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UNITED STATES

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SCHEDULE 14A

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INTUIT INC.

2700 Coast Avenue

Mountain View, CA 94043

NOTICE OF 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be held at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 19, 2012 at our offices at 2600 Casey Avenue, Building 9, Mountain View, California 94043. We will also offer a webcast of the annual meeting at http://investors.intuit.com.

We are holding the meeting for the following purposes:

1. To elect eight directors nominated by the Board of Directors and named in the proxy statement to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected;

2. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2012;

3. To approve an amendment to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under that plan by 4,000,000 shares;

4. To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation;

5. To hold an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation; and

6. To consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the annual meeting and any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof.

Items 1 through 5 are more fully described in the attached proxy statement. We have not received notice of other matters that may be properly presented at the annual meeting.

Only stockholders who owned our stock at the close of business on November 21, 2011 may vote at the annual meeting, or at any adjournment or postponement of the annual meeting. For 10 days prior to the annual meeting, a list of stockholders eligible to vote at the annual meeting will be available for review during our regular business hours at our headquarters at 2700 Coast Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043. If you would like to view the stockholder list, please call Intuit Investor Relations at (650) 944-3560 to schedule an appointment.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, please cast your vote, as instructed in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, over the Internet or by telephone, as promptly as possible. You may also request a paper proxy card to submit your vote by mail, if you prefer. We encourage you to vote via the Internet. We believe it is convenient for our stockholders, while significantly lowering the cost of our annual meeting and conserving natural resources.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on January 19, 2012. The proxy statement is available electronically at http://investors.intuit.com/proxy.cfm and Intuit's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended July 31, 2011 is available electronically at http://investors.intuit.com/annuals.cfm.

By order of the Board of Directors,

Laura A. Fennell

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate

Secretary

Mountain View, California

November 23, 2011

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INTUIT INC.

PROXY STATEMENT 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS



	Page
2012 PROXY SUMMARY	3
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING, VOTING AND PROXIES	6
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES	9
Directors Standing for Election	9
Directors Not Standing for Re-election	11
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	11
Board Responsibilities and Leadership Structure	12
Board Oversight of Risk	12
Compensation Risk Assessment	13
Director Independence	14
Attendance at Board, Committee and Annual Stockholders Meetings	14
Board Committees and Charters	15
Acquisition Committee	15
Audit and Risk Committee	15
Compensation and Organizational Development Committee	15
Nominating and Governance Committee	16
Qualifications of Directors	16
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation	17
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION	17
Overview	17
Director Summary Compensation Table	17
Equity Grants to Directors During Fiscal Year 2011	18
Outstanding Equity Awards for Directors at Fiscal Year-End 2011 (Exercisable and Unexercisable)	19
Current Annual Retainer and Equity Compensation Programs for Non-Employee Directors	19
Prospective Annual Retainer and Equity Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors	20
Director Stock Ownership Requirement	21
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	22
Stockholder Communications with the Board	22
Stockholder Recommendations of Director Candidates	22
Stockholder Proposals and Nominations for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders	22
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT	22
Security Ownership Table	22
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance	24
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION	25
COMPENSATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT	25
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS	26
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	41
Summary Compensation Table	41
Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2011	43
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal 2011 Year-End	45
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal Year 2011	49
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2011	50
Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control	51

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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS	54
AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE REPORT	55
PROPOSAL NO. 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS	56
PROPOSAL NO. 2 — RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	56
PROPOSAL NO. 3 — APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN	57
PROPOSAL NO. 4 — ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	60
PROPOSAL NO. 5 — ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION VOTE	61
APPENDIX A	A-1
Supplemental Information for the 2012 Proxy Summary and Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Most Directly Comparable GAAP Measures	A-1
APPENDIX B	B-1
Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan	B-1

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2012 PROXY SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting.

Annual Meeting of the Stockholders



Time and Date		Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time
Place		Intuit's offices at 2600 Casey Avenue, Building 9, Mountain View, California 94043
Record Date		November 21, 2011
Voting		Stockholders of Intuit as of the record date are entitled to vote. Each share of Intuit common stock is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the proposals to be voted on.

