Review by Rebecca Haden

We use QuickBooks for a small business and we have a CPA do our taxes, so we probably could do without upgrading every year. This year, it’s worthwhile. The 2013 version has the same expanded interface that was introduced in 2012, keeping customer info visible as you work. It allows you to attach proposals, receipts, and other documents to invoices to help keep data together, and it makes it easy to upload data from spreadsheets. These additions allow you to integrate data more easily, and are a big help for a small business.

Also helpful: batch invoicing. If you have a number of customers using the same services, you can send all their invoices at once, for a significant time savings.

The other new features are a quicker way to reconcile your bank statements with QuickBooks and a new payment option with the Intuit Payment Network.

The look of the interface is a bit different, but workflow is consistent, so there was no real learning curve. If QuickBooks is new to you, though, you’ll like the video lessons and Guide Me feature.

Installation could not be easier, and existing data is transferred automatically.

As usual, it’s a quality, user friendly product.