Using the Professional Partner User Provisioning tool, you can:

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1 Products Accountants Products QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online, incorporates all the core accounting functionality found in the top of the range QuickBooks Enterprise with the ability to access you clients company files anywhere, anytime over the internet. This provides greater convenience, improved efficiency and productivity. The Reckon online version of QuickBooks, allow you and your clients to save a copy of your company file to your local desktop or portable hard drive for greater peace of mind. Reckon Online also helps to ease the compliance burden with automatic upgrades and updates. Reckon Online also makes it much easier and more convenient for accountants and bookkeepers to remotely login via the internet and work simultaneously with clients on their data files. It therefore helps you to ensure that clients company data is accurate, up to date and secure. As a Professional Partner, you may receive up to three user accounts for Reckon Online. Contact the Professional Services Group for more information. The Manage Your Account section of allows you to manage your own Reckon Online account, as well as set up and manage the accounts of clients using the Reckon Online version of QuickBooks. Using the Professional Partner User Provisioning tool, you can: Create a new account for a client Add users to a client s account Manage the users of a client s account Share a client s company file Manage a client s company file access By using the Professional Partner User Provisioning tool, you will also be provided with your 22.5% dealer margin when purchasing new QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online, accounts for clients. Please note that before you can add an existing Reckon customer as a new client, the client must contact Reckon and provide authorisation for you to be able to access their Reckon Online account. A series of instructional videos are available for viewing in the Manage Your Account section. For more information, visit or see the Fact Sheet in this Section. S5-1

2 QuickBooks Accountant Edition QuickBooks Accountant Edition QB i series allows you to provide a significantly better service to clients, create new opportunities to work with clients and gives you additional ways to grow your practice. Its seamless integration with practice management solutions Reckon Elite and APS will also increase your efficiency while saving time and money. QuickBooks Accountant Edition has been designed with advanced accounting features and functionality, such as Adjusted Trial Balance Report and the Financial Statement Designer. It is available exclusively to members of the Reckon Professional Partner Program and is included in the software pack we have provided to you. For more information, visit or see the Fact Sheet in this Section. Reckon Elite Reckon Elite has the complete solution for your practice whether you are a sole practitioner or a growing practice providing compliance and consulting services to a host of clients. Over 80 percent of the tax and accounting industry is comprised of small to medium-sized tax practices and accounting firms, and Reckon Elite is committed to servicing this market with software solutions that have advanced functionality, are cost effective and are easy to learn and use. With more than 4300 users across Australia, Reckon Elite is a principal provider of practice management and compliance solutions in this market. Reckon Elite delivers leading-edge technology to the market, together with an enviable level of customer support, to enable tax practices and accounting firms to improve their profitability. In choosing Reckon Elite, you will also benefit from clever integration with QuickBooks, the world s best selling accounting software. This integration allows you to open QuickBooks directly from Reckon Elite, to import trial balances and even individual transactions in order to avoid keying in extra data when preparing to lodge clients BAS. Reckon Elite Professional and Enterprise solutions Now available in Professional and Enterprise versions, Reckon Elite has evolved to meet the demands of today s accounting professionals by allowing you to focus on providing valueadded services without spending precious time on manual tasks. And by incorporating robust SQL database technology, Reckon Elite brings practice management to new levels of functionality, reporting, data stability, accuracy and performance. What s more, the brand new Enterprise edition, designed for larger practices, will empower you with sophisticated custom-made reporting, database management, enhanced stability, security and performance. Reckon Elite Enterprise will also enable greater flexibility and security for administrators of large firms. Administrators can create customised individual and group permission settings and specify for a range of tasks whether users have access to view, add, edit or delete. S5-2

3 Customise and create new reporting templates Reckon Elite Ledger now includes a powerful new reporting tool, the Ledger Report Writer. With an easy to use format similar to Microsoft Excel, this powerful tool allows you to edit existing XYZ compliant templates, or create sophisticated custom-made templates from scratch so your reports are exactly how you (and your client) prefer. Reckon Elite Product Range The Reckon Elite product range includes: Reckon Elite Practice Management Reckon Elite Tax Reckon Elite Ledger Reckon Elite Assets Reckon Elite Desktop Super Reckon Elite AdvanceDocs Reckon Elite TimeCost Reckon Elite TimeSheet Reckon Elite Rental Professional For more information, call , reckonelite@reckon.com.au or go to Reckon Docs Reckon Docs is a leading provider of corporate services, including the establishment of new Companies, Trusts and Self Managed Superannuation Funds, to over 6,000 accountants, financial planners and lawyers throughout Australia. To maintain high professional standards, Reckon Docs documentation is prepared and reviewed by a minimum of two independent leading law firms, to ensure the latest legislation, cases, practices and investment strategies are incorporated. S5-3