Meeting Agenda


1.	Election of eight directors


2.	Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending July 31, 2012


3.	Amendment to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan


4.	Advisory vote on executive compensation


5.	Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation


6.	Consider other matters that may properly come before the meeting

Intuit's Board of Directors (the "Board") recommends that you vote FOR the election of each of the director nominees, FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4, and FOR an advisory vote on executive compensation every year.

Board Nominees

The following table provides summary information about each director nominee. Each director nominee is elected annually by a majority of votes cast.



						Committee Memberships
Name	Age	Director Since	Occupation	Experience/ Qualification	Independent	ARC	CODC	NGC	AC	Other Public Company Boards
Christopher W. Brody	67	1993	Chairman, Vantage Partners LLC	Leadership, Finance, Industry	X		X	C
William V. Campbell	71	1994	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intuit Inc.	Leadership, Industry						Apple, Inc.
Scott D. Cook	59	1984	Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit Inc.	Leadership, Industry						eBay Inc.; The Procter & Gamble Company
Diane B. Greene	56	2006	Former President and Chief Executive Officer, VMware, Inc.	Leadership, Industry	X	X		X
Edward A. Kangas	67	2007	Non-Employee Chairman, Tenet Healthcare	Industry, Global, Leadership	X		X		X	Tenet Healthcare; Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.; Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.; United Technologies Corporation

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						Committee Memberships
Name	Age	Director Since	Occupation	Experience/ Qualification	Independent	ARC	CODC	NGC	AC	Other Public Company Boards
Suzanne Nora Johnson	54	2007	Former Vice-Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Group	Leadership, Industry, Finance, Global	X	X			X	American International Group, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; VISA Inc.
Dennis D. Powell	63	2004	Former Chief Financial Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.	Leadership, Industry, Finance	X	C			X	Applied Materials, Inc.; VMware, Inc.
Brad D. Smith	47	2008	President and Chief Executive Officer, Intuit Inc.	Leadership, Industry						Yahoo! Inc.

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ARC		Audit and Risk Committee
CODC		Compensation and Organizational Development Committee
NGC		Nominating and Governance Committee
AC		Acquisition Committee
C		Chair
Attendance		No director nominee, all of which are current directors, attended fewer than 75% of the Board meetings and committee meetings on which he or she sits.

Auditors

As a matter of good corporate governance, we are asking stockholders to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2012.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We are asking stockholders to approve the amendment of our Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan by 4,000,000 shares (from 16,800,000 shares to 20,800,000 shares). The Board recommends a FOR vote because the increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan will enable us to continue to provide employees an opportunity to purchase shares of Intuit stock at a discounted price as an incentive for continued employment.

Executive Compensation Advisory Vote and Its Frequency

For the second year, our stockholders have the opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on our executive compensation program. We are gratified that last year's stockholders supported the policies, practices and philosophy of our compensation program. In evaluating this year's "say on pay" proposal, we recommend that you review our "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," which explains how and why the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee of our Board arrived at its compensation actions and decisions for fiscal year 2011, along with our "Summary Compensation Table" and the related compensation tables, notes and narrative in this proxy statement. The Board recommends a FOR vote because the Board believes that our compensation programs' policies and procedures are effective in implementing our compensation philosophy and in achieving its goals.

We are also asking our stockholders to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of future "say on pay" votes – every one, two or three years. The Board recommends that you vote for the option of ONE YEAR because it will allow our stockholders to give us their valuable input in the timeliest manner.

Fiscal 2011 Compensation Decisions

Intuit delivered strong financial results in fiscal 2011, achieving revenue growth of 11%, non-GAAP operating income growth of 14% and non-GAAP earnings per share ("EPS") growth of 19%. Appendix A to this proxy statement includes a reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP EPS to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). Intuit and its management delivered these strong results in an environment of continued economic uncertainty and a sluggish recovery of the U.S. economy. Over the past one-year and three-year periods, these revenue and operating income results have placed Intuit between the 50^th and 75^th percentile of its compensation peer group (discussed in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" of the proxy statement).

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Intuit continued to demonstrate excellent execution against its three-point strategy of building growth in its core businesses, building adjacent businesses and entering new geographies, and accelerating the transition to connected services.

