QuickBooks Pro 2005

Nice accounting package, always bugging me about upgrading though.

extremely poor technical support. I had to contact sales to get the answer because, Alex,Andrew,Adam all living in India could not answer the question and appeared not to really understand the question.I asked them why they use american names they said the company thought we the buyer might be more receptive if they use good old USA names. The program it self is fine I have been using it since 2002 but when a problem arises there is no support to count on.

Pro 2005 was perfect for updating from 2003 to new computer. Worked perfect. Delivery was very speedy. Would highly recommend if trying to switch from old system to newer one.

If you dont upgrade QB doesnt let you do certain things and you loose options. However, the program is great and it dominates against competing products.

I have been using QB Pro 2004 for over a year now. My main complaint is that online banking has been broken since installing (Its a credit card and a checking account...fairly simple, but cant get both to work at the same time. My QB-certified accountant cant get it to work either...if you want boring details, email me!) Youve already read about how bad the phone support is...my experience was no different, and they want to charge you for everything. Hey Intuit, why not make sure the software that your customers purchase WORKS at least ONCE before charging for support? I cant believe after all these years that some other software giant cant crush these guys with something basic and workable. After reading reviews of all the accounting packages, it still appears that QB is the least worst. ;-)

An old favorite that I thought that I could use. Cant use it on my 64-bit computer! I like the Journal Entry feature.

Ive just started a small consulting business. Accounting software has to be QuickBooks, right? My tax accountant recommended it. It must be what I need. Its impossible for me to tell you the frustration I have experienced with this program. Im not a computer or software novice. Ive used both Quicken and MS Money for many years with success. Obviously, QuickBooks is designed to be a more robust program, providing more support to the small business person than the home financial programs do. And maybe thats the problem. This program looks good graphically. It has a lot of high quality instructional videos. So whats the problem? Well, even with the graphics and the videos its nearly impossible to figure out how to do even the simplest task. Reconcile a bank account? Print an invoice? I cant do either after a week of fiddling. I pump information into this beast and it just sits there. It produces nothing. Am I just incompetent? Well, maybe. But heres a clue for you to consider that I should have picked up on myself. Go to the QuickBooks site and look for registered QB experts in your area. If its like my medium sized city, there are dozens in your area. Does the fact that there is a cottage industry devoted to helping people make QB work give you pause? It should. Life is way too short for this program. I dont need any of the exotic features that QB offers, even if I could make it work. There are some good home and small business programs that will do the simple income and expense reporting that my accountant and I need, and will reconcile my bank account too. I wish I could get my $230 back through QBs 60 day money back guarantee, but I have to confess, I dont have much faith that it will work either.

I know there are a lot of reviews slamming this product, but they are mostly unfounded. I have been using each new release of QuickBooks Pro since 2002. I have to say that every new version improves upon the previous one in many ways. For example, this version makes it MUCH easier for me to reconcile my merchant account transactions with my bank statement. It can even organize your transactions in batches and allows you to download any merchant account fees associated with those batches. This alone was a great reason for me to upgrade and was well worth the money spent. I even got a nice $100 rebate.

I just started up a new business, QuickBooks has been a lifesaver. The instructions are very easy to understand and easy to use. Doing my book work is almost fun with QuickBooks.

Quick Books Pro is a good value for its cost. It is far superior to Quick Books especially its cost accounting ability. Unfortunately many users dont take full advantage of its features. Not only does the cost accounting provide valuable information, in service oriented business the use of the time card and allocation of employees time to various jobs gives a truer cost of a project than estimates. I really recommend this package if you are a small business.