The bundle includes:

• QuickBooks Point-of-Sale Basic 6.0: Tracks inventory and customer information automatically as you ring up sales on your PC.
• Cash Drawer: Lockable drawer opens automatically when you complete a sale.
• Receipt printer: Automatically prints a sales receipt each time you complete a sale. Prints duplicate slips for credit-card signature and gift receipts.
• Bar-code scanner: Lets you easily ring up sales and receive items into inventory by scanning barcodes instead of entering information manually.
• Credit-card reader: Lets you process credit-card transactions as quickly as cash sales. One swipe enters the credit card information into the Point-of-Sale software, where it's automatically submitted for approval.

Track inventory automatically as you ring up sales. View larger.

QuickBooks POS Software/Hardware package.

See each customer's purchase history as you ring up sales, and suggest additional purchases based on past preferences. View larger.

Answer a few questions in the simple Setup Wizard, import your inventory, customer and vendor lists from Microsoft Excel or QuickBooks financial software, and you're ready to start ringing up sales. View larger.

Transfer key information directly into QuickBooks financial software with one click. View larger.

Create customized reports that help you make better purchasing decisions. View larger.

Improve cash flow
By purchasing the right merchandise in the right quantities at the right time, you'll greatly improve your cash flow. See inventory levels for each item as you ring it up. Run reports with one click that show what you've got, what's hot, and what you need to reorder.

Simplify your closing procedures
New to POS 6.0, you can now easily view quantity on-hand and inventory valuation for any historical date you choose.

Ring up sales faster
Scan bar codes or type a few keystrokes to accurately add items to sales receipts. Process credit and debit card transactions and collect tips as you ring up sales.

Use the supplied bar-code scanner to record items in sales receipts instantly--your inventory is automatically updated when the sale is complete. With Point-of-Sale, you can create bar-coded tags for everything you sell, ensuring that you ring up the correct item and price--and keep your inventory up to date.

Authorize credit card and debit card purchases
You can authorize credit card and PIN-secured debit card purchases automatically--and collect tips on credit payments--as you ring up sales. All you need is QuickBooks Point-of-Sale and a QuickBooks POS Merchant Service Account (for details, visit www.quickbooksmerchantservice.com).

Provide great customer service
See each customer's purchase history as you ring up sales, and suggest additional purchases based on past preferences. You can also sell and redeem gift cards (for details, visit www.quickbooksmerchantservice.com). By tracking your customers' e-mail and shipping addresses, you have what you need to let them know about upcoming sales or new inventory from their preferred manufacturers.

Scan bar codes or type a few keystrokes to add items accurately to sales receipts. View larger.

The first time you connect QuickBooks Point-of-Sale to QuickBooks financial software, the QuickBooks Connection Wizard walks you through setting everything up correctly. When the two programs are connected, you can transfer inventory and sales data from your store to your back office with the click of a button.

Compatible with other applications
Import all of your customers, vendors, and inventory items in one quick step from QuickBooks financial software or Microsoft Excel. Save hours of typing each entry by hand. (Microsoft Word and Excel integration requires Word and Excel 2000, 2002, or 2003; Outlook synchronization requires Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003; all are sold separately. Synchronization with Outlook is also possible using QuickBooks Customer Manager, sold separately.)

Save hours on bookkeeping
Transfer sales and customer information, employee timesheets, sales receipts, receiving vouchers, and other key information directly into QuickBooks financial software with one click. Or, use QuickBooks Point-of-Sale all by itself.

Have a question about a tricky transaction? Go to the practice file to see how it's done. Intuit loads this file with three months of sample data for an imaginary retailer.

Combine it with QuickBooks
Team QuickBooks Point-of-Sale with QuickBooks financial software (sold separately), and you can save time and reduce the risk of errors when performing financial accounting tasks. QuickBooks Point-of-Sale Works with any QuickBooks Pro or Premier Edition (2004-2007) and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions (versions 4.0-7.0). When you use QuickBooks Point-of-Sale with QuickBooks financial software, the two programs work together to handle your business end-to-end--from managing inventory and ringing up sales to tracking finances and running customized reports that help you make better buying decisions.

Merchant services are optional. For details, including a complete list of services and requirements, visit www.quickbooksmerchantservice.com.

QuickBooks-Approved retail hardware comes with a two (2)-year Hardware Component Manufacturers Limited Warranty, an Intuit Limited Warranty of Interoperability, and a sixty (60)-Day Money-Back Satisfaction Limited Warranty. See www.quickbookspos.com for the full warranty.