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Easy to set up, easy to learn and use
It only takes a few screens to create your company file with the Company Setup Assistant. No accounting knowledge is necessary — use Guide Me to quickly become familiar with key tasks (like creating invoices) until you're ready to start working on your own.
Easily create invoices and track sales & expenses
Create invoices and sales receipts to keep track of who owes you money, what they bought, and when they paid you. Securely download bank and credit card transactions directly from your financial institution, and enter them in batches into QuickBooks.1
Organize all your finances in one place
Quickly find the transactions you need with the Customer, Vendor, and Transaction Centers. For example, in the Customer Center you can edit a customer's billing address, company name, phone number, and other contact info, and get fast access to related transactions.
Make better decisions for your business
Stay on top of your business by customizing your Company Snapshot. At a glance, you can see year-over-year income and expense trends, along with details, and top customers. You can also customize over 115 included reports to analyze your business and show the data you need.
Look more professional with customized forms
Project a professional image to your customers and vendors by customizing invoices, estimates and other forms with your logo, color and fonts.
Bill for your time and expenses, quickly and accurately
With just a few clicks, you can log hours, bill clients, and add reimbursement expenses to your invoices.

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QuickBooks for
Mac 		QuickBooks Pro
for Windows
Easy to get started
Company Set-up Assistant and Guide Me help you get started with everyday tasks
Company Set-up Assistant helps you set up your company file in two easy steps. Guide Me helps you quickly become familiar with key tasks (like creating invoices) until you're ready to start working on your own.
Up to a 60 minute phone session free with one of our Intuit QuickBooks experts
Let us help you get started with confidence, and answer your QuickBooks questions. Call 888-222-7276 after registering your product. 2
Get the most out of your QuickBooks with Little Square, a free online magazine created for QuickBooks for Mac users
Little Square is a free, online resource created just for you. It provides helpful videos and columns by QuickBooks for Mac accountants, advanced users, and other experts to help you get more out of QuickBooks.
Save time on everyday tasks and become more organized
Organize all your data in one place with Customer and Vendor Centers
The Customer, Vendor, and Transaction (available only in QuickBooks for Mac) centers make it easy to access key information. For example, the Customer Center lets you quickly see contact information and complete transaction history for a particular customer all on one screen.
Track sales, sales taxes and customer payments
Get rid of piles of paperwork. Create estimates and invoices and easily enter customer payments. Set sales tax rate to be automatically applied to customer transactions, and track sales tax you have collected. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments and sales for each customer with just a few clicks. Email forms to your customers and
vendors. 3
Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses
Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses. Queue 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. Enter bills from vendors. Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments & bills for each vendor with just a few clicks.
Create professional looking invoices and forms
Personalize forms, like estimates, invoices, and statements quickly and easily. Add logos, images, and fonts to templates and create your own custom forms. 4
Quickly locate accounts, invoices, customers and other information with just a keyword in QuickBooks Search
Your QuickBooks file stores all your business information, so finding exactly what you need is not always easy. With QuickBooks Search, all you need to do is enter the keyword, and it will pull up all the related invoices, contacts and transaction details. Use filters to refine results. Quickly access recent or saved searches.
Download your bank and credit card transactions into QuickBooks
Save time and avoid data entry errors. Instead of typing in your bank and credit card transactions, download them securely from 3000 participating financial institutions and easily import them into QuickBooks. 1
Track time, mileage and expenses to bill clients
Record time and expenses by client job so you can easily stay on top of your projects. It's easy to invoice clients in a few clicks so you won't miss any billable time and expenses.
Track inventory, set reorder points and create purchase orders
Easily track your inventory to avoid overbuying and backorders. Indicate re-order points for each inventory item and turn on reminders to automatically let you know when its time to reorder.
Make better business decisions with reports, and be ready
for tax time
Get a single view of your business with Company Snapshot
Company Snapshot gives you a consolidated view so you can assess at a glance your customer's purchase history, average days to pay, and outstanding balance and make timely decisions on customer requests. You can also identify your top customers by revenue and payment consistency, and prioritize them accordingly. See at a glance year-over-year income and expense trends, income and expense details, and top customers.
Get 115+ financial, sales and tax reports in one click
Get pre-designed, customizable business reports to gain insights into your business. See all available reports in one screen to easily choose the right one. Drill down with one click to see the detail behind the numbers.
