QuickBooks Premier Contractor Edition 2003

With QuickBooks Premier Contractor 2003 you can compare actual costs to estimated costs; discover custom help topics for more accurate, complete job costing; and create more accurate and complete estimates. Track and print change orders for estimates--right from QuickBooks. Nine new contractor-specific reports give you greater insight, including Job Status, Time by Name with Billable Status, Certified Payroll-Box 1 Employee Information, and more.

The Expert Analysis tool is tailored to your specific construction industry and provides charts, graphs, and suggestions for improvement based on your QuickBooks data. You can easily access your key contractor activities and reports with the contractor menu and navigator. You also get over 100 new form designs, and more customization options for forms.

Specialized tips and tricks help you correctly set up QuickBooks Premier Contractor Edition 2003, and you can quickly and easily transfer your QuickBooks data file. This version includes all the features and reports of QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2003.

I cannot emphasize enough that Intuit charges you for support with regaurds to its product which is costly to begin with. That came as a particularly nasty surprize.

QB premier contractor series contributed in many positve ways to how my business runs and the job costing procedures are excellent, helpful, and informative.


A great program if you need all of its features   March 6, 2003
Glenn I. Gundersen (Warren, NJ United States)
I've been using Quickbooks in its various forms since version 1.0 (for DOS!). So by now I consider it indispensable. But Quickbooks 2003 Premier Contractor's Edition is quite pricey, even with the rebates. I would only recommend it for larger companies with at least a few employees. Many smaller contracting companies (such as mine) would manage very well with just Quickbooks Pro 2003. Also, if you haven't used previous versions of Quickbooks before, (when it had less features) it might be best to start out with the simpler versions. Its help systems are very extensive but if you need any assistance from Intuit be warned that they charge for it either per request or by a yearly subscription, which I feel is a bit of a slap in the face considering the cost! The extra features such as the Change Orders and Contractor specific Job analysis and reports could be helpful but for me at least that remains to be seen.


PERFECT for ALL Accounting Functions   February 14, 2003
Nancy Schiff (Los Angeles, CA United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

This package is perfect for the Accountant, the Bookkeeper or the Owner of a Small to Medium Size Business that likes to use most Accounting functions/reporting etc.

As the "QuickBooks Guru", I use this particular version for all my clients no matter if they have Pro, Basic, Contractor or Premier Version. The reporting functions are built in, so there is very little modifying if at all.

Between the new templates, add on features, invoice functionality (much better)---and naturally the remote access feature that makes a great training feature between my clients and myself !

The people that are disgruntled either have had poor set up,or are not understanding the ease of the program. I customize every client specifically to their business, and I have had NO complaints when they get their Income Statements, updated books, Bank Reconciliations...cash flow reports, Job Costs, Time tracking etc.

If you KNOW QuickBooks, this is the program to BUY!