ACC SOFTWARE APPS (SAGE)

Running Head: QuickBooks Pro.

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QuickBooks Pro. 5

QuickBooks pro enterprise refers to an accounting service software that is designed for various types of businesses. The businesses may include manufacturers, wholesalers, construction contractors, non-profit organizations. For QuickBooks pro interface, the interface is easy to use, it does not have a lot of complicated navigations. The level of learning ease on QuickBooks pro depends on the current level of skills in computer software, internet navigation, business math and basic accounting. Navigating from one page to another on QuickBooks pro is simple, and easy for both the new members of using the program and those who have used it before. (Wilson, 2020)

interface

It is logical to use the interface, moving from one area to another is easy for the QuickBooks interface. The interface is simple, having no much images that can cause confusion while navigating from one product to the other. the data on QuickBooks is stored in the cloud making it easy to run the business from one’s Mac, PC, tablet or phone. easy to learn for one moves from the simplest level moving to the most complex level. the tools of QuickBooks automate daily tasks, they can automatically categorize bank transactions having more details by the use of enhanced rules, batch editing and improved matching. It is easy to create rules basing on customer groups based on fields like the type of customers, status of the customers, the location of the customer and balance making it easy to manage and communicate to the customers. This makes the QuickBooks pro system easy to use and more intuitive. Navigating from one record of the customer to another takes less time and processing is easy.

Functionality.

This is the most popular small business accounting software that is used by businesses to manage income and expenses and to keep track of the financial health of their businesses. QuickBooks is also used for invoicing customers, for payment of bills, generating reports and preparing taxes.

Ease of use

Online QuickBooks is easy to use. On the surface, it is possible for one to simply follow the forms and fill them out for any item that is required. QuickBooks are easily used by small businesses in managing their invoices. Business owners are able to manage the businesses themselves while others prefer to have in-house or the outsourced bookkeeping as they are all easy.

Recommendation

I recommend small businesses to use QuickBooks because of small functionalities required for such businesses, the use of QuickBooks would be appropriate for small businesses that operate online. QuickBooks online are available for free for 30 days and therefore this will give small businesses an opportunity to try it without requiring credit for purchasing the app.

The application has appropriate software modules that have appropriate features. The modules include; general ledger, the QuickBooks pro covers up to 98% of the functions of general ledger, the competitors of this software only covers up to 85% of the characteristics for this module, thus, QuickBooks is the best when it comes to using the general ledger accounts. Another important module is the accounts payable module. The QuickBooks pro covers up to an impressive 97% of the functionalities of the account payable module. This gives this application a competitive advantage over the competitors which only support an average of 82% of this module of accounts payable. QuickBooks pro is the most viable option for using the account payable module.

The other module that is present in the QuickBooks pro is the accounts receivable module. QuickBooks pro supports a stunning 98% of the characteristics of the account receivable module. As compared to other applications on the market whoch only offer up to 83% of the features of the account receivable module, QuickBooks pro becomes the most appropriate application for use in the account receivable module.

Payroll is yet another important module that is controlled by the QuickBooks pro, QuickBooks pro offers up to 97% coverage if the functionalities of the payroll module. This an impressive noticeable where this application surpasses its competitors that only covers an average of 78% of the features of the payroll module. Using QuickBooks software is therefore easy for coming up with payroll as compared to any other application.

Inventory module is another important module supported by the QuickBooks pro. It is supported up to 97% by the QuickBooks pro application making it the best application being used for processing inventories as compared to its competitors that covers only 81% of the module. (Page, 2018)

References

Wilson, A. (2020). QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2019 Review.

Page, J. K. (2018). Expanding Your Traditional QuickBooks Course with Labyrinth Learning Digital Tools in an Online Environment. Journal of Advance Research in Business Management and Accounting (ISSN: 2456-3544), 4(1), 01-05.