If you are considering purchasing a license of QuickBooks Desktop 2018 and are considering in-between QuickBooks Premier ($369) vs. QuickBooks Accountant ($499); these are the additional features you get for the additional $120* (I have ranked these features by popularity):
- Batch Enter Transactions: You can add Checks, Credit Card Charges, Deposits, Invoices/Credit Memos, and Bills/Bill Credits from an excel spreadsheet with a quick copy/paste style function.
- Batch Reclassify Transactions to reclassify the account wrongly categorized transactions in batch, also reclassify classes in batch as well
- Accountant’s Center & Client Data Review is the fastest way to write off invoices, fix open balances, fix undeposited funds, fix sales tax, and troubleshoot inventory issues
- Ability to work with 2 company files simultaneously.
- Commented Reports add comments to any report “frozen in time”
- Create Period copy is great for using for limited time period audits
- Batch Delete Transactions: This feature lets you delete or void transactions in a batch
- Batch Merge Vendors: allows you to select up to 4 vendors and merge them all at the same time
- Receive Accountants Copy to make changes to client generated copy and send all changes back to client’s file
- Toggle to any version of QuickBooks Pro or Premier: to be able to “see what their clients see” (Accountant, Pro, or Premier any of the industry editions: Contractor, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Retail, Professional Services, and Nonprofit)
- Send Journal Entries to clients in which you have received a backup or portable file
- Fixed Asset Manager it is a great features to calculate depreciation from Fixed Item List, but it is a little complex to use
- Statement Writer allows you to create custom, compliant, financial reports
Also comparing price-points is important:
| No. of Users | QuickBooks Desktop Pro | QuickBooks Desktop Premier | QuickBooks Desktop Accountant |
| 1 | $219.95 | $369.95 | $499.95 |
| 2 | $369.95 | $569.96 | $949.95 |
| 3 | $519.95 | $849.95 | $1,399.95 |
| 4 | N/A | $1,049.95 | $1,449.95 |
| 5 | N/A | $1,269.95 | $1,499.95 |
NOTE: If you want to Compare QuickBooks Desktop Pro with QuickBooks Desktop Premier (or see what additional features are in QuickBooks Desktop Accountant that are not available in Pro, see this article
If you want to purchase QuickBooks, but not sure which is the best version for you, give us a call 1-800-819-6307 or e-mail us hector@garciacpa.com
