QuickBooks Pro 2005

I purchase quickbooks in 2005 and still use it in 2009. I updated my quickbooks in 2008. This is a great product for any business.

I am very sad to read so many insults against Intuit and the Need to update their software. What people must consider is with each Update there are many new features that can be put to use immediately. As for Payroll and the necessary features and updates, we can all thank our current tax system. We have a complicated taxing system, yet Intuit Payroll (especially the Enhanced version) simplifies payroll by populating the many federal and state forms required of the small business person. Should you have an accountant overlook your system? I would say YES, regardless of WHAT system you use. Having a trained accountant, or if you are using Quickbooks, a Quickbooks Certified ProAdvisor. The assurance that your system is setup properly AND you are using all the features are worth the expense. Also, if you have the right accountant you should be getting tax advice and tips. All in all, keeping up with technology should be an integral part of your business plan. I have used many types of software and as an accountant I found QuickBooks is geared for the small to average business and requires minor accounting knowledge. However, saying that I will admit a trained accountant should review the system periodically for accuracy and compliance issues. Diane Offutt Woodstock, Georgia

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. ;-)

I have recently started a small business. As most entreprenuers, I had the savy and technical knwledge, but no accounting. Quickbooks is very thorough, but can be difficult at first if you try to wing it without instructions. I give this 5 stars

When I bought this item I didnt realize that the seller was in Hawaii as Im on the island of Antigua a land mass and more miles to the east. The item arrived as if I had ordered it from Florida and was in perfect condition. The price was extremely reasonable and I would recommend the product and the seller to anyone.

...to upgrade to QuickBooks Pro 2005 after reading the reviews here on Amazon. Having received an e-mail from Intuit saying that they were `sunsetting QuickBooks pro 2002 from April and I would no longer have access to email for invoices etc... I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade. The purchase I received a discount for upgrading my single user version and used the internet to activate the product. It went smoothly. The installation CD arrived promptly in the mail, well packaged. I also decided to buy the 5 user edition for work since I network qbooks That arrived promptly [actually the two came together]. The installation I decided to TEST at HOME first on backup data and to do a clean install and an upgrade. OK. The clean install was flawless. The internet activation as painless and I was up and running! GOOD. Next came the 5 user edition; I did an upgrade on the second computer and that went flawless. Next the internet was used to activate the product. No problems! So far so good; Now to WORK and test it on REAL data! I did this on a day I took off, just in case the horror stories came true! First the server upgrade. Problems...program stuck installing some dot NET program.. took forever [an hour actually]. Hmm. Rebooted, no go. Hmm Shut down and restarted,,..where is the manual? ...AH.I see..!. the ANTIVIRUS software! .. Turned OFF Norton antivirus! Now flawless installation!...[heh heh REAL men dont read manuals]. The activation Now to product activation... call a number. No problem answered promptly and was directed by prompts to activation, now a REAL live person Mike yeah, he had an accent but I guess I had an accent to him as well! He was real pleasant. I explained that I had purchased a 5 user edition, used one activation on my computer at home via the internet and needed to install at least 2 others at work . No problem. He checked my registration, gave me a code..yeah,,but would I have to call back to activate the other computers? No..the code would work for the others..He waited on line while I entered the code. Presto ! Instant activation. No problems. The program installed flawlessly on the other computer and the network worked instantly. The whole process took about 5 minutes! Painless. The program The GOOD: It is significantly faster than QuickBooks pro 2002. There is scheduled backup and the backup process is a lot faster. Passwords are case sensitive; if you forget the caps lock key then problems...this happened to me once. Joy of JOYS...refunds, write offs and under and over payments are now easy as one click. Issuing refund checks is easy as pie. In the previous 2002 version, to issue a refund or writing off bad debts required several complicated maneuvers that ended up confusing the accountant and me! The screens are friendlier and better laid out. Easier search for invoices etc. If you have used QB before you will have no problems. I have not seen any intrusive ads or banners advertising products. The check reminder popped up and I set it to the number that I wanted. It hasnt bothered me since. Yes, I use Intuit checks and they are lovely! Highly recommended. My accountant loves the program and Invoices estimates etc can be emailed as pdf attachments. The BAD No manual payroll. I would have thought that certain editions for businesses would allow the truly small business owner to manually enter payroll say for up to 10 employees. More that that would require subscription to the payroll service. Invoices when paid should automatically enter the payment method on them. I mean you have already entered the payment by cash, check or credit card to pay the invoice. When printed it should say $ 800 pd by check QQQ 15562 or VISA **** 1025 or cash. This has to be done manually or one has to use a sales receipt. I do not issue sales receipts in my business. No multiple currency support. Yes, we generally use one currency but for truly international sales or customers, they may pay in a different currency and QB should be able to set up foreign currency accounts and automatically convert it to your base currency. As it stands now I have to set up a bank account in the foreign currency and manually convert to base currency in a sub account. Tedious , flawed and unnecessary. Importation of AIF file impossible. My account made some changes and I tried to import the file. The program said that it needed to be the same file with no changes made to the original. In other words, I can do no business until the accountant is finished if I want to import his changes. Ridiculous!! Overall. 4 stars. It is very good but there is enough room for improvement for the small business owner. No need to be afraid. Purchase with confidence!

Dont run your business with this software if you are careful with your money - as most small businesspeople are. Every few years you have to upgrade in order to maintain the ridiculously expensive payroll tax update. I wish I had never upgraded from the early 1990s version. You used to be able to manually enter the federal and state withholding infomation in the earlier versions, which makes sense for a very small business like ours. But you cant do that anymore. In order to even OPEN the payroll window, you MUST subscribe to the payroll update service! I seem to recall that its almost $200 per year now, and increases annually! It is now May, 2005, and I just received a notice that Intuit will no longer be providing tax tables for the 2003 version. I dread opening mail from Quickbooks, because notices like this are not uncommon. I am looking for a different software program for 2006.

It would be nice if you spent time talking about the product instead of crying about customer service being outsourced. Oh and by the way - FirstUSA ALSO uses call centers in India - so problem still with John or Intuit?

After I installed and converted my file to the 2005 format I was informed that the E-File and E-Pay features were removed in version 2005. The support folk in India could not tell me if this was temporary or permanent. The only option to continue E-File and E-Pay was to remove version 2005 and reinstall version 2004. What a way to treat customers! How about some up front disclosure Intuit? Ive been using Quickbooks for 7 years. This may be my last upgrade!

The item whas worked well. I was a little bit confused about the mail-in-rebate. It stated that I needed to have owned a previous version to get the rebate. The product is great though.