QuickBooks Premier Pro Services 2006 [Old Version]

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000B8K7V8
• Item model number: 296595
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,670 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Designed for consultants, attorneys and other professionals, this all-in-one financial management to help professional service firms manage clients and projects more easily and more profitably. Recommended for consulting, engineering, architecture, law and graphic design firms,and more.

• Customize QuickBooks to work the way you do
  Create and track invoices in QuickBooks, then send the data to Word documents that look just like those you used to create manually. No need to retype any information
• Gain insight into your business
  Get 17 Professional Services reports, including reports that keep you on top of your projects and show where you're making or losing money.
• Manage client information more efficiently in the new Customer Center
  Get instant access to contact information, balances and transaction histories for any client, all in one window.
• Streamline financial tasks
  Turn estimates or proposals into invoices with one click, and emailing them as PDF files.
• Work easily with Microsoft Office applications
  Integration with Excel, Word and Outlook, to save time, look professional and reduce errors.
• Start Fast and Get Help When You Need It
  Get onscreen help focused on Professional Services-specific issues, built-in tutorials, and FREE QuickBooks callback support for 30 days following registration.
• Automate invoicing without giving up flexibility
  Set multiple hourly billing rate levels for your employee, client or service, and apply them to invoices any way you choose.

Not sure which QuickBooks is right for you? Check this handy product comparison chart.

Customize QuickBooks to work the way you do

• Track invoices automatically in QuickBooks… format them flexibly with Microsoft Word
  Finally, you can track invoices and receivables in QuickBooks and send clients the professional, customized documents you've been creating one-at-a-time in Microsoft Word. With Professional Services Edition, you get the best of both worlds. Create your invoices in QuickBooks, and then send them to Microsoft Word templates you've created that look just the way you want. You can add your logo or tagline for a more professional look. Send the addresses to a customized envelope template just as easily.
• Create customized reports and see how your business is doing
  Choose from over 120 standard business reports, and customize them to see exactly what you want to see, the way you want to see it. You can memorize and recall any custom report. QuickBooks will prompt you to refresh the reports (by clicking a button) when the data has changed.
• Report more relevant information with the Professional Services Chart of Accounts
  Track more relevant information with a chart of accounts designed specifically for professional services firms. For example, the Chart of Accounts for a law firm includes a liability account called "Client Retainers".

Gain insight into your business

• Boost profits with professional services reports that show how you're doing
  Track your project costs automatically and effortlessly as you pay your bills. View any of 17 Professional Services reports, including 6 Job Costing reports, to see where you're making or losing money. Reports include:

Job Costs by Vendor and Job Summary Billed/Unbilled Hours by Person Job Costs by Vendor and Job Detail Billed/Unbilled Hours by Person & Project Job Costs by Job and Vendor Summary Billed/Unbilled Hours by Person & Activity Job Costs by Job and Vendor Detail Open Balances by Customer/Project

Cost-to-Complete by Job Summary Billed vs. Proposal by Project Cost-to-Complete by Job Detail A/R Aging Detail by Class Project Cost Detail Project Status Unbilled Expenses by Project Project Contact List Expenses Not Assigned to Projects

• Keep a tighter rein on unbillable costs
  See which of your employees or subcontractors are pulling in the most revenue for the firm…and which ones may need to reshuffle priorities. Run the Billed/Unbilled Hours reports to see billable versus non-billable hours by individual, activity and project.

Manage client information more efficiently in the new Customer Center

• See transactions for any client, vendor or employee instantly
  Find information about any client, vendor or employee easily, without having to run reports or dig through individual transactions. Click a button from anywhere in QuickBooks to enter the new Customer, Vendor or Employee Center. Click any name on the list to see contact information, balance, terms, and a complete transaction history–all in a single window. Zoom in for the details of any transaction.
• Share data with 400+ other business applications
  QuickBooks automatically shares selected data with 400+ popular software applications, including industry-specific applications.
• Work faster from the simplified Home page
  The new, customizable Home page gives you direct access to the features you use every day, and a clear picture of how they all fit together. No more searching through menus–you're never more than two clicks from your data. You'll also see current balances for your bank and credit card accounts (if you choose to display them), so you know right where you stand without opening a single register.
• Access your financial data remotely
  Access your financial data from anywhere, anytime, with QuickBooks Remote Access powered by WebEx. All you need is an Internet-connected PC. Log in through the secure Web site and work as if you were at the office. Record sales, check a customer's account status while you're on-site, create reports and print them locally. All transmissions are protected by the same encryption technology used by financial institutions.

