QuickBooks Pro 2010

November 26th, 2009

Intuit

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Product information Brand: Intuit
Publisher: Intuit
Category: Software
Release Date: October 10, 2009
Format: Cd-rom
Model: 409612

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QuickBooks Pro 2010 helps you easily organize and maintain your business finances, all in one place
Quickly access key customer, vendor & employee information in a single location
Instantly create invoices, track payments and manage expenses
Save time and money by tracking every dollar going in and out of your business
Get insight into your business with access to over 100 reports

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Product Description: Quickbooks Pro 2010 WIN

Amazon.com Product Description: The most popular version of America's #1 small business financial software helps make your business more profitable. New features show you exactly where your business stands and saves you time to focus on your business: organize your finances all in one place; manage and customer, vendor, and employee data; save money-track every dollar in and out; know where your business stands with real-time reports.

Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses. Click to enlarge.

Track sales, sales taxes & customer payments. Click to enlarge.

Manage payroll & payroll taxes and offer Direct Deposit. Click to enlarge.

Save time when tracking your finances

Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses
Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses. Aggregate all your checks to be paid and print them in one batch. QuickBooks will keep track of each check so you can keep tabs on where your money is going. Enter bills from vendors. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments & bills for each vendor with just a few clicks.

Track sales, sales taxes & customer payments
Get rid of piles of paperwork. Easily enter customer payments. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments for each customer with just a few clicks.

Manage payroll & payroll taxes; offer Direct Deposit (additional fees apply)
Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Services (sold separately), QuickBooks Payroll for Mac powered by PayCycle (sold separately), and Payroll for QuickBooks Online (sold separately) save you time by eliminating steps and giving you the tools to get your payroll done right.

Create professional-looking invoices and forms
Select from Free professional designs to create a distinct look for your business across all your invoices, statements, and other forms. Apply across all your forms at once.

E-mail estimates, invoices, reports, and more
Create customer communications and e-mail directly from your QuickBooks using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express using your existing e-mail address.

Organize and back-up documents by attaching them to your QuickBooks records
Document Management lets you save time by attaching any electronic or scanned document--to any customer, vendor, employee, account, or transaction.

Accept credit and debit cards right in QuickBooks
Process credit card approvals right in your QuickBooks software. If you use Intuit QuickBooks Merchant Services, the data is automatically recorded in QuickBooks when you make a sale. And, it has no teaser rates, no hidden fees, no cancellation fees, and no long-term contracts.

Scan and deposit your checks with Intuit Check Solution for QuickBooks (subscription required)
Easily scan and deposit your checks into QuickBooks with Intuit Check Solution for QuickBooks. Subscription required; scanner sold separately.

Track time, mileage, and expenses to bill clients
Record time and expenses by client job so you can easily stay on top of your projects. From there, it's easy to invoice clients in a few clicks so you won't miss any billable time and expenses.

Allow multiple users to work in QuickBooks at the same time. Click to enlarge.

Import data from Excel, Quicken, Microsoft Office Accounting & prior QuickBooks versions. Click to enlarge.

Get insights so you make better decisions

Allow multiple users to work in QuickBooks at the same time*
Multiple-user functionality enables more than one person to work on a company file at the same time, increasing collaboration and productivity. It ensures that all users are working on the most up-to-date data.

*QuickBooks Pro and Premier: Requires purchase of a license for each additional user. All copies of QuickBooks must be the same version-year.

One-click business reports
Get pre-designed, customizable business reports to gain insights into your business. See all available reports in one screen to easily choose the right one. Drill down with one click to see the detail behind the numbers. Export any report to Excel--your QuickBooks formatting and formulas go with it. Access industry-specific reports in QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise Solutions.

Import data from Excel, Quicken, Microsoft Office Accounting & prior QuickBooks versions
Get up and running fast by importing data from the tool you use to track your finances now. However little or much data you currently have, you won't have to start over from scratch.

Track inventory, set reorder points & create purchase orders
Easily track your inventory to avoid overbuying and backorders. Indicate re-order points for each inventory good and turn on reminders to automatically let you know when its time to reorder.

