| QuickBooks is accounting software targeted at | | | | functionality, plus:o Business planning & |
| assisting small businesses in organizing | | | | forecasting toolso Advanced pricing |
| their financial bookkeeping. It is developed | | | | capabilitieso Advanced cost tracking tools |
| by IntuitÂ(R) and was first released in | | | | |
| 1992. It is currently the #1 selling | | | | + Enterprise Solutions- All QuickBooks |
| accounting software package for small | | | | Premier functionality, plus:o Multiple user |
| businesses. | | | | capabilities (up to 20 concurrent)o Increased |
| | | | capacity for inventory trackingo Advanced |
| Uses can include: | | | | reporting tools (including financial |
| | | | statement templates)o Employee Organizer tool |
| + Expense tracking | | | | |
| | | | There are also some targeted functionality |
| + Invoice preparation | | | | products that allow businesses to use |
| | | | QuickBooks as a complement to less |
| + Financial Statement preparation | | | | feature-rich accounting software: |
| | | | |
| + Inventory tracking | | | | + QuickBooks Payroll (including Basic, |
| | | | Standard, Enhanced, Assisted, Online, and |
| Competitive products include: | | | | Direct Deposit variations) |
| | | | |
| - Simply Accounting By SageÂ(R) | | | | + QuickBooks Point of Sale (including Basic, |
| | | | Pro, Pro Multi-Store, Merchant Service, and |
| - PeachtreeÂ(R) by Sage | | | | Gift Card Service variations/add-ons) |
| | | | |
| - MicrosoftÂ(R) Office Accounting | | | | + Customer Manager |
| Professional | | | | |
| | | | + Invoice Manager |
| There are 4 flavors of QuickBooks currently | | | | |
| offered: | | | | + Credit Card Processing |
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| + QuickBooks SimpleStart-o Print checks, pay | | | | + Other various transaction and remote |
| bills, track sales and expenseso Create | | | | services |
| estimates & invoiceso Accept credit cards | | | | |
| | | | Additionally, Intuit released an online |
| + QuickBooks Pro- All QuickBooks SimpleStart | | | | service called QuickBooks Online Edition in |
| functionality, plus:o Payroll capabilitieso | | | | 2001, which has gradually matured into a |
| Interoperability with MicrosoftÂ(R) | | | | best-in-class accounting service for small |
| Officeo Inventory trackingo Download | | | | businesses. |
| capabilities for credit card & bank | | | | |
| transactions | | | | There are many other helpful online resources |
| | | | for finding out more about QuickBooks and |
| + QuickBooks Premier- All QuickBooks Pro | | | | what it can do to improve your business. |