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. QuickBooks Online, which is essentially most of QuickBooks rolled into a Web app. Then I noticed another option on the QuickBooks website: 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 But in the meantime I wouldn’t be able to make any changes to my company’s data, because unlike QuickBooks for Windows, QuickBooks for Mac has no way to merge an accountant’s changes into an existing file. So if I wanted to share data with my Windows-using accountant, I’d have to back up my data in QuickBooks for Windows format and send her that file, which she could then “restore.” Once she finished with the file, she would send it back to me and I could reimport it. Mac version of QuickBooks 2013 ( ), but when I read Macworld’s review, I discovered that the app’s data files aren’t cross-platform compatible. Despite my misgivings, I agreed to use QuickBooks to keep my accountant happy. 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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