Re: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-27 Thread Art Campbell
I've used the upper level tier (they keep changing the name -- I think it's Professional, or Personal & Business today) of Quicken for consulting and small business stuff. Works fine and it's more intuitive and better integrated with the regular money management tools. And the accountants can easil

RE: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-26 Thread Tammy Van Boening
Rick, My husband and I use QuickBooks Smart Start - it's made much more for the small business owner and it doesn't have all the unnecessary bells and whistles for a small business that more advanced versions (like Pro) has. There's also a great "dummies book" for SmartStart. We have it and betwee

Re: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-26 Thread Mike Wickham
Rick, > I am getting ready to incorporate my business and my accountant > recommended > QuickBooks Pro 2008. I was getting ready to buy it, but I am a little > spooked by the negative reviews on Amazon and elsewhere. Does anyone here > have any feedback on it? I'm sure you can find negative revi

RE: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-25 Thread John Hedtke
I write accounting software reviews for Accounting Technology magazine this time every year. (This year's covered several different versions of Peachtree, MS Office Accounting Professional, QB Pro and QB Premier, MYOB, and Simply Accounting.) MS Office Accounting Express is definitely free an

RE: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-25 Thread Syed.Hosain
One other possibility to think about (it is not Intuit) ... Microsoft has a freebie available that may fit the need: Microsoft Accounting Express 2008. Check out the info here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx. This is designed for small businesses. Finally,

RE: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Rick Quatro wrote: > I am getting ready to incorporate my business and my > accountant recommended QuickBooks Pro 2008. I was getting > ready to buy it, but I am a little spooked by the negative > reviews on Amazon and elsewhere. Does anyone here have any > feedback on it? I think accountant

RE: In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-25 Thread Owen, Clint
My wife uses QB Pro in her (very) small business. It's probably a great product for your accountant to use, but we find it fiendishly non-intuitive. Once you manage to mess something up, like importing external data into an account, it's almost impossible to un-mess it. Clint Clint Owen Technic