


Several new features enhance QuickBooks’ already robust reporting capabilities, including the option to share customized reports you’ve created and access those made by others. Although newcomers to small-business accounting (who must pay $230 for QuickBooks Pro 2012 or $400 for QuickBooks Premier 2012) can find less-expensive desktop or Web-based software, QuickBooks offers unparalleled flexibility, especially given the abundance of third-party add-ons, available on Intuit’s website, that enhance its functionality. None of that is meant to belittle Intuit’s track record for making software that helps small-business owners keep their books, assess their financial health, and manage many related chores such as payroll and bill payments. So unless you really covet a specific new feature–or face loss of online functionality due to Intuit’s ongoing sunset policy (which will affect 2009 editions in several months)–you have no need to spend the $200 to $360 that Intuit charges for upgrades to QuickBooks Pro 2012 and QuickBooks Premier 2012, respectively (prices are as of September 19, 2011).
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But this year’s model has no killer feature that would make the software a gotta-have-it upgrade for all existing users. The latest edition of Intuit’s market-leading small-business accounting software builds mostly on innovations made in previous QuickBooks editions, with tweaks that some customers may find useful.
