QuickBooks Simple Start 2009 [OLD VERSION]

QuickBooks Simple Start is the easiest way to track sales and expenses. All your finance information is organized in one place, so you can easily stay on top of your business and be ready for tax time.

QuickBooks Simple Start combines bookkeeping software with essential tools for your business. It's the simplest way to track sales and expenses./p table width="350" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-1-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiSimple to get started. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-2-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiNo accounting knowledge needed. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-3-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiGet help and share ideas with other small businesses directly in QuickBooks. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-4-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiIt's easy to move up from Simple Start to more advanced QuickBooks products. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table ul liBe ready at tax time liStay organized--Everything in one place liLook more professional liEasy to set up, learn and use /ul pPlease note that Simple Start is for first-time users and can only import data from prior versions of Simple Start. h2Key Features/h2 h3Track financial information in one place/h3 pbTrack sales expenses/bbr Get rid of the piles of paperwork. Easily enter customer payments bills from vendors. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments bills for each customer and vendor with just a few clicks. pbPay bills print checks/bbr Easily create and print checks. Aggregate all your checks to be paid and print them in one batch.QuickBooks will keep track of each check so you can keep tabs on where your money is going. pbCreate e-mail invoices/bbr Use the data you already have in QuickBooks--such as customer contact info products/services--to make creating invoiced a snap. Choose from pre-designed QuickBooks templates or customize the layout yourself. pbOrganize data on customers, vendors, and employees all in one place/bbr No more hunting through piles of files or trying to remember where you stashed that important paper. QuickBooks organizes all your important small business information in one place, giving you easy access to a complete picture of your business. h3Manage Employees/h3 pbManage payroll payroll taxes ; offer Direct Deposit (paid subscription required)/bbr Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Services, QuickBooks Payroll for Mac powered by PayCycle, and Payroll for QuickBooks Online save you time by eliminating steps and giving you the tools to get your payroll done right. h3Attract Customers Manage Customer Relationships/h3 pbTrack customer information and related transactions/bbr Keep customer contact and transaction information in QuicKBooks, so you can follow up on past-due accounts and answer customer requests faster. See contact information and complete transaction history for any customer. pbAccept credit card payments right in QuickBooks/bbr Process credit card approvals right in your QuickBooks software. If you use Intuit QuickBooks Merchant Services, the data is automatically recorded in QuickBooks when you make a sale. And, it has no teaser rates, no hidden fees, no cancellation fees, and no long-term contracts. pbEasily create a professional website with customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools./bbr Save time with easy-to-use website creation tools including customizable templates, one-click publishing, and website hosting. Everything is included to get your site live within minutes. Point-and-click, drag-and-drop tools. Know how well your site is doing with website tracking and statistics. h3How Simple Start Can Help Your Business/h3 pbSimple to learn and use./bbr Get started quickly. StepÐbyÐstep tutorials show you how to create invoices, record expenses, and more. Plus, data you've tracked in Excel spreadsheets can be easily imported into Simple Start. pbGrows with your business./bbr Simple Start is part of a family of small business products and services designed to help you do everything from process credit card transactions to track inventory. As your business grows and your needs change, QuickBooks grows with you. pbTrack sales, expenses, and customers in one place./bbr Track the money coming into your business, and from whom it comes. Track the money going out, and where it goes. Simple Start keeps all the information in one place. pbBe ready at tax time./bbr Use Simple Start for your bookkeeping, and you'll be tracking tax-related income and expenses automatically. At tax time, the Income Tax Summary Report puts all of your tax information at your fingertips. pbKnow exactly where your business stands./bbr Profit Loss, Sales, Expenses, and more: One click gives you essential reports using the simple transactions you've already entered. pbLook more professional and save time./bbr Create professionalÐlooking estimates and invoices. You can customize them with a few keystrokes. Get totals automatically without writing formulas or doing math. pbWe're here to help!/bbr Simple Start is easy-to-use, but if you have questions, find tips and tricks in the in-product help and tutorials, and free online user forums. table width="350" cellpadding="25" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-5-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiKeep everything together in one place. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-6-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiRecord your expenses quickly and painlessly. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-7-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiAccept credit cards in Simple Start. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table h3Simple to Get Started. Simple to Use./h3 Answer three easy questions, and you're up and running. pbIt's incredibly simple/bbr Simple Start isn't someone else's idea of how you'd like your business to run--it's your idea. We listened to hundreds of small business owners talk about their difficulties and desires. You'll see what we mean, as soon as you try it. From the simple desktop to the familiar forms and helpful guidance, everything works just the way you want it to. pbImport data from Microsoft Excel/bbr If you've been using Excel spreadsheets to track your sales and expenses, now you can import your existing data from Excel directly into Simple Start. You'll save time and avoid the hassle of manually entering your data. pbGet up and running in three easy steps/bbr Simple Start is so easy to use, you don't need a thick manual--just a QuickStart card that tells you how to get started in three easy steps. You'll be up and running in less than 15 minutes: ol liInsert the CD into your CD drive. liAnswer three easy questions to customize Simple Start for your needs. liStart working. /ol pbNo accounting knowledge needed!