Quick Books Premier Edition
2005 Plus! New Simple Start 2005 Edition
Quick Books Premier Edition
2005
Plus! New Simple Start 2005 Edition
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Dale Farris, Vice-PresidentGolden Triangle PC Club February 2005 QuickBooks 2005 has the tools you need to manage your business finances faster, with complete confidence. And now Intuit has streamlined many features you use most. The new QuickBooks Premier 2005 edition includes all the features of Basic and Pro 2005, plus business planning tools to help you meet more specialized needs. With this latest 2005 edition, Intuit solidly establishes their lead in this specialized market of software for small to medium sized businesses. QuickBooks 2005 is the premier financial software for small businesses, and anyone already familiar with Intuit's famous Quicken software for use in managing personal finances will definitely want to give serious attention to QuickBooks 2005, especially if they need software to help them manage their businesses. Intuit now offers an extensive family of QuickBooks 2005 software, listed below, all of which will provide solid help to anyone looking to get their business finances in order. Key Features Gain Insight Into Your Business Create a forecast automatically Chart a successful future. Click a button to create a forecast of income and expenses for the year ahead, based on your existing QuickBooks data. Increase or decrease line items by any percentage to see "what if?" Later, compare your forecast to your actual results to see what worked and what didn't. Create a budget with one click With just a few clicks QuickBooks builds a working budget based on your recent spending history. Adjust the figures individually or across line items. The spreadsheet-style format makes it easy to see the results of your changes. IMPROVED! Create a business plan painlessly Build a professional, accurate business plan more easily than ever. Answer simple step-by-step questions. QuickBooks draws from your actual QuickBooks data and fills in the numbers for you. QuickBooks creates a 3-year-projected pro-forma balance sheet, profit-and-loss statement and statement of cash flow, as required by the SBA and many other lenders. New this year, you can publish you plan in PDF format for easy distribution, plus export financial projections to Microsoft Excel for increased flexibility. IMPROVED! See how you stack up against your industry Learn how your business is performing compared to similar-sized companies in your industry. The built-in Expert Analysis tool includes recently updated data for more than 130 industries. You'll get a printable report that explains the findings in everyday English and offers customized recommendations for improvement from business experts. Satisfy Complex Business Needs Turn estimates or sales orders into purchase orders Turn any estimate or sales order into a purchase order in just a few clicks. No need to retype line items or even vendor information — QuickBooks fills it in for you. Just edit quantities, if needed, and print... or turn the PO into a PDF and e-mail it right from QuickBooks! Track inventory assemblies and finished goods Track both your raw materials and finished goods automatically as you log sales and finish work orders. List raw materials in QuickBooks as line items. Combine them to create "finished good" items. With each sale or completed work order, QuickBooks adjusts inventory figures of both your materials and assemblies automatically. Instantly see how many assemblies you can build with your current stock. Set alerts to remind you when to produce more assemblies and when to reorder materials. Apply up to 100 pricing levels per customer or item Set up to 100 levels of pricing discounts and link them to customers or individual items. For example, you might apply a "High-Volume Customer" discount of 10% to your best customers and a "Closeout" discount of 5% to discontinued inventory items. Set another level that reduces the price of selected items by a flat amount. QuickBooks automatically applies the correct discounts to invoices. Access your QuickBooks data remotely Work on your QuickBooks file from a different location with QuickBooks Remote Access powered by WebEx. All you need is a PC with a Web browser and a persistent connection to the Internet. Log in through the secure Remote Access Web site and work just as if you were at the office. Look up transactions, create reports for printing on a local printer, update customer information, and more. Your transmissions are protected by the same encryption technology used by financial institutions for Internet transactions. QuickBooks: Premier is an excellent choice for any business. It's also available in special editions customized for contractors, accountants, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, nonprofit organizations and professional services providers. The custom editions include all the standard Premier features, plus industry-specific features and reports designed to support the way you work. Not sure whether a customized package is right for you? No problem. The Premier CD lets you install any one of the 7 standard or industry specific editions. Preview the features of each edition in onscreen videos, then select your preferred edition for installation. Zip Through Routine Tasks and Taxes IMPROVED! Merge QuickBooks data with Microsoft Word documents Build a bigger presence with customers, prospects, suppliers or employees. Create professional, personalized, batch mailings in minutes! Select any group of customers, vendors or employees in QuickBooks. Merge their names, addresses — even invoice details — into letters and envelopes created with Microsoft Word. Produce personalized invitations to sales events, collection letters, newsletters, and more. 