"Simple Solutions that Work".....

QuickBooks, the non-accountant's accounting software, greatly simplifies the bookkeeping process. However, after numerous years of QuickBooks consulting, we have found that no matter how user friendly the software program is, all small businesses can benefit from assistance with training and remote support.

That is where Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C. can assist. As Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors and years of field experience working with a wide range of industries we can help you make the best choice of QuickBooks software for your business.

QuickBooks SimpleStart - is a very basic QuickBooks product that allows you to track simple cash flows such as cash received from customers and cash disbursed to vendors. You can create Estimates and Invoices for your customers, but you cannot input Bills for your vendors to be paid at a later date; use Accounts Payable. QuickBooks SimpleStart does not support Inventory, Multi-user Access, or Payroll and offers only a highly streamlined selection of reports.

QuickBooks Pro - is an affordable alternative to SimpleStart that allows you to manage Accounts Payable, Basic Inventory Tracking, Payroll, and Multi-user Access. The standard reports in QuickBooks Pro are informative, but not industry-specific. Most of the 3.5 million QuickBooks users select QuickBooks Pro. QuickBooks Pro is the best fit for small businesses with up to one million in annual sales. If you do not manage inventory and you are not a construction company, QuickBooks Pro may be the best choice for your company regardless of our annual income - as long as you need no more than 5 simultaneous QuickBooks users. 

QuickBooks Premier - has the same features as QuickBooks Pro, but includes industry-specific features and reports. QuickBooks Premier includes Sales Orders. Using Sales Orders allows you to better manage your shipments to customers, including the ability to track backorders. Other features introduced at the QuickBooks Premier level include billing rates for employees and vendors or sub-contractors, Unit of Measure conversions, and numerous industry specific reports for contractors, professional service firms, wholesalers/distributors, retailers and non profit organizations. Like QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier allows a maximum of 5 simultaneous users.

QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions - is the most powerful edition of QuickBooks, allowing basically unlimited customers, vendors and item/parts and supporting up to 20 simultaneous users. The file administrator can use QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions to set highly specific user access privileges referred to as "roles", unlike QuickBooks Pro and Premier. Like QuickBooks Premier, Intuit offers Enterprise Solutions for 5 specific industries (contractors, retailers, wholesales/distributors, professional service firms and non profit organizations). Small businesses usually consider using QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions when annual sales exceed one million, but there are exceptions. Consider how many people need to use QuickBooks in your company and your need to limit these users' access to your accounting data when considering QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.