Peachtree Accounting 2006

by Sage

Product Features

• Robust accounting solution for streamlining business operations
• General ledger; accounts receivable/payable; inventory; payroll solutions
• Analysis and reporting; more than 100 business reports
• Basic inventory; integrates with Microsoft Excel and Word
• Easy startup, easy to learn; time savers and customization options

Product Details

Data Sheet [3.67mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009JQRRC
• Item model number: PAW2006RT
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 29, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,890 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Looking to complement your business operations with a robust accounting solution? Packed with all of the essentials, including invoicing and bill paying, as well as many more advanced features, such as powerful reporting, basic inventory, and analysis elements, Peachtree Accounting 2006 includes the features you need to make better business decisions.

Features:

• Easy startup, easy to learn
• Standard accounting
  • General ledger
  • Accounts receivable
  • Accounts payable
  • Inventory
  • Payroll solutions
• Analysis and reporting
• Time savers and customization

New for 2006

• More professional looking forms: More professional looking invoices, quotes, and more! This feature will improve the way forms are designed, improving layout and giving the forms a more professional look. Now you can even set the margins within each column for better formatting!
• Duplicate reference number warning: Peachtree will now warn you when a duplicate reference number is being used on a quote, invoice, credit memo, or purchase order. No more duplicate numbers!
• Smart sort for IDs: IDs on lookup lists are now sorted alphabetically (non-case sensitive) making data entry fast and easy.
• Auto-complete text fields: With auto-complete text fields, you can complete your data entry faster and with greater accuracy. Peachtree will automatically fill in key fields based on past entries and store info in drop-down menus for future use.
• Internal accounting review: Use the internal accounting review to look for suspicious transactions and common accounting mistakes such as duplicate transactions and cash receipts that do not debit the correct general ledger cash account. The internal accounting review can be run at any time and runs up to 15 checks for common mistakes.
• New "find transaction" report: the new transaction report allows you to save "find transaction" results and print them right from the screen.
• Support for more 1099-Misc boxes: You can now report additional types of income when printing 1099-Misc forms. Peachtree supports the printing of boxes 2. Rent, 3. Royalties, 3. Other Income, 6. Medical and Health Care payments, 14. Gross proceeds to an attorney, and more.
• Ability to print 1096 form: Peachtree now includes the ability to print federal form 1096. Now when you prepare your 1099s you can print the summary data onto a pre-printed 1096 form to send to the IRS.
• Rapid access reports: Save time by running key reports right from your most frequently used screens such as invoicing and purchasing! Information is already pre-filtered so that you'll have single-click access to the information you need.
• Store and assign up to 20 vendor "remit to" addresses: create and store up to 20 different "remit to" addresses for each vendor ID and easily assign them when entering transactions.

Product Description

Peachtree Accounting is easy to startup and easy to learn. You get the tools you need to start working right away. There are Instructional Demos, Guided Tours, Navigation Aids, Setup Wizard, Sample Company Charts of Accounts, Check Off Task lists and it's easy to convert QuickBooks Version 4.0, Basic through Enterprise, to Peachtree files. Peachtree Accounting also has additional standard accounting options compared to the First such as: Customer registration and acceptance of the license agreement for Peachtree Software is required. Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 SP3, or XP SP2 Pentium II (or equivalent), 300 MHz minimum 450 MHz or higher recommended 128 MB RAM minimum, 256 MB or higher recommended 250 MB available hard disk space Display settings of at least High Color (16 bit) SVGA Video; 800x600 resolution with small fonts CD-ROM Drive Mouse or compatible pointing device Additional 55MB available hard disk space is required to install the Guided Tour In-product demos require Macromedia Flash Player Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 required (6.0 SP1 provided on CD. Requires an additional 70 MB (or higher) available hard disk space to install) Online Services require Internet access. Minimum connection speed depends on service. Printers supported by Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Microsoft Word integration requires Word 2000, 2002 or 2003. Microsoft Excel integration requires Excel 2000, 2002 or 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, but expect no support, complicated menus and junk mail, September 5, 2005

By 

mhnstr (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peachtree Accounting 2006 (CD-ROM)

I purchased Peachtree Accounting for my small business to keep track of my inventory, purchase and sales. The software is a power tool with numerous reports and abilities which to be honest, are beyond my needs as the owner of a small business, but that means that there is room to grow. Initial setup of my company records took a bit of time due to navigation which is counterintuitive and poor descriptions in the manual. Basically, the authors of the software and manuals assume that the software user has an accounting background and done offer a lot of help if you do not. The process is also hindered by the fact that you must start with accounts already set up based on an example business which means that I have dozens of account numbers which I will never use and had to go back and delete.

The software does do what it says, but there are some big disadvantages beyond the poor documentation and poor navigation.

Junk mail - SAGE, the company that sells Peachtree Accounting will inundate your mailbox with junk mail. Every week I get another letter from SAGE prompting me to upgrade or to purchase forms from them. I have looked on their website to find how to stop the flood of junk mail, but have yet to find out how to do so.

Support - don't expect any unless you pay for it. There is free support for the first 30 days but after that, you have to buy one of the Peachtree support plans and they are not cheap. The least expensive plan is $199 per year!

Registration - You must register this software online or it wont work which is fine. However, periodically the software tells me that I must register again. I assume that this is a bug, but it is worrisome because I don't want to pay $199 to fix this problem and I don't want to loose the ability to use the software.

Cost - This is an expensive piece of software, but look for rebates. Sometimes the rebates are equal to the cost of the software.

Lastly, if you are an average user planning to upgrade from Peachtree Accounting 2005, don't bother. Thanks to rebates, I got a free copy so I decided to upgrade even though 2005 worked fine. I actually don't notice any additional features for 2006, but again, I am not using the software to its full potential. Experienced users may benefit from the upgrade.

In summary, a good accounting software that does everything that I need to keep track of the finances for my company. However, expect to pay a lot for support, to get a lot of junk mail and to spend a good number of hours setting up your company accounts before you are able to use the software.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best kept secret in accounting, June 3, 2010

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Joseph S. Upton "Scott" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peachtree Accounting 2006 (CD-ROM)

It's now obsolete...or is it? I use it on Windows XP and Windows ME computers (don't want to spend the money on Windows 7). It works great. Here's the thing. You can buy a lot of different accounting programs out there. But Peachtree actually TEACHES you REAL accounting...it is not a toy...it doesn't try to "hide the complicated stuff". It will take some time and effort for you to learn it. But it will be worth the effort because 5 years from now it will still do everything you need. If you HAVE TO HAVE the latest and greatest...then go ahead and get Peachtree 2011. But if you are still using windows 98 or me or xp...Peachtree 2006 is the last version that will work on those systems. Another option is the free Peachtree version...but that does leave out many features. However, even the free version of Peachtree is better than free versions from other products...it doesn't limit number of customers or surprise you with other limitations.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent Buy, July 17, 2006

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Cesar Williams (Panama, Rep of Panama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peachtree Accounting 2006 (CD-ROM)

We was looking for an Accounting Package for our business, and we find Peachtree Accounting 2006 that is great for our use. We currently using to carry the accounting of our business. We reccmmend it