Because Intuit was able to deliver such strong results for shareholders, customers and employees, the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee of the Board determined that our named executive officers would receive cash bonuses, equity grants and, in some cases, salary increases, in recognition of Company and individual performance. In particular, in recognition of the strength of the Company's results and outstanding individual performance, the named executive officers received total annual cash bonuses in the range of 132% to 163% of target, as further discussed in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" of the proxy statement.

Compensation Practices

Intuit employs a number of practices that reflect our pay-for-performance compensation philosophy, including:


•	the majority of our long-term incentives are in the form of performance-based restricted stock units;


•	we do not provide special retirement benefits designed solely for executive officers;


•	we do not provide any excise tax "gross-up" payments if a severance payment is considered an excess parachute payment under U.S. tax laws;


•	we do not provide perquisites or other executive benefits based solely on rank; and


•	we have implemented "claw-back" provisions for our operating performance-based equity awards.

Fiscal 2011 Compensation Summary

Set forth below is the fiscal year 2011 compensation for each named executive officer as determined under the Securities and Exchange Commission rules. See the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and "Executive Compensation" sections of the proxy statement for a full explanation of each named executive officers' compensation.



Name and Principal Position	Salary		Bonus		Stock Awards		Option Awards		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation		All Other Compensation		Total
Brad D. Smith President and Chief Executive Officer	$	950,000	$	—	$	7,514,292	$	1,303,378	$	1,852,500	$	12,819	$	11,632,989
R. Neil Williams Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$	625,000	$	—	$	2,372,879	$	339,724	$	621,002	$	14,725	$	3,973,330
Kiran M. Patel Executive Vice President and General Manager, Small Business Group	$	700,000	$	—	$	2,623,398	$	372,602	$	1,033,004	$	14,986	$	4,743,990
Laura A. Fennell Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	$	475,000	$	399,000	$	1,108,972	$	153,428	$	—	$	16,780	$	2,153,180
Daniel R. Maurer Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Group	$	515,000	$	—	$	2,397,810	$	339,724	$	512,001	$	13,751	$	3,778,286

2013 Annual Meeting



Deadline for stockholder proposals or director nominees for inclusion in the proxy statement:	July 26, 2012
Deadline for director nominees or other stockholder proposals to be properly brought at annual meeting (but not included in the proxy statement):	No earlier than October 6, 2012 and no later than November 5, 2012

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INTUIT INC.

2700 Coast Avenue

Mountain View, CA 94043

PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE

2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING, VOTING AND PROXIES

Date, Time and Place of Meeting

Intuit Inc.’s (“Intuit” or the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) is asking for your proxy for use at the Intuit Inc. 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) and at any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. We are holding the Meeting on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time at our offices at 2600 Casey Avenue, Building 9, Mountain View, California 94043. We have first released this proxy statement to Intuit stockholders beginning on November 23, 2011.

Webcast of Meeting

If you are not able to attend the meeting in person, you may join a live webcast of the Meeting on the Internet by visiting http://investors.intuit.com on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

Proposals at the Meeting

There are five proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Meeting:


•	to elect eight directors nominated by the Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected;


•	to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2012;


•	to approve an amendment to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under that plan by 4,000,000 shares;


•	to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation; and


•	to hold an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

We will also consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the Meeting and any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof.

Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

We are pleased to continue to furnish proxy materials to our stockholders on the Internet, rather than mailing printed copies of those materials to each stockholder. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice of Internet Availability”) by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials unless you request one. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability will instruct you as to how you may access and review the proxy materials and cast your vote on the Internet. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice of Internet Availability. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the environmental impact of the Meeting. We anticipate that the Notice of Internet Availability will be mailed to stockholders on or about November 23, 2011.

Record Date, Outstanding Shares and Quorum

Only holders of record of Intuit common stock at the close of business on November 21, 2011 (called the “Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the Meeting. On the Record Date, we had approximately 297,569,788 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. We need a quorum to take action at the Meeting. We will have a quorum if a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the Record Date are present at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy.

If by the date of the Meeting we do not receive proxies representing sufficient shares to constitute a quorum or approve one or more of the proposals, the Chair of the Meeting, or the persons named as proxies, may propose one or more

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adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies would typically exercise their authority to vote in favor of adjournment.

Voting Rights

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share they owned on the Record Date. The Inspector of Elections appointed for the Meeting will tabulate all votes. The Inspector will separately tabulate yes and no votes, abstentions and broker non-votes for each proposal.

