Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005LAEJ
• Item model number: PCW2002RT
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 5, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,185 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Small business owners have enough problems without adding accounting headaches. Though there's still no perfect substitute for professional services, Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 can keep down the number of hours spent in consultation enough to pay for itself. Even a business with its own accounting staff will find the software's scalability and networking features tremendously helpful.

All the basics are covered: invoicing, payroll, check writing, and more. Power users will love working with the business reports and tracking features that make full use of e-mail and other relatively new tools to improve efficiency. Users with little experience working with computers or with accounting procedures may need some help installing and setting up this package--the online documentation is quite good and will offer novices the guidance they need. The networking option offered requires a bit more investment of time and money; each copy of Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 is limited to one user. (Although there are package deals available.) Because this is one of the sources of the software's uniqueness, potential buyers should carefully consider how much they will need to spend to use this feature.

Many of the Web-based services, while good, are better left to other software: building a Web site and developing e-commerce, for example. But those side features aren't what most users want from an accounting package. Overall, Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 provides the best core financial services for its small business users. Those who need more than bookkeeping and less than a downtown accounting firm will find it just the right fit. --Rob Lightner

Amazon.com Product Description

Packed with powerful, network-ready accounting features, Peachtree Complete Accounting helps provide the valuable insight necessary to better manage your accounting, Internet presence, and overall business. Just minutes after installing Peachtree, helpful features such as navigation aids, wizards, and an online tutorial make it easy for you to hit the ground running. To makeyour startup even faster, you can choose from among 75 examples the companyprofile that most closely resembles your own, and your books are instantlycustomized to fit your business. There are also plenty of onlinetutorials.

Access your Peachtree data from both your desktop and the Internet usingPeachtree Web Accounting. You and your off-site personnel can quickly andsecurely view key desktop accounting data and perform daily tasks such asentering transactions and running reports, all from the Internet. Accountants and financial advisers can view your financial data directly from their office;remote personnel can access customer records and enter quotes and invoices;and business owners can view and print reports from home--all by securelyaccessing desktop-based Peachtree data via the Internet.

Record and report on any changes made to your transactions; turn thisfeature on and off as needed, and control who has access to do so. Whencoupled with Peachtree's password security, you can monitor each employee'sactivity within a company data file, including who made changes and where.Ensure bottom-line profitability with flexible, user-defined, formula-basedpricing calculations--such as basing a price level on a percentage aboveaverage cost--and store them for use across all your inventory items. Also,there are now 10 item price levels and the ability to custom-name eachprice level, which show on reports and data entry windows. If you havemore in-depth time and billing needs, Timeslips, the top-selling timebilling software, helps professionals in service-oriented industries savetime and increase revenues. A powerful yet flexible tool, Timeslips Expressfor Peachtree provides variable billing rates, custom templates for dataentry, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Value, Bugs can hamper you, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 (CD-ROM)

I have a financial services company that includes bookkeeping and have used Quickbooks and Peachtree extensively. For the smallest businesses either product will do the job. However, Peachtree has in my opinion a much stronger product for the price. I have switched several customers from QuickBooks to Peachtree but never the other way. I am not surprised the person had conflicts with his network installation. I did find a few bugs with the newest version of Peachtree(mainly related to G/L reporting) and will watch closely to see how quickly they have updates. In the past they have been really good with updates, however, with new ownership I do caution what kind of tech support and "customer first" service you will receive. The person that wrote that its competition is NOT Quickbooks is mostly right. It is the OTHER product in the price range and the "best marketed" and will do the job for most mom and pop operations(though after seeing what people do in QB that have no bookkeeping skills you could be better off with using a paper system, believe me) Quickbooks is poorly designed and set up in comparison. I consider QB a PRO version of Quicken in its design and use of "registers". Peachtree is much more powerful and offers alot more to people that want to expand there accounting system in the future. However, both programs slow down considerably over the network when your company size gets very large(Over 20 MB etc.). Another Caveat is Complete accounting is not compatible with the other 2002 versions. I have some clients that don't need the extra features and network compatibility BUT I set up there books on my Peachtree, backed it up and brought it to them to restore and WAS INCOMPATIBLE. Not sure if that effects anyone else but just a mention. Overall it is comparable to the features you find in products I've seen bought for $10,000+++. The only thing you really get for the extra thousands is the ability to handle more than 5 workstations and better database management. Also learning Crystal Reports can take some time but with it you can do anything with Peachtree as to reporting. By far best value in the price range.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT software for small businesses, July 10, 2001

By 

Deborah Bean (Dallas, TX [e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 (CD-ROM)

I have worked with over a dozen accounting packages over the last 15 years, including beta testing such products as Open Systems, Great Plains, and Profit. I have used Peachtree versions 2 - 2002 for my own company and I have set up the program for innumerable clients over the years. Peachtree is the BEST program for smaller businesses - bar none. It has a terrific payroll module, good a/p and a/r, and the ability to evaluate your business standing right now, not next month when your CPA finishes the books.

The key to the program is to have the program set up by an expert and to have occasional maintenance on the system. After setup, my customers have me out about twice a year to perform updates, create permanent backups, fix minor problems, and answer questions.

Just because the software costs less than $... (multi-user versions), doesn't mean that you can get by with only spending $... for a class to become an expert. Look for someone to come in and tailor the program to your exact needs. This is a more expensive process, but considering that Peachtree's real competitors (NOT QuickBooks) start at thousands of dollars, you are still better off financially-- and you will have REAL financial information to boot....

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good product but overly mercenary company, August 30, 2001

By 

Wil Brown - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachtree Complete Accounting 2002 (CD-ROM)

My company has been a user of Peachtree Accounting for seven years and it has been easy to use and flexable. However, since Peachtree has been purchased, my opinion is that the new owners seem to concentrate on how to squeeze the most money from their clients. For example, tax upgrades can only be purchased if you upgrade the entire system and expensive enhancements deliver minimal benefits. In short, its a good product but beware: you may become hostage to a vendor that knows it is difficult to change once committed and thereby takes every advantage of the situation.