4 Reckon Docs Products and Services: Company Formations and related products Trust Deeds and Wills SMSF Deeds, Pension documents and related products SMSF Administration Company Secretarial Services Various legal agreements Free over-the-phone general legal advice Free Reckon software with orders of companies, trusts and SMSFs Client support through a dedicated Help Desk team All products can be ordered through Reckon Docs which is available in two formats: Reckon Docs Online and Reckon Docs Desktop. Reckon Docs Online Reckon Docs Online is a web based document ordering system that makes ordering Company, Trust and SMSF documentation accurate, convenient and easy, while providing a full history of orders. Through Reckon Docs Online, new Companies, Trusts and SMSFs are established and documents ed to you within minutes, with printed copies delivered next business day. Reckon Docs Online also remembers your practice details so you don t have to fill out the same fields again and again for each order, saving you time and increasing your efficiency. Each order placed through Reckon Docs Online is tracked in real time, allowing you to monitor the progress of your order and a complete transaction history allows you to search for and display past orders. The smart Save feature allows you to save your progress midorder and come back to it when convenient. Reckon Docs Online is password protected and operates with state-of-the-art security and encryption ensuring that access to sensitive information is limited to only those who should be looking at it. If you also require a printed version of the documentation Reckon Docs offers a choice of receiving a full set of documents presented in a Deluxe Binder or a set of required documents in a Slim-Line Space-Saver file. Reckon Docs Desktop Company registers don t have to be hard work. Reckon Docs Desktop is a company compliance software package designed for professionals who register and maintain companies on behalf of their clients. With its intuitive interface and flexible access to reports, Reckon Docs Desktop makes maintaining company registers easy and helps to achieve efficiency through reducing data entry and its ability to retrieve and upload stored details. Reckon Docs Desktop cleverly connects with ASIC, allowing you to make changes to your clients company registers, generate minutes, complete the appropriate forms and update S5-4

5 your changes with ASIC with a click of the mouse, saving you time and money. You can even make multiple changes at once across your clients companies, which substantially reduces administration time and the risk of data entry errors. Reckon Docs Desktop s connection with ASIC is protected with cutting edge security and encryption techniques, so you know that your clients private data will remain exactly that. Reckon Docs Desktop also allows you to directly place orders for companies, trusts, and SMSFs, as well as carry out searches on ASIC s records, right from your desktop. As a Professional Partner, you also receive preferential pricing on Reckon Docs products, to help bring even better value to you and your clients. For more information call or go to APS Advanced Professional Solutions Advanced Professional Solutions Pty Ltd (APS) is a leading supplier of application software to more than 700 Australian accounting firms, as well as to many major firms in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. APS clients include a broad range of firms from the largest members of the Big 4 and their consulting cousins, to mid-size firms and much smaller firms. In fact, APS is proud to support in excess of 70% of the BRW Top 100 Accounting Practices. APS s success is based on the strong and carefully nurtured relationships formed with both existing and prospective clients. Clients will tell you it s APS dedication to understanding their individual business requirements that ensures the systems are configured to optimum effect in the practice environment. This, together with APS totally integrated Advance practice software suite all built on a Microsoft SQL platform, are the reasons why APS is the leading software supplier in the market place. Each application in the Advance suite seeks to deliver a firm competitive advantage by managing key areas in the business. Those applications include: Advance Practice Management Advance Tax Xcede Professional Accounting Advance Business Process Automation Advance Client Relationship Management Document Management Advance Desktop Super Advance Practice IQ Advance Digital Imaging Advance Resource Planning Advance Workpaper Management S5-5

6 Advance Corporate Register Advanced Professional Solutions is wholly owned by Reckon Ltd. For more information on the APS suite of products, call or go to QB Manager If you receive QuickBooks data files from your clients then this tool will be an invaluable time saver in your practice. When you receive a QuickBooks data file from your client, double-click on the data file and QB Manager will open it in the correct version of QuickBooks. You can quickly view key file information such as version and company details. QB Manager can be ordered directly through the Professional Services Group on For more information go to Business Products Whether it s accounts, payroll or retail that needs organising, there s a Reckon product to help achieve the goals. With state-of-the-art software, our business products make it easy to look after business accounting needs. Reckon's Business Finance range includes products for: Home and Business Small Enterprise Medium Enterprise Large Enterprise Retail Enterprise Quicken Home and Business Manage home and business cash flow needs with just a single product Quicken Home & Business. Quicken Home & Business includes accounting, finance, and investment tools that are an easy solution to home and business needs. Small Enterprise The Reckon software suite for small enterprises consists of: QuickBooks EasyStart and QuickBooks EasyStart Lite - ideal for first time users of accounting software QuickBooks Accounting - easy business accounting and inventory QuickBooks Plus - includes accounting, decision tools, inventory and payroll modules S5-6

