QuickBooks Pro 2012

by Intuit, Inc.

Product Features

• Organize your business finances all in one place
• Easily create invoices and track sales and expenses
• Quickly import your data from a spreadsheet
• Get a real time snapshot of your business with Company Snapshot
• Set up in minutes, easy to learn and use

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 2 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B005FIWUMS
• Item model number: 416966
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (130 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #2 in Software > Business & Office > Business Accounting > Accounting
  • #7 in Software > Personal Finance

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

New to QuickBooks?

Find out why QuickBooks is the #1 best selling small business accounting software¹.

Set up in minutes, easy to learn and use

• No accounting knowledge necessary
  
• Quickly import your data from a spreadsheet²
  
• Step-by-step tutorials and coaching tips show you how to create invoices, record expenses and more

Special offer: Get up to 60 minutes with a QuickBooks expert free for 30 days³

Organize everything in one place and save time on everyday tasks

• Manage vendors and expenses easily - enter, track and pay bills
• Easily create and customize estimates, invoices and statements
• Get complete and reliable records at tax time
• Download your online banking transactions directly into QuickBooks⁴
  

Track how your business is doing and get financial, tax and sales reports in one click

• Get the information you need with easy-to-use reports
  
• View income and expense trends by category
  
• Get a real-time snapshot of your business with Company Snapshot

Upgrading QuickBooks?

The latest version of QuickBooks Pro 2012 accounting software is packed with new features designed to save you time and get you organized.

	Customize your QuickBooks to work the way you do Save formatting and save time with Excel Integration Refresh. QuickBooks remembers your Excel formats so you can simply refresh your previously saved worksheet and your formats will be applied5.
	Create and manage your valuable business leads with QuickBooks' new Lead Center. Import existing leads or create a new one, then when they convert move all the lead information to the Customer Center with a single click.
	Get access to report templates created by other QuickBooks users in your industry with Contributed Reports. Choose the template you like and in one click QuickBooks will populate the report with your business data.

Stay on top of your invoices and bills
Easily view timely information, including invoice and billing dates and other scheduled tasks with the new integrated Calendar feature. Improved To-Do List captures your most relevant dates and displays them in the Calendar view.
Get organized by scanning and attaching receipts, estimates and other important business documents to your QuickBooks records with drag and drop ease. The new QuickBooks Document Center lets you store files locally on your hard drive - a major advantage at tax time6.
Complete your frequent tasks in fewer steps
Let QuickBooks do your most frequent and time-consuming tasks for you with Memorized Transactions. Not only can you automatically execute recurring transactions, now you can easily select which transactions to run and which to postpone.
Process multiple vendor and employee time sheets in one convenient batch. Create a single time sheet for employees and vendors who share the same work hours and QuickBooks will process them all with no additional reentry.

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Disclaimers:

1. Based on NPD Retail Tracking Service for retail sales from January 2005-April 2011.
2. Transfer data from Peachtree 2001-2011; Microsoft SBA 2006; and Microsoft Office Accounting 2007-2009 using the free tool available at http://quickbooks.intuit.com. Transfer data directly from Quicken 98 through current version. QuickBooks 4.0 through current version and Microsoft Excel 2000-2010.
3. You can call upon purchase or within 30 days of completing your QuickBooks registration on the web. One phone call for up to 60 minutes (cannot be redeemed in increments) per registering customer allowed.
4. Online services vary by participating financial institutions or other parties and may be subject to application approval, additional terms, conditions and fees.
5. Excel integration requires Excel 2003, 2007 or 2010.
6. Scanner not included. Only TWAIN compliant and Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 scanners supported.

Product Description

QuickBooks Pro 2012 lets you organize your business finances all in one place so you can quickly find the information that you need. Easily create invoices and track your sales and expenses - and get reliable records at tax time. QuickBooks Pro 2012 can be set up in minutes and is easy to learn and use. Save time and get organized with the tools of QuickBooks Pro that make your everyday business tasks more efficient.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments

209 of 217 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More of the Same from QuickBooks, October 18, 2011

By 

Joshua Lee - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: QuickBooks Pro 2012 (Software)

Despite all of the hoopla surrounding each new version, this version offers nothing new to 99.9% of users. As a CPA I have helped clients with QuickBooks for over 15 years and during that time I have seen a steady erosion in the usefulness of the program. It is large and cumbersome and much slower than older versions. My experience with the maker, Intuit is that they are not really a software company as much as they are a marketing company, using what once was a great product to squeeze more revenue out of their customers. It's still is a decent product, but don't upgrade unless you absolutely have to. If you are a new user, examine other products before you commit yourself to this once great and now mediocre product.

 

The manufacturer commented on this review(What's this?)

Posted on Nov 21, 2011 2:35:48 PM PST

Mark, QuickBooks Customer Care says:

(MANUFACTURER)

Hi Joshua. Thanks for the feedback. We'd definitely like to hear more from you about how we can improve QuickBooks. As you know, we have several products for different types of business owners and some are definitely better suited for more complex businesses, others for companies just getting started. I can be reached at [e-mail] or let me know the best way to contact you. Thanks.

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144 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The quickbooks extortion, November 7, 2011

By 

Sir Coogs A Lot - See all my reviews

This review is from: QuickBooks Pro 2012 (Software)

Very long time QB user here. Nothing is new here. Just another bloated version of Quickbooks that will expire after a few years and force you to upgrade in order to continue to use the services that you are already using. Once they have you, there is no getting out because your entire business is on there. I still have the 2004 version on an old computer and it's amazing how much more bloated this one is in comparison.

This is far from a "pro" software suite. It is a very basic program and anything else you want to do requires subscriptions - you want payroll?? HAHAHA silly you for thinking an accounting program should include that- no you gotta subscribe at $150 a year for "do it yourself". You want attach documents to invoices on your own computer?? HAHAHAHA no...that's a subscription. Do you want to save invoices as a PDF to email your customer? YOHOHO yeah you can do that... but Quickbooks is sneaky and they will tell YOUR customer to go to a website to pay online without asking you first and if you want to get your money, that's a subscription.

I urge you to find alternatives if you are looking for an accounting software. If you are already a customer then you may not have any choice but to upgrade. It's like the mafia.

PS. If you notice, most of the 5 star reviews on here are very suspicious and written by users who don't have any other reviews or maybe a token review or vine users who got the product for free. Some might say that this is a conflict of interest and people associated with Intuit are writing fake reviews. You decide yourself. Would you trust a thoughtful review by someone who has hundreds of reviews and nothing to gain or lose by writing it, or great raving reviews by someone who just did their first review.

The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments

61 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Customer service, December 8, 2011

By 

R. Jacobson "organization doc" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: QuickBooks Pro 2012 (Software)

I have been experiencing a re-occurring problem with Quickbooks 2010 for the last six months. It is hard to understand the technicians at the other end of the phone, the response time has been reasonable, but it takes so long for them to fix the thing. My biggest concern is that the first thing the technician does is try to sell you a service contract. Four times I had to tell him I am a simplistic user, have been using it for 20 years and not needed a service contract yet. Still they kept trying to get me to buy the contract. Then they try and sell me the 2012 version which they say has fixed this problem. They want to sell this to me at a discount--which is $50 higher than the Amazon price. I suggest to them the reason for the problem is that there is an issue with the software (since they eliminated the problem in 2012) and I am told it is my machine. This is a money grubbing company that doesn't care about its customers. After reading the comments here I will not upgrade since it is likely that I will experience other problems.

 

The manufacturer commented on this review(What's this?)

Posted on Jan 3, 2012 10:14:20 AM PST

Mark, QuickBooks Customer Care says:

(MANUFACTURER)

Hi R. Jacobson. I understand your concern about customer support with them trying to sell you a service contract and an upgraded version of QuickBooks. I would like to find out more information about your customer support experience. It sounds like the agent may have misunderstood what you wanted. I want to make sure we fix this for you. Your feedback will help me make sure our agents are providing the proper support needed for customers. Email me at [e-mail] and I will also have one of my colleagues contact you directly to help you with any further issues you may have with your QuickBooks. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.

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