Download your bank & credit transactions into QuickBooks
Save time and avoid data entry errors. Instead of typing in your bank and credit card transactions, download them securely from over 3000 participating financial institutions and easily import them into QuickBooks. Learn More

Get an immediate view into your bottom line all in one page with Company Snapshot
Stay on top of your business by customizing your Company Snapshot. Choose at-a-glance reports of yearly expenses and income, expense and income details, and top customers.

Track international sales & expenses in multiple currencies
QuickBooks supports all global currencies and does all the currency calculations for you. You can even download exchange rates or do wire transfers from right in QuickBooks.

The QuickBooks Coach guides you step by step, so you can learn how to use QuickBooks features faster and explore QuickBooks as you enter your data. Click to enlarge.

Learn QuickBooks Quickly with built-in tutorials. Click to enlarge.

Help functionality allows you to find the information you need quickly and easily. Click to enlarge.

Easily Get Started

Import Data from Excel
Excel templates make it easy for you to import your existing customers, vendors, or product information into QuickBooks. You can also assign each column in your existing Excel spreadsheet to a corresponding QuickBooks column. Save these settings to use again the next time you want to pull in data. You can even preview your data before you transfer it.

Import Data from Quicken, Peachtree, and Microsoft Office Accounting
Access the Quicken conversion tool in QuickBooks to convert your data from Quicken 1998 through 2007. If you are currently running your business using Peachtree 2001-2008, Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006, and Microsoft Office Accounting/Office Accounting Express, you can also easily convert your data into QuickBooks 2010.We've created a special site to provide conversion tools and information to help you easily move from your current accounting software to QuickBooks. Visit our Switcher center.

Get Set Up and Running Quickly
Answer a few basic questions, and get a customized setup you can change at any time.

Step-by-step Coaching for New Users to Help you Learn QuickBooks Faster
Get up to speed on QuickBooks easily. The QuickBooks Coach guides you step by step, so you can learn how to use QuickBooks features faster and explore QuickBooks as you enter your data.

Learn QuickBooks Quickly with Built-in Tutorials
Learn QuickBooks skills as you need them – in your own time, at your own pace. The built-in Learning Center offers short tutorials on basic and advanced features to help you get the most out of QuickBooks.

Upgrade your QuickBooks Effortlessly
Easily transfer your existing data file into QuickBooks 2010. Your company file and preferences will transfer automatically. In just a few steps, you can start working in QuickBooks using your information, including customer lists, vendor lists, balances, and inventory lists.

Get Help When You Need It

Find Answers Fast
Help functionality allows you to find the information you need quickly and easily. You'll find answers to most questions in QuickBooks in-product, onscreen Help. Type a question, choose from a list of topics, or search by keyword.

Connect with Other QuickBooks Users and Experts to Get Help and Share Ideas
Connect with a vibrant community of QuickBooks users, QuickBooks experts, accountants, and Intuit employees. Instant access to a wealth of questions and answers to assist with QuickBooks and small business problems.5

QuickBooks Pro Reports

With QuickBooks reports, you'll always know where your business stands. See who owes you money and how much. Find out who your best customers are and what they're buying. Learn where your business is profitable and where you're losing money. You can also customize report templates to best meet your needs.

Profit & Loss Standard
How much money did my company make or lose over a specific period of time?
Company Snapshot
Get an immediate view into your bottom line all in one page--tailored to your business. Choose the at-a-glance reports that are most important to you- including new reports for yearly expenses and income comparisons, detailed expense and income breakdown, and a top customer list.
Inventory Stock Status by Vendor
What is the detailed information about each inventory item, organized by vendor?
Purchases by Item Summary
For each item or service, how many has my company bought, and what is the total amount spent?
A/P Aging Detail
Which bills are due and overdue?
Profit & Loss Budget Performance
How do the actual income and expenses compare to what has been budgeted for the current month and year?
Statement of Cash Flows
What was the cash inflow (from profit and additional cash received) and cash outflow (cash spent) during a specific period of time?
Income Tax Detail
What transactions make up each amount on my company's income tax forms?

Learn how to do common tasks in the QuickBooks Learning Center. Click to enlarge.