Stockholder of Record or Beneficial Owner

Stockholder of Record (Record Holder). If your shares are registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“AST”), you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and the Notice of Internet Availability was sent directly to you by Intuit. If you request printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, you will also receive a proxy card.

Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” and the Notice of Internet Availability was forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to instruct that organization on how to vote the shares held in your account. If you do not provide the organization that holds your shares with specific voting instructions, under the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, the organization that holds your shares may generally vote on routine matters but cannot vote on non-routine matters. Only Proposal 2 (ratifying the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm) is considered a routine matter. Proposals 1 (election of directors), 3 (amendment to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan), 4 (advisory vote on executive compensation) and 5 (advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation) are not considered routine matters, and without your instruction, your broker cannot vote your shares. If the organization that holds your shares does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a non-routine matter, the organization will inform the inspector of election that it does not have the authority to vote on this matter with respect to your shares. This is generally referred to as a "broker non-vote."

Voting and Revoking Proxies

The Board is soliciting proxies to vote your shares at the Meeting. All stockholders of record have three options for submitting their vote prior to the Meeting:


•	via the Internet at www.proxyvote.com (as described in the Notice of Internet Availability);


•	by phone (your Notice of Internet Availability provides information on how to access your proxy card, which contains instructions on how to vote by telephone); or


•	by requesting, completing and mailing in a paper proxy card, as outlined in the Notice of Internet Availability.

We encourage you to register your vote via the Internet. If you attend the Meeting, you may also submit your vote in person, and any votes that you previously submitted — whether via the Internet, by phone or by mail — will be superseded by the vote that you cast at the Meeting. If you properly submit your proxy, via the Internet, by phone or by mail, and do not revoke it prior to the Meeting, your shares will be voted in the manner described in this proxy statement or as you may otherwise direct.

If you sign and return your proxy card but do not give any instructions on how you would like to vote your shares, your shares will be voted in favor of the election of each of the director nominees listed in Proposal 1, in favor of Proposals 2, 3 and 4, and in favor of "one year" for Proposal 5. As far as we know, no other matters will be presented at the Meeting. However, if any other matters of business are properly presented, the proxy holders named on the proxy card are authorized to vote the shares represented by proxies according to their judgment.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” through a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, you may receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials from the holder of record containing instructions that you must follow in order for your shares to be voted. Certain of these institutions offer Internet and telephone voting. If you wish to vote at the Meeting, you must bring to the Meeting a letter from the record holder confirming your beneficial ownership of the shares.

Whether you submit your proxy via the Internet, by phone or by mail, you may revoke it at any time before voting takes place at the Meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares and you wish to revoke your proxy, you must deliver instructions to: Laura A. Fennell, Corporate Secretary, at Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mail Stop 2700, Mountain View, California

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94039-7850. You may also revoke a proxy by submitting a later-dated vote, in person at the Meeting. If a broker, bank or other nominee is the record holder of your shares and you wish to revoke your proxy, you must contact the record holder of your shares directly.

Votes Required to Elect Directors and Adopt Proposals

Each share of our common stock outstanding on the Record Date is entitled to one vote on each of the eight director nominees and one vote on each other matter. To be elected, directors must receive a majority of the votes cast (the number of shares voted “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that nominee). Each director who is standing for re-election at the Meeting has tendered a contingent, irrevocable resignation from the Board that will become effective only if the director fails to receive the required majority vote. In that event, the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board will make a recommendation to the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether some other action should be taken. The Board will act on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days after the date of the certification of the election results. Approval of each of the other proposals on the agenda requires the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares of common stock present at the Meeting in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on each proposal.

Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Any shares represented by proxies that are marked to abstain from voting on a proposal will be counted as present in determining whether we have a quorum. They will also be counted in determining the total number of shares entitled to vote on a proposal. Abstentions and, if applicable, broker non-votes will not be counted as votes “for” or “against” a Director nominee or the other proposals. Accordingly, abstentions are not counted for the purpose of determining the number of votes cast on these proposals.

