QuickBooks Pro 2005

This is probably one of the best examples of the worst kind of company! They got where they are because they gave small business an accounting program, and in return, small businesses gave their loyalty and their dollars, and now Intuit abuses those same customers by forcing upgrades they dont need and often cant afford in light of the skyrocking cost increases. The real kicker is, if you dont upgrade, they TAKE AWAY PROGRAM FUNCTIONALITY from the version youve already bought and paid for(tax tables, email capabilities, to name two). I despise this company and their product, and after 14 yrs., weve bent over enough and were DONE! They expect our 5 person company to upgrade to the next version, which would require an upgrade of our operating systems in order to be compatible, PLUS the cost of another payroll subscription , costing us hundreds and hundreds of dollars we cant afford and dont need to spend! Ive already found a shareware program that will restore the function that allows for emailing invoices to customers (STOLEN by Intuit when we didnt upgrade) and am currently searching for some way to import a tax table (also STOLEN by Intuit when we didnt upgrade). If I can find that, we can keep the version were using for years as it suits our needs just fine. We should have the right to make that decision and not have it result in the crippling of a program weve already bought. Intuit makes Microsoft look like warm, fuzzy teddy bears, and I think its time we all get together and raise a big enough fuss that their business practices will finally come under the same kind of scrutiny Microsoft has been subject to for years. I dare say wed see some changes.....at the very least, an end to the theft of our property!!

I recently got Quick Books 2005. The previous version I had was 2002. They have made so many chages in the program to make things easier. I love the newer version. I am not even an accountant, but the software makes it easy. :)

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 have been using the same copy of QuickbooksPro 2000 since 2001 that has been adequate for my needs. I have resisted the upgrade bug and will, once needed, upgrade to a more professional and seamlessly integrated product such as Peachtree. Let me explain: Quickbooks 00 is adequate for a very small business, it helps to keep track of the necessary information though very labor intensive for imputs. Several business friends that have taken the leap to the later versions have regreted the dificulty and additional expenses associated with the add-ons for these products. It seems that Quicken removes some features and adds others in order to create a new version that will generate fresh revenues from add-ons and sign up services, but has failed to fully integrate the assortment of services adequately. If you must get something to tame the beans this will help for a samll business, but for point of sale, financial reports, payroll integration, etc. look elsewhere.

QuickBooks is not bad if you think that your business will not grow! The application will get slower if your business grow or the size of your file increased. Other reviewers are correct about other things they have mentioned it, and so I will not write it about them. I would personally recommend Small Business Manager (SBM) from Microsoft [...] or another alternative and less expensive is Quick Business Manager (QBM) from Business Aim [...] There are other accounting applications I could recommend but it seems that these two are really using great technologies such as Microsoft .Net and SQL Server. Both of these applications can be downloaded for trial uses. Good Luck.

Ive been a QuickBooks fan since starting up my company and realizing how much of a tremendous help QuickBooks was. I started out with QuickBooks 2003 and just a little while ago, I thought it was the time to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Well, I have to warn you that the latest, isnt the greatest. I still like QuickBooks 2003 much better, and in fact I sold my copy of 2005 on eBay and am continuing to use 2003. A lot of really handy features were removed from 2005, and many of them were the best features, like the E-Filing and E-Pay. I think Im just going to stick with my current version of QuickBooks until Intuit gets on the ball again and puts these features back when they release 2006.

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.

I agree with the above users, there are better software out there. Please look around and be more futuristic. QuickBooks is for very small companies only. It slows down when the size of your database goes up. I tested some software and found some really good, with reasonable price: BusinessWorks, Small Business Manager (microsoft.com), Quick Business Manager (bisaim.com),Vision Point 2000 (ACCPAC), BusinessVision 32 (Softline). Good Luck in your search.

product was as described and functioned perfectly. got it quickly. thanks.

When I tried to upgrade from 2004 to 2005 I ran into a problem because I didnt have Flash 7.0 installed. Actually I had a later version of Flash (9.04) but of course Quickbooks couldnt handle that. Heres the fix: go to the Adobe site and download the uninstall program from them. Uninstall your flash player and then Quickbooks will then proceed. Good luck. Joe