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Old 20-03-09
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I have found that Quickbooks is much better at tracking jobs. If you are running a business where you require to track the income and expenses on a job by job basis then Quickbooks does this a LOT better than MYOB. I also would much prefer to use Quickbooks payroll programs than MYOB.

On the plus side for MYOB it has a much better registration system. The GST capturing and reporting is much better, as is the reporting in general.

I don't think either program is particularly easy to use for someone with little or no accounting knowledge. This is what gets a lot of people into trouble. I have had to totally rebuild clients files after they have tried to do their bookkeeping themselves. It has taken hours to redo all their work and would have been easier and cheaper for them if they had just got someone to do it for them to start with.
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I've used Quickbooks for 4 years with no complaints to make.
I have a brand new copy of quickbooks, and I must say I'm so happy with it. Again, it is so easy to use, to record payments and to manage my accounts.The interface in Quickbooks is much nicer.
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As an accountant, i know we absolutely hate dealing with clients that use Quickbooks. If we had our way, everyone would be on MYOB. If you choose to go with Quickbooks expect to pay more to your accountant, i have worked at a few accounting firms and most hate dealing with quickbook files and they are much less competent (from an accountants perspective) with the program compared to MYOB. (ie more billing hours for you)
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We get asked this question over and over by clients - there is no "one size fits all" answer to this question

Bookkeepers, accountants and clients alike will rave on about their "preferred" accounting software package

You could easily be at Bathurst watching the 1000 listening to people arguing the pros and cons of Holden Versus Ford

We hear the same types of discussion with Quickbooks and MYOB

Bookkeeping is bookkeeping is bookkeeping - both MYOB and Quickbooks have addressed the same issues, maybe in slightly different ways

Same as the PC versus MAC discussions - some people like one system, others hate it

Each week we work with both systems - they both have their pluses and minuses - depends on the particular nature of the business - but more importantly - the operator

GIGO - Garbage in - Garbage out - if the chart of accounts isn't set up correctly, if the data isn't entered correctly, then the results will not be correct regardless of which accounting package you use

As stated previously, MYOB seems to have dominated the Australian market - though they are failing dramatically with their client relations and losing business because they have lost the focus of their core business - the new management team has taken the shift from the product support to the almighty dollar

There seem to be more bookkeepers skilled in MYOB than Quickbooks in Australia - but that doesn;t necessarily mean its a better product
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Rightly or wrongly that is the way it is.

MYOB is much more highly regarded by many Accounting firms.
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MYOB

Both my accountant and I prefer it that way. It does everything I need.

PS re the Bathurst comment... pffft Holdens are just better than Ffffffff.. them.
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Can anybody having updates about quickbooks 2007..i had this version for upgrading..but i don't know is it good for using all my accounting needs?any help would be appreciated.
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