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Share access with multiple users

Collaborate with your team and accountant. Files sync automatically to allow simultaneous use without version-control issues.**

1 user

1 user

Up to 3 full-access users

Up to 5 full-access users

Up to 25 full- access and custom users

Built-in business reports

From basic profit and loss to in-depth budget estimates, each product offers reporting options you can use to make smart business decisions

40+ (with limitations)

40+

70+

90+

90+

Share access with accountants

Make bookkeeping easier and tax time less stressful when you share your QuickBooks with your accounting professional.**

Up to 2

Up to 2

Up to 2

Up to 2

Up to 3

Track income and expenses

Securely import transactions and organize your finances automatically.

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Maximize tax deductions

Share your books with your accountant and automatically organize your transactions into tax categories.

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Download transactions for your accounts

Connect your bank and credit card accounts to QuickBooks to securely import transactions from your bank, credit cards, PayPal, Square, and more.*

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Integrate with 3rd-party apps

Sync data from popular apps like PayPal, Square, and others into QuickBooks.*

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(with limitations)

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Print checks and record transactions

You can print checks straight from QuickBooks. Step-by-step guides ensure your checks will look professional and picture perfect.

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Prepare and print 1099s for contractors

Assign vendor payments to 1099 categories, see payment history, prepare and file 1099s from QuickBooks.**

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Import data from Excel or QuickBooks Desktop

If your customer or supplier details are already saved on your computer, there's no need to type them into QuickBooks by hand.

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Set up automated, recurring transactions

Set up rules to automatically handle recurring bank and credit card transactions that are unique to your business.

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Automated bookkeeping

QuickBooks uses your input to learn how you categorize your income and expenses, then auto-matches and records transactions from then on.

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Capture and organize receipts

Use smartphone to quickly and easily snap photos of your receipts and upload them directly to QuickBooks. We'll even categorize them automatically.

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Access data from any device

Take care of your business from your iPhone, iPad, or Android. Send invoices, categorize transactions, view and manage your cash flow, and much more.**

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Track sales and sales tax

Accept credit cards anywhere, connect to e-commerce tools, and calculate taxes automatically.

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Invoice and accept payments

Accept credit cards and bank transfers in the invoice with QuickBooks Payments, get status updates and reminders.

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Create and send estimates

Customize estimates, accept mobile signatures, see estimate status, and convert estimates into invoices.

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Track mileage using your smartphone

Automatically track miles, categorize trips, and get sharable reports.**

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Manage and pay bills from vendors

Organize bills in one place, schedule payments, pay online, and choose how vendors get paid.**

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Connect online sales channels

Connect any available online sales channels and automatically sync with QuickBooks.

0 (QB Commerce sales channels)

1 sales channel

Connect 3 sales channels

Connect all sales channels

Connect all sales channels

Apps Integration diagnostics

Easily detect and manage app integrations, and quickly resolve any connection errors from one place to ensure that data between apps and QBO are syncing properly.

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Track billable hours by customer

Enter employee time by client/project and automatically add it to invoices.

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Handle multiple currencies

Doing business and taking orders in other countries is a snap with QuickBooks. You can assign currencies to vendors and inventory so it's easier to track.

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Enter bills and schedule payments for later

Keep track of your outgoing payments. You can see exactly what you owe, who you owe it to, and when payment is due.

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Set user access levels

Give employees specific access to features and reduce errors with auto-syncing.

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Track project profitability

Track all your projects in one place, track labor costs, payroll and expenses.

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Track inventory

Your inventory quantities are automatically updated, making it easy to see what's selling and what to reorder. Inventory values are automatically adjusted in your balance sheet.

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Create and send purchase orders

Keep track of what you've ordered from each vendor. Organize contact information for multiple vendors in one place to make reordering easier.

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Create and manage budgets

Avoid data entry errors by managing your budgets directly in QuickBooks Online.

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Categorize income and expenses using class tracking

Assign classes for your income and expenses by department, business office or location, separate properties you own, or any other meaningful categorization.

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Track sales and profitability by location

Turn on location tracking to see your sales information and profits by location.

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Automate workflows

Automate repetitive tasks to drive greater efficiency for your team

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Enhanced custom fields

Track unique data with customizable reporting fields

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Batch invoices, checks, expenses, bills

Create invoices, enter, edit, and send multiple invoices faster

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Customize access by roles

Manage users access to QuickBooks Online Advanced to make sure you have the right people on the work, while also protecting your most sensitive information.

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Backup and Restore

Automatically back up your changes, restore a specific version of your company, and view version history

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Task manager

Manage tasks for you and your team to ensure work doesn't fall through the cracks

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Custom chart builder

Create presentation-ready charts and compare data side-by-side

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Cash flow dashboard

Monitor money in and out with cash flow reporting

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Revenue streams dashboard

Know what’s contributing to your top money-makers with a dashboard you can customize.

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Priority Circle

24/7 premium support** and on-demand online training

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Custom report builder

Easily choose, sort, filter and create pivot tables from your data to build your own custom reports

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Performance Center

Stay on top of business performance and trends -- create customized charts & graphs, track business KPI's, get insights and benchmarking for your industry.

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Revenue Recognition

Stay consistent, compliant, and credible with automated revenue recognition.

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Data Sync with Excel

Seamlessly send data back and forth between QuickBooks Online Advanced and Excel for more accurate business data and custom insights.

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Employee Expenses

Employees submit expenses in QuickBooks, so everything’s in one place and easy to track.

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Fixed Assets Accounting

Automated depreciation using JE's every month based on depreciation parameters selected by user, plus reporting to reflect the status of the fixed assets. Batch import of existing fixed assets for a seamless onboarding.

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Custom Form Styles Replicator

Replicate invoice templates to create customized invoices

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Monitor estimates vs. actuals

Monitor and manage income, expenses, and profitability against original estimates over the lifetime of a project

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