[owls1981]

I would appreciate if Business Mac forum participants would recommend an application(s) that are similar to QuickBooks Professional for tracking time spent, accounts payable/receivable and invoicing for a Mac.



Thanks



Owls1981

[dougster]

-Hi and welcome to the Macworld forum,

You didn't mention what was wrong with Intuit QuickBooks for Mac. Is there something missing in their software? Just curious...

[owls1981]

Doug,



Thanks for the reply. I've copied the comparison between QuickBooks Professional Services and QuickBook Pro (which is essentially the same as QuickBooks Mac).

Thanks



Owls


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||Designed for Contractors||
|Track job costs as you pay suppliers, subcontractors & employees

Customized job cost reports allow you to see a job's profitability on a
detailed, task-by-task level. You can even see the projected cost to
complete a job.

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|Instantly turn estimates into invoices & POs
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With a few clicks you can convert your estimates into invoices and
purchase orders as jobs progress. No need to retype information -
QuickBooks does it for you.

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|Track & print change orders on estimates
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As a job changes, simply enter change orders into the estimate so that
you can keep track of the changes, and the impact on the bottom line.
Change orders are included on documents you print for your customer so
that there are no surprises at the end of the job.

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|Assign different billing rates for different types of employees ^8^
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You can set a fixed hourly rate for each employee or create custom hourly rates by service.

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|Job Costing Center quickly shows job costs & profitability
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Check the Job Costing Center for an instant reading of how you're doing
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including which jobs are most and least profitable, all in a single
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|See which orders can be shipped at a glance with simple icons
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Easily see the status of your customer orders. Enter a sales order,
then use the Sales Order Fulfillment Worksheet to see all of your open
sales orders on one simple screen. Icons help you quickly identify
which orders can be shipped and which can't, based on your current
inventory.

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|Create Bills of Material to track costs for assembled products
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Create Bills of Materials ("BOMs") to track the costs and raw materials
for assembled products. You can include both material and non-material
costs-such as labor and overhead-in BOMs to ensure your costs, and
prices, are accurate. As you build products, QuickBooks automatically
deducts raw materials from inventory and adds the finished goods to
inventory.

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|Buy & sell the same item in different units of measure
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QuickBooks seamlessly handles the conversion from one unit of measure
to another, helping you avoid costly mistakes. With a click, you can
instantly convert from cases to pallets, or whatever units of measure
you define. The correct units are then printed on invoices, purchase
orders, sales orders, pick lists, and packing slips.

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|Demonstrate financial accountability to your Board of Directors with the Statement of Financial Income & Expense
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Demonstrate financial accountability to your Board of Directors with
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Board an overview of your organization's financial status with the
Statement of Financial Income and Expense.

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|Access all the data to complete your 990 form in one report
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Make it easy for you or your accountant to prepare the IRS Form 990 by
letting QuickBooks total and organize all your finances according to
IRS requirements. The Statement of Functional Expenses–990 matches the
IRS Form 990. Just transfer the totals to the form and you're done.

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|Monitor program funding with budgets and budget versus actual reporting
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Once you've set up your budget, you can compare it to your actual
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reports from the Report Center and see where you stand.

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|View unbilled time & expenses on one screen; transfer to an invoice
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Now you can decide who to bill by seeing all clients with unbilled time
and expenses on a single screen. Instead of creating an invoice from
scratch, simply open the Invoice for Time & Expenses screen and
select the client and job combination. Outstanding billable time and
expenses are transferred directly to an invoice.

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|Analyze profitability by project with Project Costing Reports
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Reports like Billed vs. Proposal by Project, Cost-to-Complete by Job,
and Job Costs by Job and Vendor help you stay on top of which projects
are most profitable.

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|Track unbilled time & expenses with customized reports
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Access Billed/Unbilled Hours by Person, Unbilled Expenses by Project,
Expenses Not Assigned to Projects to keep track of your employees' time
and expenses for billing.

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|Allow employees to enter billable & non-billable time online, from anywhere with an internet connection ^8^
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Time Tracker for QuickBooks, an optional subscription service, is the
fastest, easiest way to collect and record billable and non-billable
hours into QuickBooks Pro and Premier for accurate invoicing, payroll
and reporting purposes. No more paperwork! Employees or contractors
only need an internet connection to submit billable hours. Download
timesheets right into QuickBooks with one click.

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|Easily track sales results
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Track sales results easily, accurately and flexibly with the Sales
Summary Form. Enter total payments and taxable/non taxable sales for
the day, week or any time period you choose.

