Small Businesses Choose QuickBooks 2005 for Excellence in Technology Award; Accounting Category Winner Knocks Out Competition with Ease-of-Use, Flexibility and New Payroll Services

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2005

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The votes are in and small businesses nationwide have spoken: Intuit's (Nasdaq:INTU) QuickBooks(R) is the accounting software champion with its recent victory in SmallBusinessComputing.com's Excellence in Technology Awards.

Intuit's small business accounting package, QuickBooks 2005, has claimed the title as the top product in the Accounting/Finance category since the award's inception two years ago. QuickBooks 2005 was nominated for the award by a combination of feedback from the site's editorial staff and its readers. The readers selected QuickBooks 2005 for its ease-of-use, flexibility and the new payroll add-on, QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll.

"QuickBooks 2005 is exactly what I needed to improve my payroll process," said Judy Sandage of Sanco Plumbing & Heating in Loveland, Colorado. "Filing payroll reports is much easier - plus you can now file certain state forms. The rapid-entry for payroll is great and I love the net-to-gross feature. This is a fantastic upgrade."

SmallBusinessComputing.com completed a comprehensive review of QuickBooks 2005, noting that "it would be difficult for any competitor to beat Intuit's comprehensive approach."

"Small businesses are not easily impressed, so earning their vote is no small task," said Dan Muse, executive editor of SmallBusinessComputing.com. "We congratulate this year's SmallBusinessComputing.com Excellence in Technology Award winners for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to meeting the increasingly sophisticated, demanding and diverse needs of small businesses."

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About Intuit Inc.

Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks(R), Quicken(R) and TurboTax(R) software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries(R) and Lacerte(R) are Intuit's leading tax preparation software suites for professional accountants.

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