Connect with other QuickBooks users and experts to get help and share ideas. Click to enlarge.

Self-Help Resources

Find Answers Fast with QuickBooks In-Product Help
Help functionality allows you to find the information you need quickly and easily. You'll find answers to most questions in QuickBooks in-product, onscreen Help. Type a question, choose from a list of topics, or search by keyword.

Learn to Complete Common Tasks in QuickBooks Learning Center
Learn how to do common tasks by watching interactive, in-product tutorials in the QuickBooks Learning Center. Learn how to record sales, bill customers, generate reports, and more.

Get Step-by-Step Coaching for New Users
Get up to speed on QuickBooks easily. The new QuickBooks Coach guides you step by step, so you can learn how to use QuickBooks features faster and explore QuickBooks as you enter your data.

Connect with Other QuickBooks Users and Experts to Get Help and Share Ideas
Connect with a vibrant community of QuickBooks users, QuickBooks experts, accountants, and Intuit employees. Instant access to a wealth of questions and answers to assist with QuickBooks and small business problems.

Get free Access to Our Support Website with Thousands of Answers
Visit the QuickBooks Support Website to search and browse thousands of detailed Support Topics and Frequently Asked Questions.

Get Personalized Help from QuickBooks Support Experts
Live technical support is available on a per-call basis or as part of a QuickBooks Support Plan Support Plans offer much more than just tech support! They include data protection services like online backup and data recovery to help protect your important QuickBooks information. Plus, they provide 24/7 access to trained support experts for an unlimited number of questions and issues,3,4 as well as tools to help you learn how to use QuickBooks and manage your business more efficiently. Fees apply.

Find a Local Accounting Professional
Find a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor who can help you get set up and provide accounting advice tailored to your business.

Customer Reviews

Warning to Users of Windows 7 64-bit (lots of QB issues)

by cander 2009-12-06, 170 people found this review helpful

I could not agree more with some of the customers' reviews here on Amazon: QB Pro on Windows 7 64-bit cannot be used for your business.

Our company upgraded our computers to Windows 7 64-bit along with Quickbooks 2010 to try it out, but have not transitioned the whole company over to QB 2010 because it just has so many things that don't work.

The most important issue that the fact that printing just doesn't work consistently, neither for pdf's (sending estimates, POs, reconciliation) nor simply printing invoices and receipts. If you try to follow suggestions posted on QB support discussion forums, the fix lasts about a day or so. After rebooting your computer or even QB again, the issue begins again. It's impossible to run a business with Quickbooks 2010 if one cannot print. For non-QB programs, printing works perfectly. So this is clearly a QB problem.

Due to the above, we've resorted to running the business with Quickbooks 2006 with off our older computers that have Windows XP 32-bit. Completely frustrating.

I'm not a person who likes to criticize products. I'm providing this review to simply warn users who have Windows 7 64-bit to really stay away from Quickbooks from 2010 until Intuit resolves the issue. It's really unfair that QB is asking us to pay for customer support when the issue is clearly because the product does not work.

Intuit has their head up their bank account

by R. Pink Floyd 2009-10-12, 384 people found this review helpful

2 stars, let me give a more thoughtful review than before.

Quickbooks is a nice program in many ways. Its easy to use, clean, produces quality documents. The reports are useful and very adaptable. The new feature where you can cut and paste from Excel docs directly into customer and vendor lists was a good idea. Having a brief experience with Peachtree, I can say that Quickbooks is probably a superior program overall, the biggest advantage being the fine way you can double-click just about anything in QB and drill down for more info. The ease of use and quality of the very basics are what makes this program decent enough. But I'll also say again that I was probably just as happy with QB 2001, and the years worth of changes to the program and how much it costs to really use it have probably, on the whole, been for the worse.

But my biggest problem with it is that the entire program just seems highly focused on sucking money out of the customer. Things that should be basic features require pricey subscriptions, the most notable being payroll. A 3-star accounting program might let you process payroll, do the tax and deduction calcs for you on paychecks, all simple stuff. A 5-star program might in addition actually automatically download the tax tables onto your computer every year, a nice feature. But Intuit charges the user to use these and other features, where even the Basic payroll subscription - required for processing paychecks yourself - costs close to as much as the program itself over the course of a single year.

