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Microsoft® Office Accounting is everything you need to make your small business a success. Whatever your idea, take it further with these great features:

  • Save time on everyday tasks

    • Get started in minutes with a step by step interview wizard
    • Create invoices, track time and expenses and bank online
    • Enter data once and share it seamlessly with other Microsoft Office system programs
    • Manage payroll and accept credit cards with affordable add-on services that save you time and money

  • Get a complete view of your business

    • See customer, vendor, employee and financial data in one place
    • Get business insights with customizable reports
    • Easily share your books with your accountant through Office Live

  • Grow your business online

    • List items on eBay, manage sales and download transactions
    • Email invoices and get paid faster with PayPal
    • Process credit card payments directly in Office Accounting

Product Version

 Office Accounting Express 2008 Office Accounting Standard 2008 Office Accounting Professional 2008 Office Accounting Professional 2008 -
3 User Edition		 Office Accounting Professional Plus 2008
Price
 FREE $99.95 $199.95 $499.95 $299.95
Availability                                                                                                       
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Designed For
 Startup and home-based businesses Established Businesses
End User Licenses                                                                                           
 N/A 1 1 3 1
List of Features
          
Core Accounting (General ledger, A/R, A/P, invoicing, bill payment and online banking) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integration with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integration with add-on services for payroll, credit card processing, eBay and many others ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Resource Center to get help with common questions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Number of reports 30 41 79 79 79
Budgeting tool for modeling of expenses and revenues   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Customizable company dashboard view     ✔ ✔ ✔
Multiuser access (peer to peer or over Small Business Server network)     ✔ ✔ ✔
Job costing and class tracking     ✔ ✔ ✔
Inventory tracking and valuation     ✔ ✔ ✔
Sales Orders     ✔ ✔ ✔
Purchase Orders     ✔ ✔ ✔
Cash Flow Forecasting     ✔ ✔ ✔
Recurring transactions     ✔ ✔ ✔
Finance Charges     ✔ ✔ ✔
Fixed asset manager     ✔ ✔ ✔
Run on SQL Server 2005 Standard, Workgroup or Enterprise     ✔ ✔ ✔
Integration with Microsoft Point of Sale     ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-currency support     ✔ ✔ ✔
12 months prepaid eBay Marketplace service ($9.95/month value)         ✔
12 months prepaid Payroll service ($13.95/month value)         ✔