Q: What kinds of businesses use QuickBooks Cash Register Plus?
A: Any business that needs to ring up sales and wants essential tools to manage their business will benefit from QuickBooks Cash Register Plus. Here are some examples:

• Retail stores (gifts, electronics, clothing, and more)
• Personal service businesses (salon, gym, massage, and more)
• Quick-serve restaurants, coffee shops, delis and bars
• Liquor stores and newsstands

If you want more advanced retail store management tools including inventory tracking, then you may want to consider QuickBooks Point of Sale Basic.

Q: How is Cash Register Plus different than a cash register?
A: With Cash Register Plus, you can ring up sales just like a cash register, but it's so easy and you can do so much more. Add discounts, look up prior purchases and handle returns right from your PC. You can create department and product codes in seconds and don't need to remember complicated keystrokes like you do with a cash register. Integrated credit card processing1 means you don't have to purchase a costly terminal and can ring sales more quickly. Cash Register Plus also lets you automatically track sales and customer data as you ring up purchases. Instead of tracking this important information in notebooks or other computer programs, you can keep it all in one place. Sales data for your business by date, department, and product is at your fingertips. Customer contact information and purchase histories can be used to provide better service and keep customers coming back.

Q: How is Cash Register Plus different than QuickBooks Point of Sale
A: Cash Register Plus is the simplest way to ring sales, track customers and get basic insights into your business performance. It's a good fit for many different types of businesses that ring sales and for smaller or newer businesses that just want a basic system to manage essential tasks. Point of Sale is great for retail stores that carry more inventory and want to manage all of their store tasks in one place. It provides real-time inventory management in addition to more advanced tools for managing sales, customers, vendors, pricing and more. It also provides more options if you want to grow your business-from adding additional lanes and stores to selling your products on the Web.

Q: How is Cash Register Plus different than QuickBooks Accounting software?
A: Cash Register Plus is the easy way to ring sales, track sales and customer data, and run basic reports on your business. QuickBooks Accounting software is used by more than three million small businesses to pay bills, manage payroll, and create financial statements and reports. Use either product alone, or use the two together, transferring sales data from Cash Register Plus to QuickBooks Accounting software for a more complete retail management solution

Q: What's included in the Cash Register Plus Software/Hardware solutions options?
A: There are two options from which to choose: the Intuit-HP Retail Solution and the Intuit Software/Peripheral Bundle.

• Intuit-HP Retail Solution – includes your choice of software, an HP rp3000 Point of Sale System, an HP 17 inch L1710 flat panel monitor, an HP USB keyboard and mouse, receipt printer, credit card reader and cash drawer.
• Intuit Software/Peripherals Bundle – includes Cash Register Plus paired with a receipt printer, credit card reader and cash drawer. These components are guaranteed to work together seamlessly, saving you time and hassles.2

You can create a custom solution for your store with additional hardware items including a bar code scanner, pin pad, pole display, and more. View all your hardware options here.

Q: Can I use a touchscreen monitor with Cash Register Plus?
A: Yes. Cash Register Plus has been optimized for touchscreen monitors by using large, easy-to-tap buttons on every screen. An on-screen keyboard means you don't ever have to use a physical keyboard or mouse in your day-to-day activities. A touchscreen monitor lets you ring sales more quickly and is great for businesses that have limited counter space or handle foods or liquids that may spill into a keyboard.

Q: What if I find it's not right for me?
A: Cash Register Plus software and hardware peripherals come with a QuickBooks 60-Day Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee. If you're not satisfied, return the product to your place of purchase or to Intuit within 60 days with a dated receipt for a full refund of your purchase price. All QuickBooks-approved retail hardware is covered by a one-year hardware manufacturer's warranty.

Q: Does Cash Register Plus work with QuickBooks Accounting software?
A: Yes, QuickBooks Cash Register Plus allows you to easily transfer key financial data to QuickBooks Accounting software.3 This helps you to keep your businesses financial statements up to date without any manual entry. Since most of our customers don't keep their QuickBooks Accounting software on the computer where QuickBooks Cash Register Plus is installed, QuickBooks Cash Register Plus allows you to export a file of summary financial information which you can then save to a portable USB drive or attach to email for easy transfer to the computer where your QuickBooks software is located.

Q: Can I transfer information between Cash Register Plus and Point of Sale?
A: If you do decide to move from Cash Register Plus to Point of Sale, it is possible to transfer key data between the programs. You can export customer and item information from Cash Register Plus to a standard file format. That information can then be imported into Point of Sale so you don't need to retype your data.

Q: Can I network multiple copies of Cash Register Plus?
A: While you can use Cash Register Plus for as many locations in your store as you want, you cannot connect them. They will need to operate independently.