University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Honors Program Theses Honors Program 2011 Analysis of QuickBooks internal control utilization Andrew J. Steckel University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright © 2011 Andrew J. Steckel Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt Part of the Accounting Commons Recommended Citation Steckel, Andrew J., "Analysis of QuickBooks internal control utilization" (2011). Honors Program Theses. 5. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/5 This Open Access Honors Program Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Program Theses by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. AN ANALYSIS OF QUICKBOOKS INTERNAL CONTROL UTILIZATION A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Designation University Honors with Distinction Andrew J. Steckel University of Northern Iowa May 2011 This Study by: Andrew J. Steckel Entitled: An Analysis of QuickBooks Internal Control Utilization has been approved as meeting the thesis or project requirement for the Designation University Honors with Distinction ________ ______________________________________________________ Date Dennis Schmidt, Honors Thesis Advisor, Department of Accounting ________ ______________________________________________________ Date Jessica Moon, Director, University Honors Program AN ANALYSIS OF QUICKBOOKS INTERNAL CONTROL UTILIZATION Introduction The QuickBooks software created and sold by Intuit, Inc. is the most predominantly used accounting software among small businesses. According to a June 19, 2008 press release issued by Intuit, more than 3.7 million businesses use QuickBooks, and it held a 94.2 percent market share for retail units in the business accounting category as of March 2008 (Intuit, 2008).