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|Reconcile end-of-day sales total and calculate sales tax liability automatically
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QuickBooks Retail Edition calculates your sales tax liability
automatically and makes it easy to spot cash drawer over/under
discrepancies for easy end-of-day sales reconciliation.

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|Analyze sales trends and profitability
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The customized reports available in QuickBooks Retail Edition make it
easy to analyze sales trends and track profitability.

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|Use work orders to create invoices with one click
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Turn any work order into a purchase order with just one click. No need
to retype line items or even vendor information — Premier Retail
Edition fills it in for you. Just edit quantities, if needed, and
print. Or turn the PO into a PDF, and e-mail it right from QuickBooks.

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|Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses
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Easily print checks, pay bills & track expenses. Aggregate all your checks to be paid and print them in one batch.
QuickBooks will keep track of each check so you can keep tabs on where your money is going. Enter bills from vendors.
Since QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access all past payments & bills for each
vendor with just a few clicks.

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|Track sales, sales taxes & customer payments
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Get rid of piles of paperwork. Easily enter customer payments. Since
QuickBooks organizes everything in one place, you'll be able to access
all past payments for each customer with just a few clicks.

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|Manage payroll & payroll taxes; offer Direct Deposit ^1^ (sold separately)
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Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Services, QuickBooks Payroll for Mac powered
by PayCycle, and Payroll for QuickBooks Online save you time by
eliminating steps and giving you the tools to get your payroll done
right.

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|Quickly create estimates & invoices ^2^
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Use the data you already have in QuickBooks - such as customer contact
info & products/services - to make creating estimates &
invoices a snap. Choose from pre-designed QuickBooks templates or
customize the layout yourself.

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|Create & customize professional-looking forms ^3^
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Create professional-looking forms by choosing from more than 100
expertly designed forms, including invoices & sales receipts. You
can also customize the templates by adding your company logo and tag
line to present your business uniquely to your customers.

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||Manage your finances more efficiently||
|Number of simultaneous users (with purchase of additional licenses) ^4^
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Multiple-user functionality enables more than one person to work on a
company file at the same time, increasing collaboration and
productivity. It ensures that all users are working on the most
up-to-date data.

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|Up to 5| |Up to 5| |
|One-click business reports
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Get pre-designed, customizable business reports to gain insights into
your business. See all available reports in one screen to easily choose
the right one. Drill down with one click to see the detail behind the
numbers. Export any report to Excel - your QuickBooks formatting and
formulas go with it. Access industry-specific reports in QuickBooks
Premier and Enterprise Solutions.

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|Import data from Excel, Quicken, Microsoft Office Accounting & prior QuickBooks versions ^5^
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Get up and running fast by importing data from the tool you use to
track your finances now. However little or much data you currently
have, you won't have to start over from scratch.

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|Effortlessly track bills & set due-date reminders
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QuickBooks helps you ensure you pay your bills on time. Record bills as
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Easily track your inventory to avoid overbuying and backorders.
Indicate re-order points for each inventory good and turn on reminders
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|Download your bank & credit transactions into QuickBooks^6^
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Save time and avoid data entry errors. Instead of typing in your bank
and credit card transactions, download them securely from over 3000
participating financial institutions and easily import them into
QuickBooks.

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QuickBooks supports all global currencies and does all the currency
calculations for you. You can even download exchange rates or do wire
transfers from right in QuickBooks.

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data. You can export the projections to Excel for further analysis or
save it as a PDF file.

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Click a button to create a forecast of income and expenses for the
coming year, based on your existing QuickBooks data. Increase or
decrease line items by any percentage to adjust for future changes.

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Access over 150 industry-specific reports in QuickBooks Premier and
Enterprise Solutions such as: - Profitability by Product for
manufacturing and wholesale businesses - Job/ Project Costs for
professional services firms & contracting businesses - Donor
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for retail businesses.

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[dougster]

-Hi,

How about QuickBooks Online? Peek here. I know this building contractor that uses software for his building subs, etc., but he's out of town now. Probably wouldn't help anyway since he runs Windoz. Lets hope some member will dance along with more what you're looking for.

[smax013]

I don't get the point of this post. You first offered that you wanted something similar to QuickBooks Pro in the first post. Now, based upon this next post, you offer that QuickBooks Pro is nominally similar to QuickBook for the Mac. Why then the comparison between QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Professional Services? Did you really want some feature from QuickBooks Professional Services rather than QuickBooks Pro as you first said?

Is there something not included in QuickBooks for the Mac that you want? If so, how does this comparision show that?

I seem to be missing something.