Intuit Quickbooks 2008 Pro & Payroll

QuickBooks Pro 2008 is the leading choice of small businesses for fast and easy financial management. Track money going in and out of your business more accurately. Routine tasks like payroll, invoicing, tracking bills and cheque-writing can be done in minutes instead of hours. With one click, see past-due invoices or overdue bills. Or instantly see your entire business relationship with any customer or supplier. QuickBooks Pro 2008 has customised reports that show you how every facet of your business is doing. When you want to share your data, you can seamlessly import and export from programs like Microsoft Excel.

Quickbooks 2008 does not include a Multi Currency feature.

How QuickBooks Pro 2008 can help you:

• Accurately manage routine accounting tasks - including accounts payable and receivable. Why bother with manual calculations or cumbersome spreadsheets? Be confident the books are done correctly.
  
  • Get started easily with the improved EasyStep® start-up interview
  • Create invoices, sales receipts & credit notes
  • Better track & manage stock so you always know what's in, what's low and what's on order
  • Set reorder points and create purchase orders
  • Customisable Chart of Accounts ensures QuickBooks Pro works best for your specific industry needs
  PLUS! Multi-user access - for up to 5 users 1. Now you and your book-keeper, accountant or colleague can access and use the same QuickBooks working file simultaneously - so you can get more done in less time.
• No accounting knowledge required - just familiar forms, cheques and invoices that are easy to complete on-screen.
  Cheques, invoices, sales receipts - the on-screen forms you'll find in QuickBooks Pro look just like the ones you use in your business everyday, so there's less guesswork. It's designed for small businesses - so simply fill in your information, and you're done.
• Better manage customer and supplier relationships. You're just one click away from viewing your entire customer relationship.
  Get to know your clients better - so you can answer their questions and improve your customer service. In a single click - using Google DesktopTM - see a customer's history with your business as well as their payment statistics and balances.
  NEW! Supplier Centre
  Locate each supplier's contact information and transaction history in one place, with one click. Track the details of your supplier relationships - from histories to terms, balances and more.
• Make more informed business decisions thanks to detailed report templates and more. You'll always know how your business is doing with over 100 customisable financial report templates - and an improved Audit Trail.
  QuickBooks Pro 2008 includes hundreds of improvements - from better VAT management to seamless integration with Microsoft Word, Excel and even Outlook contacts 2.
  • Better reporting - In addition to 100+ customisable report templates, QuickBooks Pro 2008 includes the QuickZoomTM feature, which lets you access the building blocks of your reports. Just click through each report line item to see the original transaction
  • Improved Audit Trail - The always-on Audit Trail makes it easier for you or your book-keeper to locate and correct errors
• Look more professional with custom templates, sales receipts, invoices and more - and even e-mail invoices & reports to your employees or clients.
  Save time on paperwork - so you can spend more time building your business. QuickBooks Pro's professional-looking templates are customisable to help you present a branded, professional image.
  • Include your company logo
  • Change styles, colours and fonts on each template
  • Show or hide fields
  Further develop your brand with personalised office supplies from QuickBooks Stationery. Add your logo to business cheques, business cards and other forms.
• Get help when you need it - including free support 3 - so you're only a click away from answering your QuickBooks Pro questions.
  Get free support for the first 30 days after you register QuickBooks Pro. Additional help includes:
  • Two-minute in-product tutorials - practice a task before you do it on your own
  • Help screens available for quick answers while you work
  • Online community forum lets you connect with other QuickBooks users
  • QuickBooks Professional Advisors across the UK provide local one-to-one QuickBooks help
  • Subscription-based support also available (fees apply)
• Pay your employees easily by adding Payroll, the simple, do-it-yourself payroll solution 4. Works with QuickBooks Pro or Premier.
  Better manage your employee payroll with help from QuickBooks Payroll. Step-by-step guidance makes standard payroll tasks, year-end and more easy - and automatic scheduling ensures your payroll is processed on time.
  Pay your employees in four easy steps:
  • 1. Select the payroll you want to run
  • 2. Enter hours worked
  • 3. Approve the summary
  • 4. Print pay slips & cheques
  And it's fully-accredited by HM Revenue and Customs, so you can be sure your payroll meets all published standards.

WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008:

• NEW! Manage customers and vendors better
  • Customer Centre - Provides a single-click view of your entire customer relationship, including customer histories, payment information and balances
  • Supplier Centre - See the details of supplier terms, histories, balances and more - so you can have a full view of your relationship in one place
• NEW! Better manage your finances
  • Improve lists and organisation with customisable columns
  • Find information easily in Pro using Google Desktop™ search
• Improved! Tools & resources to put you in better control
  • EasyStep® start-up interview gets you up & running faster
  • Industry-customisable Chart of Accounts
  • Customisable forms and report templates
  • VAT management - for cash and accruals schemes
  • Import to/Export from MS Word, Excel and Outlook contacts 2
  • Audit Trail - it's always on, so you and your book-keeper can easily locate and correct errors

1. Requires purchase of a license for each additional user. All copies of QuickBooks must be the same version-year.

2. Requires Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007. Excel integration requires Excel 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007. Outlook synchronisation requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook tool and Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007. Business software applications sold separately.

3. QuickBooks 2008 support is included for 30 consecutive days from first-time registration. First-time registration must be completed within 90 days of purchase. UK only. See terms and conditions inside software.

4. QuickBooks Small Business Payroll requires a subscription. Internet access required for e-filing.

Intuit Quickbooks 2008: Product Comparison

RECOMMENDED

At least 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) with 512 MB of RAM

MINIMUM

Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32bit only)

• For Windows2000/XP users: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III (or equivalent) with at least 256 MB RAM
• For Windows Vista users: 1.2GHz Intel Pentium III (or equivalent) with 1 GB RAM
• 1 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files)

INTERNET

Internet Explorer 6.0 or better required (6.0 provided on CD, requires an additional 70 MB)

• Microsoft .NET Framework Common Language Runtime 1.1 (provided on CD, requires an additional 150 MB)
• Requires 9 MB for Timer
• At least 256 colour SVGA video
• Optimised for 1024 x 768 resolution
• All online features/services require Internet access with at least a 56 Kbps modem (DSL or cable modem recommended)

INTEGRATION/COMPATIBILITY

• Microsoft Word and Excel integration requires Word and Excel 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007
• E-mailing forms requires a MAPI-compliant e-mail program (such as Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007)
• Microsoft Outlook synchronisation requires Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007 and QuickBooks

Product information is advisory only. Specifications and compatibility should be checked with the manufacturer before order. Images are for illustrative purposes only.