If your shares are held in street name and you do not instruct your broker on how to vote your shares, your broker, in its discretion, may either leave your shares unvoted or vote your shares on routine matters. If your broker returns a proxy card but does not vote your shares, this results in a “broker non-vote.” Broker non-votes will be counted as present for the purpose of determining a quorum, but they will not be counted for the purpose of determining the number of votes cast on the proposals.

Soliciting Proxies

Intuit will pay all expenses of soliciting proxies to be voted at the Meeting. After the proxies are initially distributed, Intuit and/or its agents may also solicit proxies by mail, electronic mail, telephone or in person. We have hired a proxy solicitation firm, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, to assist us in soliciting proxies. We will pay Innisfree a fee of $9,000 plus their expenses, which we estimate will be approximately $2,000. We will ask brokers, custodians, nominees and other record holders to prepare and send a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to people or entities for whom they hold shares and forward copies of the proxy materials to beneficial owners who request paper copies.

Voting Results

The preliminary voting results will be announced at the Meeting. The final voting results will be tallied by our Inspector of Elections and published in a Current Report on Form 8-K that we expect to file within four business days of the Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a Form 8-K within four business days after the Meeting, we intend to file a Form 8-K to disclose preliminary voting results and, within four business days after the final results are known, we will file an additional Form 8-K to disclose the final voting results.

Delivery of Voting Materials to Stockholders Sharing an Address

To reduce the expense of delivering duplicate materials to stockholders sharing the same address, we have adopted a procedure approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") called “householding.” Under this procedure, certain stockholders of record who have the same address and last name and do not participate in electronic delivery of proxy materials will receive only one copy of the Notice of Internet Availability, Annual Report on Form 10-K and proxy materials, as applicable, sent to stockholders until such time as one or more of these stockholders notifies us that they wish to receive individual copies. This procedure will reduce duplicate mailings and save printing costs and postage fees, as well as natural resources.

How to Obtain a Separate Set of Voting Materials

If you received a householded mailing this year, and you would like to have additional copies of our Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, Annual Report on Form 10-K and proxy materials, as applicable, mailed to you, please submit

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your request to Investor Relations, Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mail Stop 2700, Mountain View, California, 94039-7850, or call (650) 944-3560 and we will deliver these materials to you promptly upon such written or oral request. You may also contact us at the address or phone number above if you received multiple copies of the annual meeting materials and would prefer to receive a single copy in the future. If you would like to opt out of householding for future mailings, call (800) 542-1061 or send a written request to Investor Relations at the above address.

Annual Report on Form 10-K and Additional Materials

The Notice of 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011 have been made available to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Meeting and who received the Notice of Internet Availability. The Annual Report on Form 10-K can also be viewed at http://investors.intuit.com/annuals.cfm.

Paper copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K (excluding exhibits) for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011 may be obtained without charge by writing to Investor Relations, Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mail Stop 2700, Mountain View, California, 94039-7850, or by calling (650) 944-3560.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES

Our Board currently consists of 10 directors, of whom eight are standing for re-election. In July 2011, we announced that Michael R. Hallman has decided not to stand for re-election and is expected to serve as a director until the date of the Meeting. In October 2011, we announced that David H. Batchelder has decided not to stand for re-election and is expected to serve as a director until the date of the Meeting. The nominees for election include five independent directors, as defined in the applicable rules for companies traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) and three directors who are employees of Intuit. Stockholders elect all directors annually. The authorized number of directors is currently 10, which will be decreased to eight after the Meeting.

Directors Standing for Election

Each of the incumbent directors listed below has been nominated for election by the Board upon recommendation by the Nominating and Governance Committee and has agreed to stand for election to a one-year term. Information concerning the nominees for director is provided below.

Christopher W. Brody (Age 67)

Chairman, Vantage Partners LLC

Mr. Brody has been an Intuit director since 1993 and is a member of the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Brody has been chairman of Vantage Partners LLC, a private investment firm that he founded, since 1999. From 1971 to 1998 Mr. Brody was a partner of Warburg, Pincus & Co., a venture capital and private equity investment firm. Over the past 29 years, Mr. Brody has served on the boards of over 15 public and private companies in a number of different industries. Currently, Mr. Brody serves as a director of several private companies. Mr. Brody holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Harvard College and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. The Board believes that Mr. Brody should be re-elected to the Board because of his experience and knowledge of corporate finance, strategic planning and general management; his experience and knowledge of operational matters gained as a past and present director of several other public and private companies; his experience in building high-growth businesses; and his knowledge of Intuit, its markets and operations developed over his tenure as a director of Intuit.