This year, before I got the program I was impressed when reading about the feature that allows you to attach documents to a customer or vendor......just a useful idea. But then I get the program and I find that they CHARGE you to store docs. You can't just host it locally and link to it, they want your money to use this simple feature. That's it in a nutshell. First thing I do when I get it these days is go around turning off all the ads and links to their other subscription features.....but you just can't get all of them, some are stuck.

So its OK, should and could be better but I think the creators have the wrong motivations.

Better than QB 2009 but that's not saying much

by EmbeddedFlyer 2009-11-11, 102 people found this review helpful

As another review mentions, the bulk of the 29 reviews currently posted are by Vines members who received the product for free and beta testers who are coddled by Intuit. There are precious few independent reviews here. Why is that?

I've been a Quickbooks user since 1999. Up until QB 2005, it was a solid, nearly bug free and user friendly product. Unfortunately, Intuit "sunsets" their products and makes it increasingly impossible to use an older version after a few years. So I was forced to upgrade beyond 2005. The short version of a very long sad saga is each version after 2005 has been worse than the one before it with 2009 being the biggest mess yet.

2010 is *marginally* better than 2009 in some ways. Intuit has made the online banking actually function again (they completely broke it in 2009) and cleaned up a few other annoying 2009 issues. But, sadly, the "nag screens" have gotten even worse and there are even more things that are now expensive upgrades. It's completely insulting to be forced into buying new versions of Quickbooks only to have it increasingly function like "trial ware" or some "light" or limited functionality version until you spend even more money with Intuit.

Not only is it annoying, but all the nagging literally makes the product harder and slower to use. When you're just trying to get things done, another offer is in your face to spend more money with Intuit. It's not good for one's blood pressure or productivity.

Quickbooks behaves almost like malware. Their online update system runs all the time even when you don't have Quickbooks open. And not only does it get updates for the software itself, it also seems to feed yet more "special offers" to your PC to spend more money with Intuit. I've used ad-supported freeware that's less invasive and annoying than Quickbooks is. If you have a PC firewall set to alert you when software attempts to connect to the outside world, you'll be shocked how often Quickbooks contacts the Intuit Mothership for who knows what?

Many of the new features in 2010 have a revenue stream for Intuit tied to them--including attaching documents. I agree with the other review that Intuit seems to focus nearly all their considerable resources on ways to extract more money from customers, and further hype their buggy bloated products, rather than making them easier to use. They also seem to have taken to actively managing online reviews such as the ones here.

I encourage others who have issues with Intuit products to post their experiences here and elsewhere. Intuit has a near monopoly with Quickbooks. I think only if the problems are voiced loudly enough (such as with the online banking debacle in 2009) will Intuit have any desire to change their ways and actually focus on what customers want rather than ways to milk ever more money out of them.

Love the Program, But Too Many Features Are Additional Cost

by L. Gildart 2009-10-21, 109 people found this review helpful

I had Quickbooks Pro 2010 up and running in 10 minutes flat, including setting my husband up with an excel file he could use on his iMac and iPhone to enter his data. We're a two platform family. He's a musician who also does some recording, and he will not switch back and forth from Mac to PC.

I use both platforms for different things and have not found a good software accounting program that I like on the Mac. I was not sure when I decided to get this whether it would be worth the time to port excel files back and forth, but so far, it's easy and seamless.

I set up the excel columns to match the Quickbooks file, and everything comes right in so that I can map the expenses, write the invoices, and keep the data straight for taxes. The PC interface is sleek and intuitive, and the program runs very quickly. So far, I haven't had a crash or a glitch, but I'm not asking a whole lot of it.

My sole complaint is that there are a host of features within this program that are available only by subscription. It's not a big deal for me, because my needs are really simple, but if I were using this for anything more than a one-man show, I would feel a little frustrated that more services weren't included with the not-insubstantial price of the software.