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 one-at-a-time or in batches. Invoice customers, apply payments, calculate sales tax Easily create an invoice and apply received payments or credits to one invoice or several. QuickBooks tracks sales tax and non-taxable sales automatically and helps you fill out sales tax forms correctly. IMPROVED! Choose the right report every time Find the right report faster. The new, scrollable Report Navigator displays a detailed description and sample of each report to help ensure that the first report you choose is the right one. Track employee time and job costs Track employee hours and other job expenses, and see where you're making or losing money. QuickBooks tracks job costs automatically as you pay job-related bills and labor. Enter employee hours by day or week. QuickBooks sends totals directly to paychecks and job-costing reports to help you make better business decisions. IMPROVED! Offer the convenience of Direct Deposit Save yourself the trouble of printing paychecks, and save your employees a trip to the bank! Direct Deposit lets you deposit employees' pay directly into their bank account(s). QuickBooks built-in payroll features work together with a variety of QuickBooks Payroll Services, updated with state forms and workers compensation tracking to help ensure accurate deductions, manage your payroll tax payments and more. Get ready for taxes or your accountant instantly QuickBooks tracks your income, expenses, sales tax and payroll while you record transactions. So you're ready for taxes anytime. Let your accountant work directly in a copy of your QuickBooks file. Or generate any needed reports and e-mail them as PDF files. Find key information about customer and vendor accounts instantly Get instant, accurate answers about customer and vendor payment status, open orders or POs, and more. QuickBooks Information Centers display a snapshot of contact information and account activity for any customer, vendor, even your own company. See recent invoices, payments and purchase orders at a glance. Zoom in for details with a mouse-click. Get More Done in Less Time Give access to as many as 5 users at once Need company-wide access to your QuickBooks file? Buy additional QuickBooks licenses as your business grows. QuickBooks can serve up to 5 users simultaneously. Or, if you're growing fast, save a bundle on the 5-User Value Pack. You decide which types of data each user can view or edit — you're in control. Transfer data to and from Microsoft Excel Export your QuickBooks data to new or existing Excel spreadsheets. No retyping! Excel automatically applies existing formulas to the new data. Use the export feature to quickly make global changes, such as updating telephone area codes, then import the data back into QuickBooks. Efficiently add groups of new vendors or customers to QuickBooks by importing them in one easy step. NEW! Print labels and schedule pickups for UPS, as well as FedEx Ship faster with fewer errors. QuickBooks Shipping Manager uses the customer address information on your sales receipts or invoices to pre-fill FedEx and UPS shipping labels, complete with tracking numbers and bar codes. You can even schedule pickups and track shipments — directly from QuickBooks. Share data with more than 325 business applications Tired of typing the same names and figures into different applications? No more! QuickBooks automatically shares data with over 325 popular applications, including specialized applications. You'll save data entry time and errors while taking advantage of the best tools available for your industry (applications sold separately). Customize Forms, Pricing and More Choose from 100+ professional, customizable forms Need custom forms? Choose from more than 100 pre-designed, professional-looking forms in QuickBooks. Customize them to look and work just the way you want. Add tinted boxes, round-cornered boxes, your logo and other images. Add "boilerplate" text, such as terms and conditions. Add boxes for news, such as policy changes or sales events and more. IMPROVED! Apply payments, over/underpayments, credits and refunds Now you can easily apply a wider variety of payment types, such as write-offs and refunds, and credits from credit memos or invoices. Onscreen reminders help to ensure that overpayments, underpayments discounts and credits are handled correctly. Click here to enlarge IMPROVED! Download bank and credit card transactions without typing Download transactions from more than 500 financial institutions right into QuickBooks. No errors. No typing. Now you can enter downloaded transactions in as little as one click. Associate downloaded payees to existing names in your QuickBooks lists and QuickBooks standardizes the downloaded entries, helping to ensure "clean" lists and accurate reports. Get Help When You Need It IMPROVED! Find the right answers to your help questions Got a question about QuickBooks? Type it in your own words. Scan through a new list of Help topics. Or search by keyword. No matter how you search, QuickBooks now delivers more relevant results so you can get back to your work faster. NEW! Learn how to get the most out of QuickBooks Boost your confidence with QuickBooks and help maximize your productivity. New built-in Learning Center tutorials show you, step-by-step, how to put more QuickBooks features to work for your business. Find out how to streamline everyday jobs like invoicing, paying bills, creating meaningful reports and more. What's New in QuickBooks Premier 2005? Zip Through Daily Tasks Find the right reports faster Integrates with QuickBooks payroll with federal and new state form updates, & offers direct deposit "Undo" reconciliations with one click E-mail invoices, purchase orders, and reports as PDF files Use Learning Tools to get more from QuickBooks Find Help When You Need It Search for help by topic, keyword or question. Get more relevant answers Use New Business Checklist for business requirements, resources and forms Set up automatic backups of your QuickBooks
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