Simplified QuickBooks 2008 Desktop (Home
page)
All of your most important activities
are now available from one simple screen; the Home page.
No hunting through menus to find what you need - QuickBooks 2008 puts
all your tasks right there in plain sight.
It’s so easy to navigate that you’re never more than
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EasyStep® Startup Interview
The improved EasyStep® Startup
Interview simplifies new company file setup and should in
particular cut down on mis-classification of expenses. The
number of steps is reduced from 126 to 28!
- Simple “yes/no” questionnaire defaults
clients to the right accounts for their industry.
- Customise further by simply adding or deleting individual
accounts.
- Up to 29 new default chart of accounts.
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EasyStep® Startup
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Customer and Supplier Centre
The new Customer and Supplier Centre
help QuickBooks 2008 users get their customer and supplier-related
information from a single, easy to use place.All information
that belongs together is now presented together, making it
easier for customers to view and act upon their data. Common
tasks (such as viewing up-to-date information on a customer)
will now be simpler and faster to accomplish.
QuickBooks
Pro and Premier only. |
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QuickBooks
2008 Customer Centre |
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Improved Accountant’s Copy
Exchange, review and adjust your client’s
prior period accounting using the all new Accountant’s
Copy. While you work in the Accountant’s Copy, the
client can continue to work in their QuickBooks file but
is restricted from making changes to the periods in which
you are working.
Send your adjustments back to the client, and they can review and
automatically integrate them into their QuickBooks file. Accountant’s
Copy will then prompt them to password protect access to prior
periods with the “Set Closing Date” feature.
QuickBooks
Premier only. |
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Set Closing Date
QuickBooks has the ability to "set
a closing date" but users are often unaware of this.
QuickBooks 2008 now has access to this feature from the company
menu and a filter which gives a warning every time a transaction
older than 90 days (this timeframe can be adjusted) is saved.
When filing VAT returns, a closing date is set and a warning message
recommends to the user that a password is set as part of the File
Vat routine.
QuickBooks
Pro and Premier only |
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QuickZoom
The new “QuickZoom®” feature
for Retained Earnings lets you instantly view details of
Retained Earnings accounts from reports or the chart of accounts.
You can now see manually posted transactions and automatic closing
entries by simply double-clicking on the account balance!
QuickBooks
Premier only. |
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Google DesktopTM Search
Find information easily in QuickBooks with Google DesktopTM – Quickly
search and find the customer, supplier, or financial data you
want in QuickBooks.
Type in a few key words and get a complete list of files that match
your search in seconds. |
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Google
DesktopTM Search |
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Payroll Centre
The Payroll Centre provides an end-to-end view of your most
important payroll tasks, from paying employees to reporting
and paying liabilities and processing forms.
The centre displays tax periods and a suggested workflow for the
common payroll activities which are all accessible using a single
mouse click.
QuickBooks
Pro and Premier only. |
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Payroll
Centre |
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VAT management and reporting
Users can now opt to track VAT to separate sales and purchases
VAT accounts.
An additional benefit for QuickBooks Pro and Premier users is that
all transactions on a Return are now date stamped (cash and invoice
based schemes), and at the end of each period the VAT Liability
account is automatically cleared.
QuickBooks
SimpleStart handles Cash VAT accounting only.
QuickBooks
Pro and Premier handles
Cash VAT accounting and VAT on accrual
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VAT
management and reporting |
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