Built for the Mac
Synchronize contacts with Mac OS Address Book
Never enter a phone number or address twice. Save typing time and errors by effortlessly synchronizing contact information between QuickBooks and your Mac Address Book, cell phone, PDA or other iSync-compatible applications. Activate QuickBooks Contact Sync, and selected contacts appear automatically in Address Book. Update a contact in Address Book...the changes automatically appear in QuickBooks. Leave the feature active to keep contact information, including email addresses, up-to-date at all times. 5
Add reminders to iCal
QuickBooks integrates with iCal so you can be reminded to print invoices and checks or to pay bills in one consolidated calendar and never miss a bill payment. Simply check the box next to "Show in iCal" on any invoice and a reminder is added to your calendar. And if you later decide to change the payment terms on the invoice in QuickBooks, iCal is automatically updated with the new due date. 6
Export data to Numbers or Excel
Export any report to Numbers or Excel - your QuickBooks formatting and formulas go with it. 7
Excel only
Prevent data loss by backing up your file to MobileMe
Prevent painful data loss by backing up your QuickBooks file to MobileMe. Choose one-time or ongoing automatic backup. You can restore it at any time. 8
Other features
Allow multiple users to work in QuickBooks at the same time
Multiple-user functionality enables more than one person to work on a company file at the same time, increasing collaboration and productivity. It ensures that all users are working on the most up-to-date data. 9
Invoice for projects in phases
QuickBooks allows you to invoice for projects in phases. You can now invoice by line item or percentage of the estimate. You can track how much has been invoiced and what's left. Job history reports provide additional detail.
Manage payroll and payroll taxes; offer Direct Deposit (sold separately)
QuickBooks Payroll for Mac allows you to easily manage payroll online and export data into your QuickBooks software. 10
Share data with your accountant or other Windows based users
Share your QuickBooks data with Windows-based users, such as your accountant. Send a Mac file to a Windows user (who can update it) and the Windows user can send it back. Just click the toolbar icon: "Backup to QuickBooks Windows". As QuickBooks creates the backup, it simultaneously creates a PDF file of simple instructions for opening and sending back the file. Send both files to your accountant or Windows user. 11
Accountant copy
Create a copy of your company file that your accountant can use to make changes while you continue to work. When your accountant is done, import your accountant's changes into your company file.
QuickBooks for
Mac 		QuickBooks Pro
for Windows
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Important disclaimers, disclosures and notes
1 Online services vary by participating financial institutions and may be subject to application approval, and additional terms, conditions and fees. We authenticate your account with your financial institution, and then use secure data transmissions between your financial institution and Intuit. Supports Web Connect and Direct Connect.
2 Call with a technical support representative within 30 days of completing your QuickBooks registration. One phone call for up to 60 minutes (cannot be redeemed in increments) per registering customer allowed within the qualifying period. Additional Terms & Conditions apply.
3 Outlook integration requires Apple Mail®, Microsoft Entourage® 2008 or Outlook 2011 for Mac.
4 QuickBooks for Windows templates are not transferable to QuickBooks for Mac.
5 For Pro, Premier, and Enterprise: Outlook synchronization requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook tool, available for free at http://www.quickbooks.com/contact_sync/. For Mac: Address Book is included in Mac OS X from Apple, Inc. Synchronization with mobile phones and PDAs requires an iSync 2.1-supported phone or PDA. For a list of supported devices, visit http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices.html.
6 iCal is included in Mac OS X from Apple, Inc.
7 Numbers is included in Mac OS X from Apple, Inc. Export report data requires Apple Numbers '09. Microsoft® Excel integration requires Excel 2008 or 2011 for Mac.
8 Requires paid MobileMe account available separately from Apple, Inc.
9 QuickBooks 2012 for Mac includes 1 user license. QuickBooks 2012 for Mac 2 user includes 2 user licenses. QuickBooks 2012 for Mac 3 User includes 3 user licenses. Can add more user licenses for a fee. Each version can support a maximum of 5 user licenses. All copies of QuickBooks for Mac must be the same version year.
10 Requires paid subscription, EIN and Internet access. For Mac: Requires Intuit QuickBooks Payroll for Mac. Additional fees apply. Internet access required. Adobe Reader is required to print checks and forms. Service not available in Canada. Payroll for Windows is integrated in the product.
11  QuickBooks 2012 for Mac can exchange data with QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Premier Accountant Edition 2012 for Windows (U.S. versions, round trip: between Mac and Windows) .
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