Richard
Sat Aug 02 18:08:43 CDT 2003
My uses are quite simple: (Are you saying Money H&B can't do these
basic things?)
1. Prepare invoices, typically with 1 item (there are only half a
dozen possible items). For certain customers, they get a 20% discount
on each item (which might just as well be the whole invoice).
Occasional custom invoices for special items, where an annual fee is
prorated. I do that now in QB99 just by manually modifying the amount
due and adding a comment text to the invoice, so nothing fancy is
needed.
2. Keep track of A/R and receipts on invoices.
3. Keep track of checkbook, reconciling to bank account.
4. Keep track of credit card charges, reconciling to credit card bill.
5. Very simple A/P: just a handful of monthly bills to pay, such as
telephone bill and credit card bill. No purchase orders.
6. Printing very occasional reports, such as for determining what to
put on my Schedule C at tax time.
No employees, no payroll. Rarely generate statements, and never use
the letter-writing features of QB99 Pro that I originally thought
would be useful.
Is there any reason (assuming I stay with Intuit products) why
QuickBooks 2004 would be better for me than Quicken Home & Business?
One reason why Q or MS H&B is attractive is that I could transfer
money between personal and business accounts, instead of having to use
two separate programs and enter data into both. Not to mention that Q
H&B is far cheaper than QB.
What about importing my data from Money 2003 and QB99 into Quicken
H&B. Will that work?
On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 19:00:53 GMT, "Doug Edwards"
<dedwards@dellmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Richard,
>
>This question would be easier to answer if you could tell us what features
>you are using in QuickBooks 99. The simple answer is you would lose less if
>you switched to Quicken Premier Home & Business (the 2004 version is
>expected in a few weeks). Money 2004 Small Business Edition finally got to
>item discounts this year. Customer statements are flaky. There are no A/P,
>no surcharges, no custom payment terms. After going around and around with
>the Money team I finally bit the bullet and switched to Quicken.
Richard A. Schafer
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