QuickBooks Comparison Chart IntuitQuickBooks Comparison Chart Intuit

20102006 2008 20102006 2008

Pro Premier Simple Start Pro Premier Simple Start Pro Premier Pro Premier Simple Start Pro Premier Simple Start Pro Premier

Price (ex VAT) £255.28 £340.38 £99.95 £249.95 £499.95 £99.00 £249.00 £499.00Price (ex VAT) £255.28 £340.38 £99.95 £249.95 £499.95 £99.00 £249.00 £499.00

Multiple Companies ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Multiple Companies ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Money Back Guarantee 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 60 days 60 days 60 daysMoney Back Guarantee 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 60 days 60 days 60 days

Runs on Windows 7 New New New

Easily Get Started

Runs on Windows 7 New New New

Easily Get Started

Easy Step® start-up interview to get you up & running right Easy Step® start-up interview to get you up & running right

away✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

away✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Chart of Accounts customised for your industry ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Chart of Accounts customised for your industry ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

QuickBooks Coach and Video TutorialsTutorials Tutorials

New NewQuickBooks Coach and Video TutorialsTutorials

only

Tutorials

onlyNew New

only only

Home Page: Workflow based process maps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Home Page: Workflow based process maps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Improved Help and Live Community New New NewImproved Help and Live Community New New New

Improved Upgrade from QB2006 & earlier New New NewImproved Upgrade from QB2006 & earlier New New New

Combined navigation and icon bar New New New

Organise and Complete Everyday TasksOrganise and Complete Everyday Tasks

Easily print cheques, record bills & track expenses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Easily print cheques, record bills & track expenses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Create Estimates & Invoices & Sales Receipts & Credit Notes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Create Estimates & Invoices & Sales Receipts & Credit Notes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Create professional-looking forms with tools to customise ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Create professional-looking forms with tools to customise ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Email forms as PDFs in batches1 Improved Improved ImprovedEmail forms as PDFs in batches1 Improved Improved Improved

Accept credit card payments in QuickBooks 2 (subscription ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ New ✔ ✔

Accept credit card payments in QuickBooks 2 (subscription

required)✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ New ✔ ✔

required)

Sort by data type on bank reconciliation window ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ New New New

Export invoices to Word3

Sort by data type on bank reconciliation window New New New

Export invoices to Word3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Track bills and set due-date reminders ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Track bills and set due-date reminders ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Online banking setup & centre ( now include HSBC, Amex and Online banking setup & centre ( now include HSBC, Amex and

Barclays)Improved Improved

Barclays)Improved Improved

Progress Invoicing and automatic recharge of expenses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Progress Invoicing and automatic recharge of expenses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Customer and Supplier Centres: contact and transaction Customer and Supplier Centres: contact and transaction

history in one place✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

history in one place

Search in the Item List and Customer, Supplier Centres New NewSearch in the Item List and Customer, Supplier Centres New New

Duplicate sales and purchase transactions and list items New NewDuplicate sales and purchase transactions and list items New New

Easy delete transactions with Right-Mouse Menu New New

Print Receive Payment New New

Easy delete transactions with Right-Mouse Menu New New

Print Receive Payment New New

Efficiently Manage Employees 4

Efficiently Manage Employees 4

Track employee time/job costs & automatically bill for them ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Track employee time/job costs & automatically bill for them ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Manage payroll & payroll taxes (subscription required) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Manage payroll & payroll taxes (subscription required) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

New Pay Employees Workflow ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔New Pay Employees Workflow ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Batch email of payslips New NewBatch email of payslips New New

P32 Liabilities Report New NewP32 Liabilities Report New New

eFile of In-year payroll forms (P45 & P46) New NeweFile of In-year payroll forms (P45 & P46) New New

Manage Products and ServicesManage Products and Services

Customisable columns for Lists ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Multiple Delivery Addresses

Customisable columns for Lists

Multiple Delivery Addresses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Track Stock, set reorder points & create Purchase Orders ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Track Stock, set reorder points & create Purchase Orders ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Create delivery notes and shipping labels ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Create delivery notes and shipping labels ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Store Manufacturers Part Numbers on Items ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Store Manufacturers Part Numbers on Items ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

