Reckon Education produces student versions of Reckon products as shown below:

QuickBooks Student Edition
This accounting software package is ideal for introductory bookkeeping to advanced computer based accounting courses. It:
- covers cash and accrual based accounting
- has full GST and BAS utility
- has full payroll integration
The student version includes 'easy to use' tutorials and sample classroom exercises. The QuickBooks Approved Training Guide, a comprehsive training resource, is also available for purchase.

Quicken Personal Plus
Quicken Personal Plus accounting software enables users to take a more active role in the management of personal finances and investments. Its unique features include:
- A budgeting facility
- A facility that sets up and manages a loan
- A facility to record transactions and generate reports such as 'Income & Expense' and 'Net Worth'
- A facility to set up and monitor investments including a 'share portfolio'
The student version includes 'easy to use' tutorials and 'classroom exercises' that focus on classroom applications.

Reckon Elite Tax
Used by Accounting Practices this accounting software is ideal for courses where students prepare complex tax returns and lodgments. Features include:
- Tax invoicing
- Client letters
- ATP references
- Tax rulings
- All major ELS forms
The Reckon Elite Help Files include a variety of lessons that teach students how to use the accounting software.
Other Reckon Products
If you would like to use other Reckon products for educational purposes please contact Reckon Education to discuss.
Licensing for Secondary Schools
With over 400,000 registered users in Australia alone, QuickBooks in the world's best selling small business accounting software. We're offering schools the chance to find out why.
Quicken Personal Plus allows Secondary School students to take a more active role in the management of personal finances and investments with features for Budgeting, Loans and Investment. Quicken Personal Plus is ideal for personal finance courses in junior and middle school programs.
Site Licences for QuickBooks Accountants Edition and Quicken Personal Plus are available to secondary schools for a small fee. Site Licences* include:
- Student version of the software**
- Easy to use tutorials - ideal for classroom use
- User Guide (on CD/DVD)
- Unlimited installations per campus
- Techical support for 12 months
Many of the classroom applications and tutorials have been developed specifically to meet secondary curriculums.
The QuickBooks Approved Training Guide is also available to provide you with everything you need to know to get QuickBooks working to its full potential, including invoicing, monitoring stock, writing cheques and reporting. Practice exercises have been included at the end of each chapter so you can test your understanding.
Pricing
Secondary Education Pack - $199
Includes:
- QuickBooks Accountants Edition Site Licence
- QuickBooks Approved Training Guide
- Quicken Personal Plus Student Version
QuickBooks Premier Site Licence - $75
Quicken Personal Plus Site Licence - $75
QuickBooks Approved Training Guide - $49
Download order forms from the above links.
All prices include GST.
* Educational use only as per site licence agreement.
** The QuickBooks Student Edition limits the size of company files to 650 transactions and will expire three years after the date of manufacture. The Quicken Personal Plus Student version is limited to 250 transactions and also expires three years after the date of manufacture.
Licensing for Tertiary and Adult Education providers
Tertiary education packs - $300 per annum for 1st campus/$100 for extra campuses
This package includes accounting, tax and personal finance software as well as training guides, support and installation for 12 months, all for one annual site licence fee of $300 for the first campus and $100 for any additional campus of the same Educational Institution.
The pack includes:
| Product: |
QuickBooks Accountants Edition, Quicken Personal Plus and Reckon Elite Tax |
| User guides: |
QuickBooks and Quicken Personal Plus in a PDF format |
| Number of users: |
Unlimited number of users per campus |
| Product use: |
Educational use only |
| Technical support: |
Free |
| Upgrades |
Free |
QuickBooks Premier Site Licence - the easy way to teach double entry accounting
- Double entry cash or accrual accounting
- Accounts receivable and payable management
- QuickBooks, brought to you by Reckon Online, Banking with electronic bill payment
- Flexible reporting including Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and Cash Flow Statements
- Track assets and liabilities
- Advanced Job Costing and Budgeting
- Fully Integrated Payroll
Quicken Personal Plus Site Licence - comprehensive personal finance and invesment management package
- Monitor your total net worth
- Download bank and credit card transactions
- Pay bills - write or print cheques
- Easy step-by-step set up
- Reports and Graphs show where your money comes from and goes
- Handles multiple currencies
- Links to online resources
Reckon Elite Tax - Student Version Used by accounting practices this software is ideal for courses where students prepare complex tax returns and lodgments.
- Tax invoicing
- Client letters
- ATP references
- Tax rulings
- All major ELS forms
Licensing for Students (or anyone looking to learn)
Student Versions of QuickBooks Premier QBi Series, Quicken Personal Plus and/or Reckon Elite are available for students to purchase to allow them to work and learn about the products away from their Educational Institution.
Being the same software as that provided to educational site licence holders, students can work at home, for example and then take and load their data files at their campuses.
The Student versions of QuickBooks Premier and Personal Plus also include the same tutorials provided to Educational Institutions, and, while they have been designed to assist teachers and trainers teaching double entry accounting, they are also ideal for any potential user wishing to familiarise themselves with these products.
The student versions are available for purchase as follows:
| Student Version* |
Price |
| QuickBooks Premier QBi Series |
$19.95 |
| Quicken Personal Plus |
$9.95 |
| Reckon Elite |
$19.95 |
Click here for an order form.
* Reckon Student Versions are identical to the full versions of the like Reckon software, but include limitations to prevent their use in a commercial environment. These include limiting the amount of data that can be stored in data file and including a set expiry date.