QuickBooks Pro 2009 Plus Review

Features

The ability to import data from Excel, Quicken, and Microsoft Office

You can accept credit card payments

Five employees are able to work on QuickBooks Pro simultaneously.

Ease of Use: 5 stars

QuickBooks Pro is user friendly and the ease of use is excellent. Navigation toolbars make it simple for you to move around the program. One of the main toolbars gives you an easy route for the tools you will need. Clicking on the toolbar, a popup menu will appear. This popup menu shows you how to use the program and the order you need to do it in. The installation was also simple and fast. QuickBooks Pro runs on Windows Vista without a problem. Setting up your company will be easy.

Help and Support: Five stars out of five

The help and support section is fantastic. Easy navigation and use of the search tools. You can type in a topic and a list of tips pop up. QuickBooks Pro includes a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section and a help button in the quick help menu.

Accounts Receivable: 5 Stars

You can use the Accounts Receivable tools in QuickBooks Pro's Customer Section. However, one disadvantage of this particular tool is that you cannot use it to create recurring invoices or to estimate shipping costs.

Accounts Payable: 5 Stars

This section of the program is available in "Vendors." You can use inventory tools here, and you can also take care of any other Accounts Payable-related tasks.

Payroll: Gets five out of five stars

Payroll is available in the employee section, and it has functions that can be particularly useful, such as direct deposit.

Inventory: Gets for out of five stars

This section is available in QuickBooks Pro if you look in one of the upper toolbars under "Item." With this section, do service management for your business, item management for your business, or create costing methods, drop shipments, and inactive items. Some things are duplicated in the Vendors' section, such as assemblies inventory and adjustments.

Banking: Five out of five stars

The banking feature is superb but voiding existing checks is not possible at the moment.

Time Billing: 4 Stars

Time Billing is found in the employee section. You can track daily time and weekly time. This feature also includes a timer.

Job Costing: Four stars out of five

The customer section includes the Job Costing tools you will need. You can set jobs, track jobs and create job estimations. You can also set jobs if they are active or inactive.

General Ledger: 5 Stars

You can find General Ledger in the Company section. With this function, set budgets, view account charts, manage money, do business planning, and participate in other business-related features.

Fixed Assets: Three out of five stars

The program does not include a list of fixed assets; they are is a list of company assets, but not fixed assets. Instead, this particular feature has been overlooked.

Conclusion:

In general, QuickBooks Pro is excellent software to help you run your business seamlessly, even if you don't have a head for accounting. Even though it's not perfect, it does offer a lot of advantages that will help you satisfy any accounting needs of your business.