Customer Reviews

QuickBooks Premier Edition 2007 [OLDER VERSION]

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Don't Upgrade....

Besides everything being on one screen it seems not much has changed since 2004 version, which we where forced to upgrade out of if we wanted to keep using payroll.

One major problem is we have 2 companies and now- with the new edition -our server has to have Quickbooks open for multiple users to access the file (which also takes one of the licenses). If 2 users want to work in the other file they cannot.

Trying to talk with a Quickbooks represenative about this issue is like hitting your head against the wall, although they are nice. One will have you install it one way and the other the next way and neither way gets you to a better solution.

Anyway, overall Quickbooks is a good value for the money if this is your first software package, but I don't think it is worth an upgrade even from QB 2004 .

I am a contractor and have used QuickBooks for many years. I've generally been satified with the program but I long ago became disallusioned with the company that makes it, Intuit. They are, in my opinion, far too avaricious, in that they ceaselessly look for ways to dip into my wallet. On the few occasions when I called to ask a relatively minor question, their first concern was to sell me a technical assistance plan, which is not cheap,and refused even to say whether they had the answer until I paid up. In recent years, their "technical assistance" has largely gone offshore, and is staffed by well-meaning but hopelessly inept people. By far the most glaring example of their avariciousness is their tendency to render older versions of Quckbooks obsolete insofar as subscribers to their payroll program are concerned. They sunsetted 2005 so that it will no longer accommodate newer payroll add-ons. I had to upgrade to 2006 or else do without the automated payroll feature. When will the axe drop again? Who knows. Quickbooks is probably the best accounting software for a small business. It allows me to be a one-man office. Invoicing is very easy and quick, etc. Payroll is just as easy and cost effective. Years ago I had to retain an accountant's assistant to come to my office once a week to do the payroll and file 941s etc. With Quickbooks I do it all in about an hour and save the $7k a year I used to pay the accountant to boot. So from that perspective Quickbooks is a blessing, but then again so is Peachtree and several other accounting software programs on the market. Quickbooks is still the best, but Inutit better watch out. Others programs like Peachtree are catching up fast. My best advice anyone who buys Quickbooks for the first time, is be very careful with the initial setup, especially in creating your chart of accounts. Get advice from your accoutant if possible. The last thing you want is to get 2 years down the road and find you made a mistake in the setup and now have to unravel it. And one mistake can skew any reports you generate with Quickbooks. A lot of the reviews I've read are valid, some are outright spam, but the one-star reviews are usually from people who are not doing something right. Try it. You can always return it if you don't like it.

Overall the program is adequate, however, leave it to intuit to make everyone learn their program all over again. I only upgrade because I have to in order to use their payroll function. From the 2004 version to the 2007 version the entire user interface has changed causing me to have to rethink every action I perform in the program.

Overall the program works ok, but I wouldn't recommend it for people that don't understand bookkeeping very well. With its ability to automatically adjust cost of goods sold from purchase information and automatically "reconcile" bank vs. general ledger differences, it sets up the unsuspecting user for either open balance equity items to address later or incorrect cost information being deducted because of incomplete or inaccurate inventory cost information entered into the system

Don't expect your version of Quicken to last long. Unlike almost all other software developers, the folks at Quicken seem to look for ways to make their product out of date so they have to be repurchased. And then they don't even offer upgrades, you have to buy the whole thing over again. Avoid getting into this system. If you do, plan on renewing it ever couple years at a high cost.

Quickbooks is a great accounting software for your business. Just keep in mind that if you have no experience with accounting software that there will probably be a big learning curve and you might want to invest in some of the manuals and guides before taking something like this on. If you are already running anything other than Peachtree then you are going to love this software.

The Premier Edition of Quickbooks is worth every penny. If you assemble a product from inventory parts like I do, this is the edition to get. The main reason for using Quickbooks is that instead of feeding your paperwork to your accountant, you feed it to Quickbooks first. Beware, you need one of the many Quickbooks reference books such as Quickbooks for Dummies in addition to the small booklet that comes with the software unless you are extremely well versed in accounting. Also, if you make a sample company for practice, it is nearly impossible, if not impossible, to delete it unless you delete the entire program and reload it. This shouldn't be an issue, but everytime you open Quickbooks, you will see all the companies that have been created.

Truly unbelievable. I was forced to upgrade to 2007 to maintain payroll services. I bought it and can no longer work. My data file exploded in size. For example, I started backing up my file 15 minutes ago and it's still in "verifying data" mode (backup used to take about 2 minutes tops). I can't do anything in the books. I'm paralyzed. I've tried every "solution" I could find in every group and support and blog site on in the internet. DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THE FILE SIZE EXPLODE AND FIX IT. IF YOU ARE NEW TO BOOKKEEPING, GO ELSEWHERE. If you are like me - an eight-year quickbooks (l)user, well, I don't know. I'm completely at a loss.

Before using software for our firm, we were using AbacusLaw, the accountant recommended that we switch over to Quickbooks, and it has been the best and the smartest move that the firm did. It is user friendly, payroll and taxes are easy. Customer support is wonderful, helpful.

We ordered the 5-user package for our office, to upgrade from Quickbooks2004, partly because the Intuit sales material touts its time-keeping ability integrated with the accounting. The installation was long, difficult and complicated. The timekeeping function is unusable. As was the case with 2004 version, you cannot use the program until you spend a lot of time (a LOT of time!) learning all the intricacies and non-intuitive user interface. The really aggravating thing is that 2007 introduces a whole new user interface, which means weeks of lowered production while we learn the new program. Just unacceptable. We uninstalled 2007, re-installed 2004, and we are sending the 2007 package back to Intuit for a refund.

I have been using quickbooks for 9 years, and Just upgraded from quickbooks 2004, which I have been using for 3 years. Quickbooks 2007 is very slowwww, and locks up and crashes a few times a week. I wish companies would debug and prove out before releasing. Positive side, there is some nice new features and layouts once you get to know the structure.