"We are encouraging Quicken and QuickBooks customers to obtain and install any Y2K solutions they may need before December 31, 1999 in order to prevent any unnecessary performance issues that could occur with older software after the new year begins," said Steve Thurlow, Y2K program director at Intuit. "Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center is designed so customers can quickly determine if their Quicken, QuickBooks and other Intuit software meets Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard. The Web site also provides customers with the quickest and easiest way to obtain free software updates for Intuit products that have currently-known Y2K issues or that have not been tested."

Intuit's Commitment to Y2K Compliance
Intuit has completed testing on a variety of its most recent U.S. products for Year 2000 compliance. Intuit is using its Web site as the primary vehicle for communicating Year 2000 information about U.S. products, and distributing solutions that meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard. Customers who do not have access to the Web can call Intuit's automated Y2K Hotline at 1-888-Y2K-3335 (1-888-925-3335) to determine the status of their Intuit software and obtain information about specific Y2K solutions. Customers can also use Intuit's Fax-on-Demand service to obtain Y2K information about specific product lines. (1-800-644-3198; select document # 10,001 for the Quicken product line; #10,002 for the QuickBooks product line; and #10,003 for the TurboTax product line.)

• Quicken and Year 2000 Compliance: All Quicken customers in the U.S. either already have a version that meets Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard or can easily obtain one via Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center. The most recent updated versions of Quicken for Windows (versions 98, 99 and 2000) and Macintosh (versions 98 and 2000) meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard. Intuit is offering Quicken Deluxe 98 for Windows or Macintosh as a free Year 2000 solution to customers who have non-compliant versions of Quicken or are concerned about the Y2K compliance of older versions. All Quicken customers (including current Quicken 98, 99 and Quicken 2000 users) are encouraged to visit Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center periodically to obtain the latest information about any Y2K updates. Customers ordering Y2K solutions on CD or diskette should consider the period of time required for the product to be shipped to them when planning for the new year.
• Quicken Online Banking Users: Online banking customers who are still using older versions of Quicken (versions 5 and 6 for Windows; versions 6 and 7 for Macintosh) will need to obtain the latest free release of Quicken 98 in order to perform online banking after December 5, 1999. Online banking customers with Quicken versions known to have Y2K issues have already been sent a free solution that meets Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard by their financial institution. Customers can also visit Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center to download the latest Quicken 98 Y2K solution at no charge. Customers can also order a CD or floppy disk version from the same Web site. Customers will be charged a shipping and handling fee for the CD or floppy disk version.

  Any Quicken customer using an older version of Quicken software (versions 1-6 for Windows, 1-8 for DOS, or versions 1-7 for Macintosh) can easily obtain an Intuit Y2K solution at no charge by visiting the Intuit Year 2000 Resource Center. Customers desiring additional new features and services to help them manage their finances may also choose to purchase Quicken 2000, the newest version of Quicken. More information about Quicken 2000 is available at www.quicken2000.com.

• QuickBooks and Year 2000 Compliance: All QuickBooks customers in the U.S. either currently have solutions that meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard or can easily obtain one via Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center. Intuit and/or customers' financial institutions have already contacted all registered customers using a version of QuickBooks with known Y2K issues. Registered QuickBooks customers who use online banking or payroll services have already been sent Y2K solutions.

  The three most recent updated versions of QuickBooks (99, 6.0, and 5.0*) for Windows meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard. (*QuickBooks customers using version 5.0 should see Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center for special compliance conditions.)

  All registered QuickBooks customers with previous DOS, Windows or Mac versions are eligible to receive free solutions which meet the Standard and provide equal or greater functionality than the prior software version. All QuickBooks customers (including current QuickBooks 5.0, 6.0 and QuickBooks 99 users) are encouraged to visit Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center periodically to obtain the latest information about any Y2K updates. Customers ordering Y2K solutions on CD or diskette should consider the period of time required for the product to be shipped to them when planning for the new year.

• Quicken TurboTax(r)/Quicken MacInTax(r) and Year 2000 Compliance: Tax Year 1999 and 1998 versions of TurboTax and MacInTax have been tested and meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard. Future versions will also be designed to meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard.

  Versions of TurboTax and MacInTax for Tax Years 1993 - 1997 do not require a user to enter dates on or after the year 2000 and do not have any currently known Y2K issues. Intuit believes that year 2000 testing is not applicable to these products.

Other Intuit Products and Year 2000 Compliance
Customers who have questions about other Intuit U.S. products can visit Intuit's Year 2000 Resource Center at www.intuit.com/y2k. Links to information about Intuit's international products are also available at the company's Year 2000 Resource Center.

Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard
Intuit considers products and services to meet Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant Standard when they are able to calculate, sequence and present dates within a specified operating range (including from 1999 to 2000) and respond to two-digit date entries in a defined manner. A Y2K solution (other than a replacement product) may be required for this status, and products or services that meet the standard may have identified minor issues. For the complete standard, see www.intuit.com/y2k.

The Year 2000 statements in this document are Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.