7 Each product is designed to meet the specific needs of small businesses, be they basic accounting, financial decisions, payroll or inventory tracking. Medium Enterprise For medium businesses, Reckon has products including: QuickBooks Pro - offers you all the basic accounting and decision tools, plus advanced features such as multicurrency, estimating, time tracking and integration with Microsoft. QuickBooks Premier - includes 5 users licences, offers all the features included with Pro, and also allows multiple price levels per item, includes advanced reporting tools and may be installed as any one of 7 industry-specific editions. Payroll Premier - a streamlined payroll process, giving you more time to manage your business by spending less time on administrative tasks. QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online the complete accounting package with the ability to access your company file anywhere, anytime over the Internet. This provides greater convenience, improved efficiency and expanded productivity. QuickBooks Contractor Edition - includes all the core accounting functionality you expect plus it allows clients to see which jobs are profitable, get airtight estimates, set up and track your holdbacks, and set up multiple labour rates for various employees, jobs and customers. Reckon Asset Manager - helps medium and enterprise-sized businesses and accounting practices manage their fixed asset accounting and tax issues, saving time and reducing the risk of human error. Large Enterprise QuickBooks Enterprise has been specifically designed for businesses with employees it offers all the features included in QuickBooks Premier and also allows up to 30 simultaneous users, multi-company reporting, enhanced multi-user security features and variable service billing rates. Retail Enterprise Reckon Retail Point of Sale provides a complete retail solution that is on par with POS systems worth many more thousands of dollars. It s available in three versions, so clients can select the most cost effective solution for their needs: Reckon Retail Point of Sale Lite - designed for start-up retailers requiring a simple to use point of sale solution. With comprehensive integration to QuickBooks QB i series accounting software, Retail Point of Sale Lite provides more than point of purchase management, it also offers features to manage sales, inventory, customers and accounting. Reckon Retail Point of Sale Professional includes comprehensive integration to QuickBooks QB i series accounting software and offers advanced features to manage sales, inventory, customers, accounting, table management, loyalty programs, promotions and even label design and printing features. S5-7

8 Reckon Retail Point of Sale Enterprise - helps move your clients retail business to the next level. Utilising the power of a Microsoft SQL server and exclusive reporting features, Retail Point of Sale Enterprise is perfect for those wanting more out of their Retail Point of Sale systems. Customer Relationship Management QuickBooks Customer Manager integrates with QuickBooks EasyStart, Accounting, Plus, Pro and Premier and is the information and task management tool that will help you better serve customers. It takes the pain out of tracking customer information in multiple systems by consolidating all critical client information in one place, displaying it on one, easy-to-read screen. For further information about any of our business products please see the software Fact Sheets included in this section. S5-8

9 Business Products Software Requirements Analysis This table should help to determine your clients individual requirements for Reckon accounting software. If your client already has software the table will determine whether or not it will be suitable for their business needs. There is a possibility that the client will require more features than what they currently use. Software Analysis Table The Software Analysis Table is made up of eleven questions. The response for each question will determine which software product best suits your client s business requirements. Once you have determined the correct software for your client, please go to the relevant Fact Sheet for that product to determine if the client has the minimum system requirements. Question If YES If NO 1 Do you need to work on your data file from anywhere, or allow your accountant realtime access to your data file? 2 Do you require multisite and multicompany reporting? 3 Do you require more than five users to access the data file simultaneously? 4 Do you require the ability to create forecasts? 5 Do you require up to five licenses of the software? 6 Do you sell the same goods or services for different prices to different customers? QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online, is required. Please refer to the fact sheet. QuickBooks Enterprise is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks Enterprise is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks Enterprise allows up to 30 people to use the company file simultaneously. QuickBooks Premier is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. Forecasting allows you to make predictions about future revenue and cash flow, as well as creating what if scenarios to help you to make better decisions for your business. QuickBooks Premier is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks Premier is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. If the goods or services are only ever marked up or down by a percentage for a specific customer, then QuickBooks Pro would be sufficient see Question 7. Go to Question 2 Go to Question 3. Go to Question 4. Go to Question 5. Go to Question 6. Go to Question 7. S5-9