RIP -OFF

by Driscoll Photoghraphy 2009-11-17, 71 people found this review helpful

The only reason I purchased the 2010 Quick Books upgrade is because you are FORCED to upgrade every two years if you want to use any Turbo tax programs with Quick Books . Also after the two year period you are no longer able to use the email invoice option, Quick Books being the customer friendly group they are makes sure that it is no longer a working part of the program. The best part is Quick Books is constantly trying to sell you on all their unnecessary add on junk from credit card processing to marketing services while you are working on the program. The "do not show again " boxes do not work when checked ........... they constantly continue to pop up even after being selected to not show again.

If you are able, and I was not able to find, any other program that works as a decent book keeping program I would buy it.

Minor upgrade to annoying but ubiquitous accounting software

by A. Fabbri 2009-11-19, 58 people found this review helpful

* The Install *

We tested out QB Pro 2010 by upgrading our 2009 Pro install and loading our company file.

The install took about 15 minutes and retained many of our settings from QB 2009. The installer did hang at the end hand had to be killed with task manager (Win XP).

* First Run *

After installing, we ran QB 2010 and it needed to download an update. This process took about 10 minutes, and then it needed to convert our company file to the new format. Not a big deal, but don't try to load a file from QB 2010 on previous versions--backwards compatibility is lost.

Actually running the program, we find some minor updates, as well as many familiar old annoyances. The toolbar is again littered with icons for Intuit products we're not interested in (we had cleaned this up when we installed 2009). The Intuit Community pops up, but you can disable it in preferences.

The interface is littered with Intuit products they want you to buy. For example, there is an item "Email Marketing" in three separate menus, Company, Customer, and Online Services. We tried this menu option and it complained that IE was not our default browser. (Duh, it's called security.)

* Summary *

QuickBooks Pro 2010 is a minor update (the new company snapshot is nice, the new products they're trying to sell you are not) feature-wise. The software works well enough to tolerate and everybody uses it. Accountants know it. This is why we use it. We wish there was another option for us as Intuit is not a customer-friendly company in our opinion. They try to hard to get you to pay for minor features that should be included. They should spend more focus on the customer experience and let the revenue streams follow, not vice versa.

Does Intuit Work Day and Night to dream up new ways for customers to hate it?

by P. Rudy 2009-12-19, 56 people found this review helpful

They must. Decent accounting program that everyone knows about, yet each year, they work harder and harder to get more of your money and to piss you off.

Intuit has one plus -- I will NEVER complain about Microsoft. Could you image using Windows where there was a pop up every 15 mintues to sell you an add on service?

Every site has tons of hate mail about Intuit -- for the very same things: updates that do not work or break working editions, constant demands for money, and new editions that are not new.

I have several friends that are developers for MS. At MS there are lists of horribly coded programs that MS tests thier beta programs on. Top of the list, they say, is QB. They say Intuit uses every schlock coding shortcut -- anything to save a buck or a penny or a Indian Shilling.

Intuit, everything that Adobe is not.

Gimped software. Pay for "extras" that should be included

by J. J. Marino 2009-11-17, 72 people found this review helpful

I have been a fan of the Quickbooks series for quite some time. Back when Windows 95 was the alternative to DOS I used to fight my boss about the benefits of Quickbooks over say, Peachtree which used to be DOS only. Move ahead to now and I dont think I would recommend this package to anyone. The overall functionality is there. The thing that really chafes me is the way they dangle "add ons" that you must purchase. Why? Its because they know the average user does may not need payroll. Fine, then don't ship it with the software. Instead, make this addon an inexpensive purchase, NOT a subscription. That is highway robbery. Sticking it to the small business that may use this software is underhanded and petty.

Pros:

>> Easy to use
>> Low learning curve
>> Basics are plenty for most small businesses

Cons:
<< Subscription service to add payroll & more
<< Feel ripped off when using this software like they just want to dip into your pockets every time you use it.

Overall if you just need a basic accounting software for your business you may be better off looking somewhere else. This package is "very" basic and you will need to add a good deal more subscriptions or addons to get it to the level of some higher priced initially, but overall better software packages.

Thank you for reading my review.

WHERE are the INDEPENDENT REVIEWS? Quickbooks Beta Testers and Amazon's "Vine" UNFORTUNATELY DOMINATE these early reviews

by Opinunated 2009-11-11, 58 people found this review helpful

As of November 30, 2009 most of the reviews about Quickbooks Pro (2010) are from Quickbooks Beta Testers or Amazon Vine members.

