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 Expensive and virtually useless October 8, 2008
For those that have used QuickBooks before you may be bemused to hear that this new 2008 (pro) edition does not support multi currency and cannot properly calculate VAT. For those that wish to incorporate multi currency, it simply can't be done without starting all over again with a new single currency file. Existing company files that employ it can't be upgraded. In fact your only real option to use multi currency is to continue using the older 2006 edition. As for VAT calculations, it's inexcusable and baffling why Intuit could not solve this problem before the software was released.
As for the user interface its very smooth and easy to use. Navigation from each section (suppliers, creditors etc) is easy and organised well. However, for the price, I cannot see how this accounting software could be of use to anyone considering the glaring omissions pointed out above. I would suggest investigating cheaper accounting software's on the market (Microsoft, MYOB) as many do what QuickBooks has failed to.
How to lose reputation and market share... October 6, 2008
No support for multicurrency and it can't calculate VAT correctly, the latter being inexcusable. Stick with 2005 and 2006, which were very good packages. I really don't know what Intuit are doing here but it can't be good for business!
 Eiffel Tower on a peat bog October 4, 2008
I'm going to have to be a sheep here. But a piece of accounting software that can't calculate VAT for such a high price doesn't deserve praise.
It's a shame though because the underlying program is of high calibre and attractive to use. Intuit's QuickBooks series is undoubtedly the Rolls Royce of them all with a status, look and experience comparable to MS Office in the general computing world. There are a vast array of functions.
But, that said, if a supercomputer couldn't work out what 1+1 is, all that glory seems inconsequential. And it's a particular nuisance to businesses who rely on this as the heart of their critical money handling needs. In fact it would be a nuisance even if this software was free - as was for me.
Hopefully Intuit will address this glaring problem in it's next release. For now though, it just cannot be recommended. I suspect the fault is that the series has rested on it's laurels after being heaped with praise so many times before.
This is difficult October 1, 2008
Having got this software free through the Amazon Vine program I must admit I feel a bit guilty giving it a low rating, but I must respect the views of the professional people who've already reviewed this product especially as they obviously have a lot more experience with it than I do, this being the first time I've used it.
The very fact it can't even calculate VAT properly probably does deserve one star (and from the sounds of it the customer service, which I haven't used, possibly does also), but the fact that at the moment my small business runs under the VAT threshold means that I don't have to submit VAT returns so I'm sure I'll be able to make use of this program for some things I need, if not all, so for that reason I'll up the rating slightly.
Not what I had hoped October 1, 2008
Running a small business for a few years I was interested to see how easy QuickBooks was as a financial package, I hoped it would make book keeping easier.
I have tried the Microsoft package and found it a little complicated.
QuickBooks as a package is easier to follow, layout is good, so first impression were good, then it started to go wrong, I had noted the comments around VAT in the other reviews, being a VAT registered company thought it very important that I check calculations, QuickBooks was all other the place with its calculations, I'm no finance wizard but even I can calculate VAT, I did think it may have been me so let my brother in-law who is better at finance have a go, he couldn't understand how it got simple VAT sums wrong.
As a package it is good and easy, If you not VAT registered you may not experience any problems, there is a 30 day free help line which may have the answers, personally I don't have the time to ring help lines, I run a business that needs my time.
Wish I could of recommended the package but you can't trust software that makes mistakes.
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