Quickbooks ProAccounting Software 2009/10

Features and Benefits

QuickBooks Pro lets you prepare quotes and estimates, integrate seamlessly with Microsoft ® Office and has advanced tools to help you analyse key projects.

It also allows you to automatically track items in different units of measure.

Comprehensive payroll management

All payroll information is centralised and available at your fingertips in the Payroll Centre. From here you can perform all payroll tasks, drill down to previous payroll transactions, enter time, create and schedule payments, email pay slips to your employees, and even split their pays into multiple Bank accounts.

QuickBooks Plus integrated Payroll will save you time and money by avoiding duplicate data entry and will help you avoid hassles associated with incorrect payroll withholding.

Monitor business performance

More than 100 reports and graphs can be enerated within the Reports Centre to help you keep a close eye on your business. With just one click you can also drill down into reports to find detailed financial information. You can even convert the report into a PDF file for email, so the recipient views the report just as you see it in QuickBooks.

Manage your business more effectively

QuickBooks is much more efficient than spreadsheets, word-processing or paper ledgers. Quickly and easily manage basic tasks like printing cheques, paying bills, generating reports, invoicing customers and tracking expenses. You'll spend less time and money on bookkeeping and paperwork – and have more time to work in other important areas of your business.

Increased efficiency with advanced tools

Save your business undue costs by utilising QuickBooks email functionality. Invoices, statements, estimates, purchase orders, sales orders, sales receipts, adjustment notes, and reports can all arrive on your suppliers or customers desktop within minutes. There is no need to separately track your contact lists - you an aesily synchronise your contact information with Microsoft Outlook.

Straight forward tracking of tax and GST

QuickBooks now contains an intuitive and more accurate tax tracking system for day-to-day transactions and for tax and BAS reporting.

Tax items are now linked to Tax Codes so you can't accidentally assign the wrong sales or purchase tax code.

Payroll enhancements

• A new Payroll Setup Wizard helps first-time users set up integrated payroll with clear and concise instructions at every step.
• All employee records and payroll transactions are now centralised and available at your fingertips in the Payroll Centre. Plus you can now customise your employee list to suit your requirements.
• A new Scheduled Payroll Wizard helps make payroll processing convenient and hassle free. You an group your employees in the way that suits you, and set group attributes that makes payroll processing even easier.
• You can now edit or void past payroll payments voiding the need to recalculate entire pay cheques, with inbuilt security safeguards and nformation messages. For example, when changing actual payroll hours and items pay you can work in either Lock Net Pay or Unlock Net Pay mode.
• The new Enter Payroll Information window allows for an overall view of the payroll process. You an enter the hours for all employees in a single window making payroll entry much easier.
• Quickbooks now comes with enhanced superannuation module providing more calculation options, including the ability to store multiple super fund details for all existing and past super accounts

Automatically track inventory items in different units of measure

You may buy the same item in one unit of measure, stock it in another, and sell it in yet another. QuickBooks can automate the conversion from one unit of measure to another as the item moves through your business, helping you avoid costly mistakes. That means you can buy and sell products in precisely the way your suppliers and customers prefer.

Batch printing and mailing of Forms

Batch printing or emailing your business forms can ncrease your business efficiency - you can set a Preferred Send Method (email or print) for all forms you send to specific customers, suppliers and employees.

Improved features for working with your accountant

The Accountant's copy of your company data file has been improved to streamline the way you work, with new features including:

• A new dividing date that clearly deliniates which periods are for your accountant to work in, and which are for you;
• Improved warnings for cancelling the Accountant's copy;
• Expanded areas that you and your accountant can work in while the Accountant's copy is active;
• Review, accept or reject changes from your acountant as a batch;and
• Receive notes and instructions from your accountant inside the Accountant's copy.

QuickBooks home page

All key tasks and functions are now available within a few clicks of the home page with new Customer, Supplier, Employee, Company and Banking centres. You can also customise how information is displayed in each of these centres.

Customise and re-size displays and the appearance of your desktop

QuickBooks now works even harder for you as you can customise and re-size displays, reports and workflows. The company desktop can also be customised by each user. You can customise colour and content, and arrange toolbars and icons to suit the way you work.

An "always on" Audit Trail

The "always on" Audit Trail makes it easier for your accountant to spot possible trouble spots or mis-postings in your accounts.

QuickBooks Google Desktop Search

QuickBooks Google Desktop Search now indexes your entire data file making it much easier to find exactly what you're looking for.

New Features

Smarter employee management

The new Employee Organiser allows you to record detailed employee information such as leave, wages, promotions and contacts using the Employee Organiser Wizard, as well as produce sophisticated summaries of your employee's details and history. By storing your important employee information in one easy-to-access location you can better manage your employees and improve business efficiency.

Reach more potential customers

The easy-to-use QuickBooks wizard integrates Google Marketing Tools to help you create Google Adwords*, allowing you to reach more potential customers. By creating your own online advertisements you will increase your business' visibility, as well as help customers quickly locate your business with Google Maps.

*Google Adwords is an additional product that can be purchased separately.

Control access to confidential account balances

Controlling access to your confidential account balances is easy with the QuickBooks Hide/Show preference. Simply switch your Account Balance previews to off to ensure only you have access to your business's confidential account balances.

Identify multiple company files and users

Quickly and easily identify multiple company files and users by selecting different homepage colours. Helping to ensure users work in the right company file, your business can take advantage of increased efficiency and accuracy.

Backup your company data automatically

Reckon Tools Backup* makes it easy to securely backup your important company data file. Seamless integration with QuickBooks means your company data file is automatically uploaded to the remote backup server, allowing you to rest assured that your business data is always safe and secure.

*Reckon Tools backup is an additional product that can be purchased separately. Prices start from $29.95 per annum.

Superannuation Compliance

QuickBooks now integrates seamlessly with Reckon Tools SuperLink by incorporating a new Super Fund identification Field that links to a comprehensive list of Australia's superannuation funds; providing you an easier way of managing your Super Choice compliance and Superannuation payments.
*Reckon Tools SuperLink is an additional product that can be purchased separately. Prices start from $100 per annum for 0-5 employees.

Easier data file management

QuickBooks allows you to select from 27 Industry-specific Charts of Accounts, meaning you can set up and manage your company file for your specific industry with ease, while improving data integrity with more accurate reports.

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