Streamline financial tasks

• Pay bills, print checks and track expenses faster
  Track your business expenses automatically. Record bills as they arrive–QuickBooks alerts you when they're due. Click a button to turn a bill entry into a check. Print checks one-at-a-time or in batches.
• Instantly create invoices from estimates or proposals
  Turn any estimate into an invoice or purchase order with one click. No need to retype customer or vendor information or line items, and you can edit text, quantities or pricing, as needed. Print the document for mailing, or turn into a PDF and email it right from QuickBooks!

Work easily with Microsoft Office applications

One click synchronizes all changes to your contact lists in Outlook and QuickBooks

• Avoid redundant data entry with easy synchronization with Outlook
  Simply download the QuickBooks Contact Sync tool from our website and a "synchronize" icon will be added to your Outlook toolbar. Just click once on this icon whenever you want to sync customer, vendor or job information between QuickBooks and Outlook. No more re-entering contact or job information in multiple places. With the new Outlook sync tool, you can manage your data more easily and get in touch with your customers or vendors faster. Learn more about QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook.
• Transfer data to and from Microsoft Excel
  Pull in information to QuickBooks like large groups of customers, vendors and inventory items quickly from Microsoft Excel. Or use your company data from your QuickBooks reports and export it to a new or existing Excel spreadsheets with all Excel formulas and formatting intact. Anytime you export updated data from QuickBooks; Excel maintains your existing formulas and updates the results automatically.

Automate invoicing without giving up flexibility

• Set billing rates by employee, client or service
  Now you can bill for the hourly services your firm provides in whatever way you prefer to define your rates: by employee, client or service. You can even combine rate types on the same invoice–QuickBooks applies the right rates automatically.
• Set multiple price levels per service
  Want to bill different clients at different rates? Think you need to invoice by hand to do that? Think again! QuickBooks lets you set up to 100 price levels for each service. So you can bill for the same service at the rate appropriate for each client. For instance, you may set the rates for a particular service at one level for new clients, another for startup clients, and a third for large, corporate clients. You decide–QuickBooks applies the right rates to invoices automatically.
• Track time and send hours to invoices automatically
  Select a client to bill and QuickBooks creates an invoice with all the client information filled in. QuickBooks automatically reminds you of unbilled time and expenses for any client you're billing. Select any hours or expenses from timesheets, and send them right to the invoice–no retyping, math or errors.

QuickBooks Edition Comparison Chart

Product Description

QuickBooks Premier Professional Services Edition 2006 helps you get more done, faster because it streamlines your accounting tasks and lets you focus on your clients. Professional Services Edition helps you serve your clients better by delivering the right information, in the right format, at the right time. Customization options allow you to format reports and invoices the way you like. You can add your logo or slogan so that it’s professional and customized for your business. Memorized reports such as Project Costs Reports and Billing Reports help you gain insights into your business. Create letters and envelopes by transferring client information directly from QuickBooks into Microsoft Word. With flexible billing rates, it allows you to assign different rates to different employees so you’ll always have an accurate assessment of your total project’s cost. Plus, the Customer and Vendor Centers lets you track your relationships and transactions. Contact information, outstanding and paid invoices, payment histories and future payments due are all available at a glance. A simplified “Home” page puts all your important tasks in one place so you are never more than two clicks away from all your important information.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars QuickBooks 2006 is greatly improved, November 17, 2005

By	D. Lopez (California) - See all my reviews

The latest version of QuickBooks is much easier to use. It is easy for non-accountants to do the bookkeeping now. There is a great new home page that makes it easy to navigate to the tasks you want to do. The new user set up process is a quick, easy interview. For small business owners, this is a "must try" product.

29 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How about getting on the ball in Security, Intuit?, November 11, 2005

By	S. Bradley "bitzie" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In the year 2006 it is INSANE that we as IT pros still have to hack registry hives to get this software to run as a limited privilege account to better secure our computers.

QuickBooks Community - Running QuickBooks 2005 as a Restricted User (Admin Rights FIX):
http://www.quickbooksgroup.com/webx?14@@.eeb323b/9

When will quickbooks begin to code in a secure manner? Peachtree does. Microsoft Small Business Accounting does.

Why does Intuit require updates every few years and acts like we are still all running Windows 98 machines?

Security is important these days. How about stepping up to the plate Intuit and getting with the other vendors?

5.0 out of 5 stars QUICKBOOKS PROF. SERVICES 2006, October 5, 2007

By	Barbara A. Oley - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Received product quickly and was exactly as represented. I would deal with seller again.