10 7 Do you require any of the following: Job costing including estimates? Progress invoicing? The ability to link purchase orders to specific customers? Microsoft Office integration? 8 Do you require any of the following: Integrated payroll? Budgets? Depreciation schedules? Class tracking? 9 Do you require any of the following: Inventory control? Integrated BAS? Online BAS lodgement? Accrual-based accounting? 10 Do you require a computerised point of sale system? QuickBooks Pro is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks Plus is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks Accounting is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. Note: A company file opened by a bookkeeper or an accountant in any higher level of the product (i.e. opening QuickBooks Accounting in QuickBooks Plus or above) would not be able to be accessed again by the client on their level. A minimum of QuickBooks Accounting is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheets for QuickBooks and Retail Point of Sale. Go to Question 8. Go to Question 9. Go to Question 10. Go to Question Do you require any of the following: Cash-based accounting? GST tracking without producing a BAS from the software? QuickBooks EasyStart is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. QuickBooks is not required however, there may be a suitable product in the Reckon Personal range. See the next table for details. S5-10

11 Reckon Tools You and your clients can realise even greater benefits from your accounting software with this powerful portfolio of integrated financial tools, including data back-up, credit card payment systems and superannuation compliance solutions. The Reckon Tools portfolio includes: Reckon Tools Backup Reckon Tools SuperLink Reckon Tools Credit Card Payments Reckon Tools Stationery Reckon Tools E*TRADE Reckon Tools HUBB Investor Reckon Tools Backup Reckon Tools Backup safeguards your data before a problem occurs. Backup is an online storage application for business and personal files that are accessible on the server at any time. Reckon Tools SuperLink Remove the headache of Super Choice compliance with Reckon Tools SuperLink - the easier way to manage superannuation obligations. Reckon Tools SuperLink facilitates the transfer of information and payments between employers, and all the required employee Super funds. Writing cheques or printing reports to send to the Super funds are no longer required. Simply process superannuation contributions to the Super funds during payroll with no additional costs. Reckon Tools Credit Card Payments Clients can offer their customers a quick and easy way to pay their invoices with Reckon Tools Credit Card Payments. They get paid faster, improve cash flow and their customers will appreciate the added convenience of doing business with them. Reckon Tools Stationery Use stationery that has been created specifically by Forms Express to work with QuickBooks software. Cheques, invoices, statements and more have been designed and tested for 100 per cent compatibility, guaranteed. S5-11

12 Reckon Tools E*TRADE Reckon Tools E*TRADE provides easy online access to a range of investment options, including: Equity trading Options Warrants Managed funds IPOs Structured products CFDs Reckon Tools E*TRADE offers facilities for Share Investment Loans through ANZ and the BT Financial Group, plus a Superannuation Centre to help set up self-managed funds. Reckon Tools HUBB Investor HUBB Investor software is now included with Quicken Home & Business 2011 and Quicken Personal Plus Quicken customers may register to receive a serial number to activate your HUBB Investor software, plus enjoy two investment newsletters, special market reports and daily market updates - all completely free when you join HUBB. For further information about any of our Reckon Tools, please see the Fact Sheets that follow. S5-12

13 Reckon Personal Products Our range of personal finance products gives your customers the tools they need to manage their personal finance and investment activities, such as: Organising everyday financial tasks Tracking and optimising investments (such as DIY Super) Preparing taxes Analysing share investments Planning for long-term goals like retirement or a new home With Reckon's personal finance range, there's sure to be a product to suit your clients needs and help them achieve their goals. Quicken Personal is the easiest way to manage personal finances. Quicken Personal is the world's best selling financial management software and is localised for use in Australia. It provides an accurate snapshot of financial health at any time and makes managing money easier. Quicken Personal Plus allows a more active role in the management of personal finances and investments. It has unique features such as: Advanced Investing and Planning Tools Minimum Balance / Credit Limit alerts Tools to keep track of household information eg. Quicken's Home Inventory and Emergency Records Organiser For further information please read the product Fact Sheets included over the following pages. Reckon Tools E*TRADE and Reckon Tools HUBB Investor compliment Quicken Personal Plus. Refer to the Fact Sheets within Reckon Tools for further information. S5-13

14 Personal Finance Software Requirements Analysis Table This table should help to determine your client s individual requirements for Reckon Personal Finance software. If your client already has software the table will determine whether or not it will be suitable for their needs. There is a possibility that the client will require more features than what they currently use. Software Analysis Table The Software Analysis Table is made up of three questions. The response for each question will determine which software product best suits your client s requirements. Once you have determined the correct software for your client, please go to the relevant Fact Sheet for that product to determine if the client has the minimum system requirements. Question If YES If NO 1 Do you need to track your business cash flow, as well as personal finances and investments? Quicken Home & Business is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. Go to Question 2. 2 Do you require any of the following: Investment tracking? Share price download? Cash flow forecasts? 3 Do you require any of the following: Budgets for household spending? A Tax Schedule report in line with Tax Pack questions? The ability to download credit card and bank statements? Quicken Personal Plus is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. Quicken Personal is required. Please refer to the Fact Sheet. Go to Question 3. N/A S5-14