©D. L. MacMillan, QuickBooks Training. Web Learning
Maybe you are new to accounting software or are thinking of changing your accounting software and QuickBooks is one of the packages you are considering. Here are several reasons you can move QuickBooks to the top of your list.
Intuit the provider of QuickBooks started it’s existence in 1983, over 25 years ago when they first brought Quicken online. The next goal was to produce a software program that would enable those not familiar with accounting to track their business income and expenses easily and efficiently. And it wasn’t long before 80% of the small business market made this edition their choice of accounting software. However, CPA’s and other accounting and tax professionals asked for more in the way of audit trails and traditional accounting reporting standards.
And along came QuickBooks. Intuit has expanded and improved Quickbooks by to their product line over the years. In 2000 they were offering QuickBooks Pro as well as QuickBooks Basic. Intuit brought QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions to the market for medium sized businesses in 2002 and we started seeing industry specific versions in 2003, and the amount of users continued to grow.
The history of Intuit and QuickBooks is living proof of their dedication to a quality product that keeps on improving. Choosing an accounting software system is an investment in money and in time that should carry you through many years and the growth of your business. So the question you should be asking yourself is “why are you not using QuickBooks?”.
From online versions of their accounting and payroll software, through Simple Start, and on through Pro, Premier and Enterprise Solutions, Cash Register and Point of Sale there is a solution for every business. You can start with Simple Start or the Online QuickBooks and as your business grows move on up through the more featured versions without having to reinvent the wheel as you go along.
And if that is not enough they offer great technical support, free trials for everyone of their programs (even some editions are offered completely free or are free for a specified time period in special promotions) regular special offers, trained and tested local experts (Certified ProAdvisors) and multiple community web sites where you can communicate with other users. And a database of 3rd party software that has been developed to work with QuickBooks. QuickBooks is also offering a fee 1 year web site hosting solution to QuickBooks owners. Combine this with marketing tools and supplies and you have a whole business solution at your finger tips.
If you don’t have QuickBooks yet, go get it. And if you do and you are working with an older edition than check out the 2009 editions. There’s lots to like. You can get a handle on your company’s bookkeeping and you might even enjoy the process.
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