![]() ![]() We wouldn’t have to mess with Windows software, or with exporting and importing files, and our accountant could access our data over the Web, too. Then I noticed another option on the QuickBooks website: QuickBooks Online, which is essentially most of QuickBooks rolled into a Web app. So we would have had to pay $500, not counting the cost of future upgrades. Whether or not it would have been technologically feasible for us to share a license, I prefer to stick to the letter of the law. But we would have two users-my wife and I would both need to work in QuickBooks, sometimes concurrently, on different computers. The Mac and Windows versions of QuickBooks 2013 cost the same-$250-for a single-user license. But before I clicked the Buy button, I saw the fine print about licensing, which changed my mind. After all, I have Windows 7 running on my Mac thanks to VMware Fusion ( ). Well, I thought, I’ll just buy the Windows version. ![]() Despite my misgivings, I agreed to use QuickBooks to keep my accountant happy. Recently, I also learned about the millions Intuit spent lobbying to keep tax returns complicated. However, I don’t like that the Mac versions of both QuickBooks and Quicken have for years lagged behind the Windows versions, and I find that expensive annual updates rarely add crucial features. Our accountant all but insisted that we use QuickBooks so that she could easily view and update our financial records. ![]() Accountants love QuickBooks (even if authors don’t) ![]()
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