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QuickBooks 2011 Download: Our Deals Roundup

Update: QuickBooks Pro 2011 and QuickBooks Premier 2011 is available.  Use the “Buy Now” discount link below to get the 20% off and free shipping discount on QuickBooks 2011.

You can get the discount for Intuit’s accounting software in a ton of places on the web, and we highly recommend comparison shopping to find the best discount. A lot of time buying from Intuit is a bad idea because they charge the highest prices when you buy it for a download. The good news is you’ll be able download QuickBooks directly from Amazon soon.

New versions of QuickBooks are generally released in the autumn of the year before the release. As an example, QuickBooks 2010 was released to the market in October 2009.  QuickBooks 2011 was released September 27, 2010.  We expect QuickBooks 2012 to be released in the Sept/Oct timeframe of 2011.

Quickbooks 2011 Deals: Upgrade from QuickBooks 2007 or QuickBooks 2008 to the newest version for the full feature version of the latest software.

Quickbooks Accountant 2011: QuickBooks Accountant 2011 is packed full of new features for accountants and has gotten rave reviews from bookkeepers and financial professionals.

Quickbooks 2011 Update: You can easily update or upgrade to the new version of QuickBooks with a CD or online.

Here are some of the top features that QuickBooks Expert Scott Gregory is looking for in the QuickBooks 2011 release:

  • A remit to address for vendors
  • Better tools to manage accounts receivable
  • A redesigned set of tools to customize reports
  • The end of forced phone-in registration to get a license code.
  • A fix on the problem that occurs with average cost on inventory items
  • A refresh of the customer center
  • The ability to purchase two additional licenses for QuickBooks Enterprise

You can find the complete list of QuickBooks 2011 requests on Scott Gregory’s Blog.  Scott is a QuickBooks accounting software expert and has been using QuickBooks for years.

We’ve been monitoring the web to find QuickBooks 2011 discounts and deals and they pop up.  Some places we’ve identified so far are QuickBooks-Discounts.com and even buying direct through QuickBooks.

Here are some excerpts from the Intuit press release on the features of QuickBooks 2011:

QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2011 build on prior versions by streamlining important accounting tasks, such as invoicing and collecting payments. The new Customer Snapshot and Customer and Vendor History features provide at-a-glance views of important customer and vendor details. Users can also take advantage of the power of QuickBooks Connect, a new service that lets small businesses access key QuickBooks data remotely via the Internet or a mobile device. Additionally, as with previous versions, QuickBooks 2011 helps small business owners stay organized by allowing them to have their business information in one place.

That sounds great, but to get a better pulse on what the accounting community thinks about QuickBooks 2011 Pro, QuickBooks 2011 Premier, and QuickBooks 2011 Mac, let’s take a look at what the reviews and software sites have to say:

MacWorld QuickBooks 2011 Review: “In QuickBooks 2011 for the Mac, it’s easier to enter that data into the application. The new version also gives users the ability to add mileage data to invoices if that’s something a user includes for billing.”

Tuaw Apple Blog: “QuickBooks 2011 is a very nice update indeed. QuickBooks 2011 for the Mac will be available for download or for phone and Web orders.”

Stay tuned for updates on QuickBooks 2012, the next version of QuickBooks.

QuickBooks Online PC Magazine Review

PC Magazine has a great review of QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks Online has gotten some great press in the last few months–here are some highlights from the QuickBooks Online PC Magazine Review.

QuickBooks Online is a surprisingly robust application that looks great and behaves well. It offers varying levels of functionality in every area that desktop products support, including some unusual features I wouldn’t have expected to see, like automatic invoicing and location tracking, as well as a good amount of customization.

PC Magazine’s also knocks upstart competitors who only offer half-baked solutions compared to the online accounting suite available in QuickBooks Online.

FreshBooks is a standalone invoicing site, and Outright takes a different approach—you get data into your online records primarily through its integration with other sites, like FreshBooks and oDesk. While each is an excellent tool in its own right, QuickBooks Online is much more comprehensive in its approach.

See for yourself and sign up for the free QuickBooks Online trial.

QuickBooks 2011 and QuickBooks 2012: Multicurrency, Online Banking

What are the benefits of QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier 2009?  There are some great new features in the latest version of QuickBooks 2009, so I’ve compiled a short list of a few top features that I like.  If you are on an older version of QuickBooks (QuickBooks 2006 or 2007) you should consider upgrading.

1.  Business Intelligence in QuickBooks Pro 2012: allows you to get a real-time overview of your business, such as customers who owe you money, bills to be paid, and reminders-all on one screen.

2.  Multi Currency / Foreign Currency: Track your finances at home and abroad with support for multiple currencies. QuickBooks Pro 2008 handles all your international currency accounting automatically for all global currencies, and even downloads exchange rates right into QuickBooks.

3.  Online Banking in QuickBooks 2012: Easily download transactions from your bank account or credit card directly into QuickBooks. Get a complete financial picture of cleared bank transactions and pending QuickBooks transactions, all in one place.

Benefits of QuickBooks Pro 2011 and QuickBooks 2012: Multi Currency

This post is kicking off a series of articles about the benefits of QuickBooks 2011 and QuickBooks 2012. With great new features, I’d say this new version of QuickBooks accounting software is one of the best ever release by Intuit. One of the best features is multi-currency support. Data from Intuit shows that by 2018 almost half the small businesses in the U.S. will be participants in global trade. The globalization of small business sourcing and sales has created the need for multi-currency support in accounting software–a problem QuickBooks 2009 solves well. Eliminating the need to manually account for foreign transactions will save for small businesses that do significant trade across international borders. In addition, QuickBooks 2009 users can also connect directly to the QuickBooks international payment service, making it easy to process wire transfers and drafts in more than 100 foreign currencies right from within the QuickBooks accounting software.

“Intuit QuickBooks 2009 is one of our best releases in years, giving small businesses more reasons to be optimistic even in tough economic times,” said Rick Jensen the head of Intuit’s small business division. “The powerful new features help small businesses become more productive while finding new ways to make money and succeed in a global economy.”