Customer Reviews

QuickBooks Premier NonProfit Edition 2007 [OLDER VERSION]

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Don't bother to consider the nonprofit edition. There is so little difference between this version and the Pro version that the $100 average difference in price is worth avoiding. Most of the difference, and I have both the Pro 2006 and the NonProfit 2007 versions, lies in the terminology. For instance, "Customer" is "Donor" or "Pledgee." Otherwise, the Pro version is pretty much the same as the nonprofit version. Save your money. The developers of the nonprofit edition were too lazy to really taylor the nonprofit version to the needs of nonprofits, since they apparently noticed little difference between the nonprofit world and the for-profit world of bookkeeping. I must admit that in actuality there is little difference, apart from tracking donations, pledges, grants, etc. Aside from these observations, I find Quickbooks to be a very fine tool for the job that it is designed to perform. Bottom line: Save the $100. Get the Pro version instead.

This is my first time using quickbooks (use Quicken at home) and found it relativately easy to work with. There are some features specifically for non-profits, but it seems like they just changed some names around (customer is a donor) and added some reports.

I had trouble with installation and the tech people were no help - just wasted 1 1/2 days of my time with no solutions. Finally my local PC guy got it to run. I also asked for help with a report and got none. So I have to rate their "free" support a big zero!

I have never used quickbooks before but a nonprofit wanted me to switch their books from Quicken to Quickbooks so we tried the Nonprofit version. The ability to set up separate classes, customers and jobs that interact with eachother helps to track our grants and report to the board through standard reports.
It was a bit cumbersome to put in the historical transactions because QB is an accrual accounting system that allows you to put in your bills and invoices before you have paid or received your money so it took longer than expected but it was worth it in the end.
I have since started working with two other nonprofits and they are all using Quickbooks for Nonprofit as their accounting system.

There are some major issues with this version of QB being setup on a server. Apparently, there's something buggy in the proprietary software that was built into this new version. Intuit's technical support was very little help. Luckily, we have a fabulous IT guy who figured it out for us. If you have QB on a server and can hold off on upgrading, wait until later in the year when the bugs are all worked out.

Our office was updating from an earlier edition of QuickBooks, so we already knew that QuickBooks had the features we wanted. This edition makes it possible for us to have more than one authorized user with different levels of access, a real benefit for a non-profit with several sources of grant funding. I can produce the reports I need for grant expenditures, without having the authority to make changes that would make our bookkeeper really nervous.

For years our nonprofit has been using Quickbooks Pro. Recently we made the jump to the NonProfit version. Granted our categories have been well refined, Tracking expenses for grants has always been a hurdle. If your org accepts grants then I highly recommend this product. I prepare our end of year taxes and I forsee this year with a lot of ease. Industry specific is really the way to go.

When I called Quickbooks manufacturer they informed me that the software expires every 3 years - so if you are going to use additional support features such as payroll etc., make sure you get the most current version so you get more distance out of your dollars.

The product is very good and organized you can enter information in one area and it is transferred to all other pertnant areas. By entering the information in all related areas it saves you a lot of time in preparing your monthly statements.

I don't have a problem with the software. It pretty much does what we need but reversing an error can be a nightmare. Before I start this tirade, I should point out that the customer service reps were very nice. But they don't have the infrastructure to provide the most basic level of service (please, read on). The customer support system for the payroll upgrade on this product is really scary. (1) They want to have access to your checking account to pay for the annual payroll subscription!! (2) They DO NOT SEND RECEIPTS!! I help with the books for a small non-profit and paid for the payroll subscription on my own credit card. The only receipt I could get was a copy of the invoice, which is not formatted to print correctly on an HP1200 (duh!!). What is really disturbing is that these people are supposed to be accounting experts! If you acquiesce to the checking account withdrawal, the only receipt you receive is the line item on your bank statement. Have they every heard of a "paper trail". Well you sure won't get one if you purchase the payroll subscription for this product. I will start looking for an alternative to Intuit because they obviously don't understand some basic accounting and auditing principles.

I had just been using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and now I have more confidence that Quickbooks Premier helps maintain the daily accounting ledger and provides weekly and monthly reports as needed.