ESUN57VA4 on 2007-02-06
  To reiterate what others have said: if you use QB to do manual payroll, it will no longer generate your payroll tax reports for you -- you MUST subscribe to their payroll service. Period.
  
  On the positive side, if you already subscribe and love QB's payroll service, you will probably find no issues here. And ... they do give you 30 days free call-back support too, which is helpful, as you just may find yourself using it. :)
  
  
• Unable to upgrade from QB 2004 Pro
  By A3PD7XQJMCW8OL on 2007-02-07
  We have a rather large file that we've been using with QB 2004 Pro for quite a while now. Payroll support is going away for 2004, so we were basically forced to upgrade to 2007. What a mistake!
  
  After three weeks of on and off attempts to convert our data file, and five calls to Intuit "support", we finally gave up and are returning QB 2007 for a refund.
  
  I have no idea what we are going to do next, but I was unimpressed with the poor quality and general attitude of the Intuit support staff, and am more than a little miffed that Intuit is taking away payroll support for a product that works fine (QB 2004) and trying to force me to "upgrade" to a product that doesn't work!
  
  
• UPgrade to Quick Books 2007PRO from 2004
  By A3H58L7FQEU0WZ on 2006-10-10
  As a member of the BETA testing group for this new product, I found all the features that I was used to in the 2004 version PLUS new improvements in layout and easy of moving around the accounting world. Internet automatic features truely make this product a must for busy professionals. I am able to easily work within two companies, at three different locations and be assured that the files are up to date by using the back up system within the program.
  
  I found that above all else, INTUIT's support is very complete. Usually questions are answered immediately, but if not - call back is assured shortly.
  
  I would highly recommend others to upgrade to Quick Books 2007 PRO - Works great with Windows XP Professional, on my Pentium 3 / 933 MhZ system with 383 MB RAM. I use a USB memory key to back-up and move from one system to another.
  
  
• Still the best software for regular folks
  By A1XKHOF9MNLV78 on 2006-10-10
  I've been using QuickBooks since it was first published and have even helped Intuit with the software beta testing process to help provide suggestions and find bugs before the software is released to the general public. I am most definitely NOT an accountant and QuickBooks is the best software I have ever used to handle the books. It has saved me so much time over the years I can't even begin to estimate how much. Everything is organized like a business owner would, not by accouting terms that can be very confusing to those of us outside of that world. It can also handle just about any type of business. The integration with TurboTax is nice as well, I can do my business taxes (federal and state) in less than an hour total.
  
  
• It's a great product
  By A8C5BCKLCA0OZ on 2006-12-09
  I am a CPA and Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. I provide training via classes and one-on-one in the Denver, Colorado area. I also do training seminars for various groups throughout the nation.
  
  QuickBooks Pro is an excellent small business accounting package. It works for most small businesses from single owners to companies large enough to have up to 5 people working in the program at the same time. You can purchase licenses up to 5 users.
  
  When set up properly and with data entered properly the management reports are excellent. Management reports are very important for all businesses. For a new business, it lets you know your income and costs so you can determine where to put your marketing efforts and concentrate on getting your business going and growing. For established businesses the aforementioned also applies. However, after using QuickBooks for a period of time you will be able to look at reports related to the history of your business. Good reports lead to better management decisions.
  
  Many of the functions are simple to follow. You enter a check in the software just like you were entering a check on paper. QuickBooks has some built-in controls to help you enter transactions properly. It even has a very good tutorial to help you get started. And if you need help, you can find help from QuickBooks ProAdvisors in your area. Also many cities have schools that offer QuickBooks classes to help you get started on the right track.
  
  If you need to prepare proposals, quotes or estimates, QuickBooks has an excellent method for doing so. You can even do progress invoicing from the proposals and estimates.
  
  Payroll is often a challenge for small businesses. QuickBooks has a payroll system (for an extra fee) that will integrate and make your life a whole lot easier in tracking and paying payroll taxes. I know, I did payroll the old-fashioned way for many years. I have yet to have a problem with QuickBooks payroll and I have been using it for almost 3 years.
  
  
  
• QuickBooks Pro 2007 - Marginal Upgrade
  By A92HPG8PAP1W3 on 2007-01-11
  We had been using QB 2004 Pro for several years. When Intuit threatened to withdraw all support for the product in March of 2007, we decided to upgrade. The new version has a few convenience features (that have been in Quicken for years) like remembering the account a particular bill goes to, but in general it's just a very expensive cosmetic upgrade. I wish the company would quit trying to force a new product out every year, and put one out when they've really got an improvement.
  
  
• Horrible upgrade
  By A34XWXKN3VJMHK on 2007-01-18
  If you don't have to upgrade to 2007...don't do it. This program should win an award for the worst user interface known to mankind. I have used QuickBooks for years and thought the functionality and interface was good. This version is terrible. What kind of accounting software doesn't have an easy to access icon for journal entries? It's buried in a pull-down menu two layers deep. What a waste of money.
  
  
• Microsoft Better than Quickbooks
  By A19AANN4HYBHSA on 2007-06-22
  We have been faithful users of Quickbooks for almost 10 years, however, we will never use them again. We recently upgraded our Quickbooks to the 2006 version, and had to buy a new computer. Quickbooks 2006 or earlier will NOT work with Windows Vista. I called them about the problem and they told me I would have to upgrade again even though my Quickbooks version is not even out of warranty yet! It is $200 to upgrade through them and they will give you $30 off if you have another version of their product. We are currently switching our books to Microsoft Office Accounting. Depending on your needs for your software, there is a FREE version of the software available. The Microsoft product has much of the same elements and layout as Quickbooks. And you can bet that since it is from Microsoft that it will be Vista compliant. It will also let you put all of your Quickbooks information into it from a back up disk or from the file itself. I will NEVER use an Intuit product again!
  
  
• Quickbooks Pro 2007
  By A20SO4WWRTDHVY on 2007-04-10
  It's probably the best available, but Intuit, the company that produces Quickbooks likes to put obstacles in your way before you can use their product. Before the Quickbooks can be used, the purchaser must log onto their website and jump a number of hurdles, which include denying their attempts to rope you into buying updates you don't need and services that may not be appropriate to your business. A fine example is their payroll service, for which you need to scrutinize the options they set out for you before you find the small print that allows you to finally refuse all their payroll services and move on with the activation of your software.
  
  
• time consuming and difficult at best
  By A1W90EB4RC1LM2 on 2007-04-11
  I have had to un-install and reinstall three times and it still won't update on a very current Windows XP version. I hate how hard it is to download from my bank and it never recognizes the stuff anyway so I have to go through line by line and create aliases. I like Quicken better but the accountant can't figure out how to import Quicken into his Quickbooks Pro so here it is. Hate it, hard as ever not easier, the whole thing takes way too long to work with. Reports are a bit easier which is good or I would have tossed it out the window and bought Microsoft Money.
  
  

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