Clearly, Quickbooks contacted SELECT Beta Testers and asked them to promote their product on Amazon.

Similarly, we see a large number of Amazon VINE members' reviews, most of which, like the beta testers are extremely favorable. Vine members are individuals who receive free products from Amazon (in partnership with the manufacturer) and are then asked to "evaluate" the product.

As of November 30, 2009 there were 27 reviews which rated this product quite highly (four or five stars). 22 out of 27 of these reviews were from Quickbooks Beta testers or Amazon Vine members.

I've owned Quickbooks Pro - both the 2003 and 2006 versions. I decided not to upgrade to the 2009 version because of all the negative reviews I saw right here on Amazon. It is a bit strange that these beta testers and Vine members don't even mention the debacle of the 2009 version and whether any issues have been fixed in the 2010 version.

Quickbooks evidently has not mended its way regarding endless prompts to purchase additional features which can't be turned off. This was true in the past and evidently is still true in 2010!. This is not only annoying, it clutters your work day and reduces your productivity.

As I said in my 2006 review "Quicken's business model is important to understand. They do not tweak their software, from year to year, for increased usability. The only changes that Quicken seems to devote their programming talent toward are new features, some well implemented and some poorly implemented - I don't think it matters to them - anything that will suggest a reason to purchase or upgrade the software. How easy the software could function on a day to day basis seems to be never given a thought. Secondly Quicken expects your purchase of this software to be the first of many purchases from them. New business owners often will need expert help to set it up. Quicken, will of course, provide you with the name of a certified Quickbooks consultant, who for a fee, will set up the software....."

Sadly the reviews of the 2010 version (to date) give me little guidance whether the 2010 version has improved over the 2009. In fact Vine members and the Quickbooks beta testers seem to be unaware of any previous problems.

Heads UP:

1.) Payroll is still not included unless you pay substantial additional fees to Quickbooks.

2.) Nag screens promoting additional services can still not be turned off. Quickbooks representatives won't say when or if this will ever be addressed as of November 30, 2009. (click on comments - just below the body of this review - to see how Intuit responded)

3.) If you use Quickbooks credit card processing you should know you will be forced to upgrade the software every 3 years or your credit card processing will simply stop. This will NOT be made clear when you sign up for their credit card processing but Quickbooks will notify you near the end of three years that you must upgrade your software or else!

4.) New features are often crippled unless you pay more.

This is not a bad program but Intuit insists on misleading customers and promoting features that are often crippled unless you pay more. That type of marketing is the real hallmark of Intuit's business model.

5.) Amazon's star rating system is being circumvented by Quickbooks because of these beta testers and Vine members. Obviously Intuit (Quickbooks) wanted to stack the deck with a number of 4 or 5 star reviews. Even if a number of real customers disagree in the future -- the overall ranking would not drop that much given the number of 4/5 star rankings Intuit has already managed to generate. Quite clever.

I'D STRONGLY SUGGEST BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE EVALUATING THIS SOFTWARE ---- WAIT FOR REAL CUSTOMER REVIEWS BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASING DECISION. Disregard the Quickbooks beta testers and Amazon Vine member reviews

BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!! Quick Books 2010 Defective

by Patrick Coakley 2010-01-12, 36 people found this review helpful

BUYER BEWARE !!!! Quickbooks charges you ($79)from day one to support the product. The first time I went to use the product it failed. I called support over in the Phiippines and before they would look at the problem they need $79 dollars. Now mind you this is a problem on day one. I then called the corporate office, and talked to Terry and she confirmed NO $ MONEY NO FIX!! I explained again this glich is in their product on day one. I asked to talk to her manager and she responded she was the end of the line in the complaint department. I asked to have Brad Smith whom she said was the president to call me back and she said he will not talk to customers. That leaves the customer knowing that he doesn't care about customers or that there are too many complains to answer. Is Amazon ok with selling products that the vendors will not back? Check it out for yourself call Intuit Quick @ 650-944-6000 and ask for Brad Smith.