DiscontinueUnits of Measure - buy, sell stock in different units ✔ ✔

Discontinue

dImproved ✔

d

Create sales orders & track back orders ✔ ✔

Discontinue✔ ✔Create sales orders & track back orders ✔ ✔

Discontinue

d✔ ✔

d

Generate Sales Orders from Estimates ✔ ✔ ✔Generate Sales Orders from Estimates ✔ ✔ ✔

Generate Purchase Orders from Estimates ✔ ✔ ✔

Generate Purchase Orders from Sales orders

Generate Purchase Orders from Estimates

Generate Purchase Orders from Sales orders ✔ ✔ ✔

Easily set prices and determine discounts by customer or job Easily set prices and determine discounts by customer or job

(Price Levels)✔ ✔ ✔

(Price Levels)✔ ✔ ✔

Build and Track Inventory Assemblies to Finished Goods ✔ ✔ ✔Build and Track Inventory Assemblies to Finished Goods ✔ ✔ ✔

Create Invoices from a list of unbilled Time & Costs NewCreate Invoices from a list of unbilled Time & Costs New

Manage Your BusinessManage Your Business

Track Bank and Credit Card Accounts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Track Bank and Credit Card Accounts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Share data with other business applications5

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Share data with other business applications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Customisable reports and graphs 100+ 135+ 14 100+ 135+ 14 100+ 135+ Customisable reports and graphs 100+ 135+ 14 100+ 135+ 14 100+ 135+

Google Desktop search ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Google Desktop search ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Report Centre ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Email Reports and export to Excel

Report Centre

Email Reports and export to Excel ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Import & Export to and from Word, Excel files & Import Import & Export to and from Word, Excel files & Import

Outlook contacts3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Outlook contacts3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Track loans, Fixed Assets and Vehicle Mileage ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Track loans, Fixed Assets and Vehicle Mileage ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Short Term Cash Flow Projections ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Short Term Cash Flow Projections ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Create a Budget ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Create a Budget ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Accountant can make changes whilst clients still work Accountant can make changes whilst clients still work

(Accountants Copy). File VAT and reconcile bank accounts✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

(Accountants Copy). File VAT and reconcile bank accounts✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

Easy file send to Accountant New NewEasy file send to Accountant New New

Company Snapshot shows key performance indicators for your

businessNew New

Company Snapshot shows key performance indicators for your

businessNew New

Set billing rates by employee, customer/client, position or Set billing rates by employee, customer/client, position or

service✔ ✔ ✔

service✔ ✔ ✔

Trade in Mulitple CurrenciesTrade in Mulitple Currencies

Invoice templates show home and foreign currency totals ✔ ✔ Improved ImprovedInvoice templates show home and foreign currency totals ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

Download currency exchange rates6

✔ ✔ New NewDownload currency exchange rates6

✔ ✔ New New

Create Summary Reports in Home and Foreign values New NewCreate Summary Reports in Home and Foreign values New New

Support for over 140 currencies New NewSupport for over 140 currencies New New

Exchange rate history calendar automatically applies the right New New

Exchange rate history calendar automatically applies the right

rate for the date of the transactionNew New

rate for the date of the transaction

Default VAT Codes used to ensure correct VAT calculations New NewDefault VAT Codes used to ensure correct VAT calculations New New

Credit memo exchange rates automatically change to match Credit memo exchange rates automatically change to match

Invoice exchange ratesNew New

Invoice exchange ratesNew New

Use Price Levels to set multiple foreign sales prices for items NewUse Price Levels to set multiple foreign sales prices for items New

Home Currency Adjustment Wizard will revalue foreign Home Currency Adjustment Wizard will revalue foreign

currency holdings, assets and liabilitiesNew

currency holdings, assets and liabilitiesNew

VAT ManagementVAT Management

Sales Day Book Report (Show Net, VAT, Gross totals) New New NewSales Day Book Report (Show Net, VAT, Gross totals) New New New

eFile VAT 100 Return directly to HMRC New New NeweFile VAT 100 Return directly to HMRC New New New

VAT Exception report for both Cash & Accrual basisAccrual Accrual

New New NewVAT Exception report for both Cash & Accrual basisAccrual

Only

Accrual

OnlyNew New New

Only Only

Report VAT liability on a Cash (payment) basis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Report VAT liability on a Accrual (invoice) basis

Report VAT liability on a Cash (payment) basis

Report VAT liability on a Accrual (invoice) basis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Track and report EC VAT (includes EC Sales List report)Now Track and report EC VAT (includes EC Sales List report)Now

includes services✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

includes services✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

Automatic adjustment of VAT amounts when early payment Automatic adjustment of VAT amounts when early payment

discounts are offered (UK Only)New New

discounts are offered (UK Only)New New

VAT Centre for easy access to common VAT tasks and view of New New

VAT Centre for easy access to common VAT tasks and view of

your VAT setupNew New

your VAT setup

VAT Setup Wizard to quickly change / add new VAT rates and New New

VAT Setup Wizard to quickly change / add new VAT rates and

assign codes to Customers, Suppliers and ItemsNew New

assign codes to Customers, Suppliers and Items

Accountant Specific Tools

Audit Trail Audit Trail ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Password Protected Closing Date ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔Password Protected Closing Date ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

One Click Journal History ✔ ✔ ✔One Click Journal History ✔ ✔ ✔

Adjusted TB, Adjusting Journal Entries Report ✔ ✔ ✔Adjusted TB, Adjusting Journal Entries Report ✔ ✔ ✔

Share Report Templates ✔ ✔ ✔Share Report Templates ✔ ✔ ✔

Financial Statement designer ✔ ✔Financial Statement designer ✔ ✔

Auto Reverse of Journal entries ✔ ✔Auto Reverse of Journal entries ✔ ✔

Retained Earnings QuickZoom ✔ ✔Retained Earnings QuickZoom ✔ ✔

Post journals directly to Retained Earnings ✔ ✔Post journals directly to Retained Earnings ✔ ✔

Client Data Review Tool - Find & fix common errors in clients

filesNew

filesNew

Toggle between SimpleStart, Pro and Premier NewToggle between SimpleStart, Pro and Premier New

Optimised for Multiple Users and LocationsOptimised for Multiple Users and Locations

Sybase Database for better performance of large files ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved ImprovedSybase Database for better performance of large files ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved Improved

Set permissions levels to control user access incl VAT ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved Set permissions levels to control user access incl VAT ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improved Improved

Multiple User Access (with purchase of additional copies)7

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Up to 5 7

Up to 307

Multiple User Access (with purchase of additional copies)7

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Up to 5 7

Up to 307

Run reports and backup in multiuser mode New NewRun reports and backup in multiuser mode New New

QuickBooks Instant Messenger lets you log people out New New

QuickBooks Instant Messenger lets you log people out

automaticallyNew New

automatically

1. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later.1. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later.

2 Requires separate subscription for WorldPay and is subject to application approval, additional terms, conditions and fees.2 Requires separate subscription for WorldPay and is subject to application approval, additional terms, conditions and fees.

3 QuickBooks Payroll requires a subscription. Internet access required.3 QuickBooks Payroll requires a subscription. Internet access required.

4 QuickBooks Compatible Software available from http://marketplace.intuit.com.5 - Requires Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007. Excel integration requires Excel 2000, 2002 4 QuickBooks Compatible Software available from http://marketplace.intuit.com.5 - Requires Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007. Excel integration requires Excel 2000, 2002

2003 or 2007. Outlook synchronization requires QuickBooks

6 Internet access required.6 Internet access required.

7 Requires the purchase of additional single-user and/or multi-user packs to become multiple-user capable (one user per license purchased). All users must be on the same-year 7 Requires the purchase of additional single-user and/or multi-user packs to become multiple-user capable (one user per license purchased). All users must be on the same-year

version of QuickBooks to access the same company file.version of QuickBooks to access the same company file.