/bbr Simple Start's onscreen forms look like the checks, invoices, and sales receipts you use in your business every day. The moment you see them, you'll know how to use them. pbGet everything you need, and nothing you don't/bbr Simple Start lets you create and track all the documents and forms you need to run your business efficiently, but it doesn't overwhelm you with tools you won't use and shouldn't have to pay for. pbGet help and share ideas with other small businesses directly in QuickBooks/bbr Now you can ask tens of thousands of other QuickBooks users and experts for help and get answers fast. The Live Community is built right into QuickBooks 2009, so you can ask your questions without stopping the work you're doing. h3Grows with your business/h3 It's easy to move up from Simple Start to more advanced QuickBooks products. pbSimple Start grows with your business/bbr As your business grows, QuickBooks has a full line of small business financial software to meet your needs. It's easy to upgrade from either edition of Simple Start to QuickBooks: Pro, Premier, or Online Edition. All the information you enter into Simple Start can be automatically transferred to your new version of QuickBooks. pNote: Simple Start is for new QuickBooks users. Simple Start cannot import data from prior versions of QuickBooks: Basic, Pro or Premier Editions, Quicken, or Peachtree. pSimple Start also works with other products and services to help you run your business better. pbTrust the solution recommended by businesses and accountants/bbr With millions of users, QuickBooks is the most widely-used small business accounting software. It's recommended by accountants over any other product. A 10-year history of continuous improvements assures you of the simplest, most flexible software for your business. h3Track Sales, Expenses, and Customers in One Place/h3 Simple Start makes it easy to track the money coming in and going out of your business. pbKeep everything together in one place/bbr Stop digging through piles of paper, switching applications, or searching through files to find the information you need. Simple Start organizes everything from customers and vendors, to sales, estimates, and invoices, to receipts, deposits, checks, and expensesÑall in one place. table width="350" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-8-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiSimple Start keeps track of tax-related income and expenses year-round as you write checks and receive payments, so there's no need to scramble at tax time. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-9-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiEssential business information at your fingertips. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-10-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiProfessional-looking templates you can customize. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001ECGT9E-11-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiCreate your own professional Website--for free. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbCreate estimates, invoices, and sales receipts/bbr With Simple Start you can easily create professional-looking estimates, invoices, and sales receipts just by entering information into basic forms. No more toggling back and forth between spreadsheets and a word processor to create bills and track them. To save you even more time, you can easily turn an estimate into an invoice, or an invoice into a payment. pbRecord your expenses quickly and painlessly/bbr Tired of rustling through check registers and credit card statements to see where your money is going? Use Simple Start to write checks and track your expenses. Every time you pay a bill, Simple Start keeps your records up-to-date so you'll know where you stand. pbEasily manage payroll yourself or get help with Intuit's Payroll Service (additional fees apply)/bbr Intuit Payroll makes payroll easy so you can confidently focus on running your business. With over 1 million customers, you can be confident you're choosing the small business payroll leader. pWhether you want to manage payroll yourself or let Intuit handle the hassles for you, our flexible solutions help you easily manage your key payroll tasks: paying employees, paying payroll taxes and filing tax forms. pLearn More about our easy, time-saving Payroll Solutions. pbAccept credit cards in Simple Start/bbr Everything you need to accept credit cards is right in Simple Start. There's no need to buy additional hardware or software. Credit card sales are automatically processed as you enter them in Simple Start, so all your financial information is organized in one place. h3Complete and accurate records at tax time/h3 Make tax time a snap when all of your information is organized. No lastÐminute panic! pbGet the numbers you need/bbr Simple Start keeps track of tax-related income and expenses year-round as you write checks and receive payments, so there's no need to scramble at tax time. pThe "Income Tax Summary" report helps you complete federal income tax forms. Print it out, and copy the totals to Schedule C and other tax forms. You can also give the report to your accountant or download the numbers into TurboTax, the best-selling tax preparation software (sold separately). pOne more click creates your "Sales Tax Due," which summarizes the sales tax you owe to your city, state, or county tax boards. It's really that simple. h3Know exactly where your business stands/h3 Instantly create reports on profit loss, sales, expenses, unpaid invoices, and more. pbEssential business information at your fingertips/bbr You'll always know where your business stands with Simple Start's reports. See who owes you money and how much. Find out who your best customers are and what they're buying. Click on any item in the report to zoom in for the details--all the way down to individual transactions. ul libProfit Loss Standard/bbrHow much money did my company make or lose over a specific period of time?brbr libInvoices that Haven't Been Paid/bbrWhich bills are due and overdue?brbr libTotal Sales by Customer Report/bbrWhat are the total sales for each customer and job?brbr libIncome Tax Detail/bbrWhat transactions make up each amount on my company's income tax forms? /ul h3Look more professional and save time/h3 Spend less time on your bookkeeping and paperwork and more time building your business. pbProfessional-looking templates you can customize/bbr Choose from sales receipt, invoice, estimate, and credit memo form templates that you can customize to present a branded, professional image. You can change styles, colors, and fonts. You can show or hide fields. You can even include your company logo! pbCalculate totals accurately and automatically/bbr No more erasing and rewriting totals or double-checking calculations. Simple Start helps keep your transactions and records accurate by doing all the math for you, including sales tax, discounts, and markups. If you change a transaction, any figures linked to it update instantly. pbReÐuse information instead of retyping it/bbr Type information about a customer, vendor, or product one time, and never type it again. Enter the first few letters on any invoice, check, or other form and Simple Start fills the rest in automatically. Easily create new estimates by duplicating and editing existing ones. And when you finish a job, click a button to turn your estimate into an invoice. Billing has never been so easy! pbCreate your own professional Website--for free/bbr Free with purchase of QuickBooks 2009--Easily create a professional website with customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools.