QuickBooks Premier Accountant Edition 2002

Rating:
Summary: Is the Upgrade WORTH it? Ask the QBooks GURU !
Review: I've been using QuickBooks for several years, and I am a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor---do I think the upgrade to the Accountant's Version is worth it? YES--if you are an Accountant or Bookkeeper--this version saves you a TON of time and effort. The differences are first subtle to the eye, but as you start using the program, you will better access the features you have been accustomed to IN addition to:

REMOTE Access: Great time saver to not only help your client with day to day entries, but also I am able to send back seperate files. With this feature, I can accomodate clients in any STATE, with no problem !

CLOSING Date: Remember how cumbersome it got if the client has used QBooks for a few years??? With alot of entries , the software slowed to a crawl--NOW, you can CLOSE off previous years and store it.

EMAIL Statements: Another time saver for me, when I need to "remind" clients to send payment..Credit reports:Why not find out about prospective clients or customers before entering into your own time and money?

IMPROVED Bank Reconciliations: A feature I found cumbersome previously is now something I use with any upgraded 2002 client.

There are now some audit trails not used previously...also some improvements with journal entries...and so on.

Okay, I admit I am NEVER fond of raised prices---and I am not happy that this new version will only accomodate 2 computers, but I still REALLY feel that this upgrade is worth the money.

Nancy M. Schiff

Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Schiff Management
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Rating:
Summary: No way!
Review: If you have an older version of this software I would stick with it. I wish I could go back every time I use this new one, but it's too late for me. The "improvements"
are minimal and mostly useless and there are lots of "unimprovements", which they tend to do every time they upgrade.

If you do not use Quickbooks and are a potential first time customer, go elsewhere. Research other software, like M.Y.O.B. or others. I'm not endorsing MYOB - I
have never used it. It's just another similiar product to look into. Intuit has ruined Quickbooks and their tech support and customer support are the worst in the
industry.

Rating:
Summary: No way!
Review: If you have an older version of this software I would stick with it. I wish I could go back every time I use this new one, but it's too late for me. The "improvements"
are minimal and mostly useless and there are lots of "unimprovements", which they tend to do every time they upgrade.

If you do not use Quickbooks and are a potential first time customer, go elsewhere. Research other software, like M.Y.O.B. or others. I'm not endorsing MYOB - I
have never used it. It's just another similiar product to look into. Intuit has ruined Quickbooks and their tech support and customer support are the worst in the
industry.

Rating:
Summary: Limited Use
Review: This is a good product... However, one draw back is if your clients do not use a current version of Quickbooks it is not helpful.

Rating:
Summary: An over-hyped product
Review: This is certainly over-hyped product.

1) The form customization (for invoice, purchase order,etc.) capabilty is very limited, you can change the location of each field appear on the form, decide which field you'd like to add or taken out based the fields available on the template, but you can't add any new field that is not available in the template. The Invoice form is so limited that unless your customer paying you by cheque, there is no place for "Remittance Advise" and your banking information.
2) Although the software claims that it can be used in many industries and business sectors, but it seems to be designed more for small and medium consulting or service-oriented businesses. For example, in my case, I want to use the "Estimate" template which is more suitable for services to create a "Quotation" form for my wholesales business so that I can take the advantage of the inventory item list that already in my Quickbooks data files, I only to found out later that the "estimate" template only allows me to work from the cost up with certain percentage of "markup" to generate the list price, this is not the way that many wholesaler generate "quotation" (what Quickbooks called "estimate"), and I can't do anything about it because Quickbooks won't allow me to add the field for "Retail/List price" and work down with a "Discount" level.
3) I can't imagine that such a comprehensive, user friendly, "premier" edition does not support multi-currency, again, it supports my points that the software is not designed with the businesses whereby you need to buy parts from overseas at different currency.

So because of the lack of those small but critical features that are important to the whole business management/accounting process chain, I can't use this software and have to look for another software. ...