QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus Review

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QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus is among the top accounting software choice for owners of small business who want a locally installed product. It won’t exceed the three-user limit and also do not require industry specific features.

Although it is missing some advanced capabilities known as financial forecasting, the QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus delivers where it matters most for small scale business.

What are the key features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus?

Inventory tracking
Time tracking
Accounts and bills payable management
Sales tax tracking
Income and expense tracking
Invoicing
Reporting

What is the deciding factor of QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus?

Pricing	$349.99 every year
Maximum number of users	3
Sharing with accountants	Good – The user can easily make an accountant’s copy and can send it to the accountant via email. Changes can be easily imported back to the file.
Scalability	Excellent –It offers Plus and Enterprise plan for the people who need more users or more advanced features
Ease of use	Good –Owners of business with some prior accounting knowledge can get the most out of this product. However, the desktop version is not as modern looking as online plans.

How does the QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus work?

As QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus is not a cloud-based system, so you must have a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 operating system with Internet explorer 11 and a minimum of 2.5 GB of free disk space before initiating the installation.

From there it will only take 10 minutes to completely setup the company file.

After that you need to enter the details of the business contacts, products or services, sales tax etc.

It is recommended to make an initial backup of the information of company after setup process is completed.

Owners of small businesses cannot access their books on the go with intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus, but they can easily use the QuickBooks mobile app for scanning the receipt and uploading the bills.

Pricing of QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus

The annual cost of QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus depends on two factors. QuickBooks Payroll addons and the number of users using it. Every additional user will cost $200 or more each year. The business owners can easily add payroll to any plan of QuickBooks for a small amount of additional fee. If you require more than three users then you should upgrade it to Premium plus which can handle up to five users.

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Benefits of QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus

Robust inventory tracking

It is blessed with strong inventory management capabilities. It has the feature to alert business owners when the stock is running low and will allow them to make purchase orders, keep tab on the cost of goods and track products.

Access to more than 100 reports

The reports provide information on open invoice, purchases by vendors, payroll, inventory, account receivable, accounts payable, estimates, job profitability, sales by customer and taxes.