William V. Campbell (Age 71)

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intuit Inc.

Mr. Campbell has been an Intuit director since 1994 and Chairman of the Board since 1998. Mr. Campbell is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Intuit. Mr. Campbell served as Intuit’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1998 and was Acting Chief Executive Officer from September 1999 to January 2000. Mr. Campbell has been a member of the board of directors of Apple, Inc. since 1997. In addition to Mr. Campbell’s public company leadership experience, he serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University. Mr. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Masters of Science from Columbia University. The Board believes that Mr. Campbell should be re-elected to the Board because of his professional experience managing and advising innovative high growth companies; his leadership throughout the technology industry; and his understanding of Intuit, its strategy, markets, operations and management.

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Scott D. Cook (Age 59)

Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit Inc.

Mr. Cook has been an Intuit director since 1984. A co-founder of Intuit, Mr. Cook served as Intuit’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 1994 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Cook has been a director of eBay Inc. since 1998 where he is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Cook has been a director of The Procter & Gamble Company since 2000 where he chairs the Innovation & Technology Committee and is a member of the Compensation & Leadership Development Committee. Mr. Cook holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Southern California and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. The Board believes that Mr. Cook should be re-elected to the Board because of his experience as an entrepreneur and corporate executive; his knowledge of Intuit’s operations, markets, management and strategy; his role in guiding and fostering innovation; and his experience as a Board member of other large consumer-focused companies.

Diane B. Greene (Age 56)

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, VMware, Inc.

Ms. Greene has been an Intuit director since 2006 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Greene co-founded VMware, Inc. in 1998 and took the company public in 2007. Ms. Greene served as chief executive officer and president of VMware from 1998 to 2008, a member of the board of directors of VMware from 2007 to 2008, and as an Executive Vice President of EMC Corporation from 2005 to 2008. Prior to VMware, Ms. Greene held technical leadership positions at Silicon Graphics, Tandem, and Sybase and was chief executive officer of VXtreme. In addition to Ms. Greene’s public company board experience, she is a member of The MIT Corporation. Ms. Greene holds a Bachelor of Arts in mechanical engineering from the University of Vermont, a Master of Science degree in naval architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. The Board believes that Ms. Greene should be re-elected to the Board because she brings to the Board her experience and insights as a successful technology entrepreneur and former chief executive officer of a public company as well as her expertise and knowledge of cloud computing and software as a service businesses.

Edward A. Kangas (Age 67)

Non-Employee Chairman, Tenet Healthcare

Mr. Kangas has been an Intuit director since 2007 and is a member of the Acquisition Committee and the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee. Mr. Kangas has been chairman of Tenet Healthcare since 2003. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Kangas was global chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte. Mr. Kangas held the position of managing partner of Deloitte & Touche (USA) from 1989 to 1994. Mr. Kangas has been a member of the board of directors of: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. since 2010; Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. since 2002; and United Technologies Corporation since 2008. Mr. Kangas was a member of the board of Electronic Data Systems Corporation from 2004 to 2008 and Eclipsys Corporation from 2004 to 2010. Mr. Kangas holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. The Board believes that Mr. Kangas should be re-elected to the Board because he brings to the Board global executive experience as well as his knowledge and expertise acquired through his service as a director of companies in industries that are highly relevant to Intuit’s businesses, including software, technology, professional services, and healthcare.

Suzanne Nora Johnson (Age 54)

Former Vice-Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Group

Ms. Nora Johnson has been an Intuit director since 2007 and is a member of the Acquisition Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee. Ms. Nora Johnson held the Honorary Title of Senior Director of The Goldman Sachs Group from 2007 to 2009. Ms. Nora Johnson joined The Goldman Sachs Group in 1985 and held several management positions throughout her 22 year tenure including: Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Global Markets Institute, and Head of the Global Investments Research Division. Ms. Nora Johnson has been a member of the board of directors of: American International Group, Inc. since 2008; Pfizer Inc. since 2007; and VISA Inc. since 2007. Ms. Nora Johnson’s significant non-profit board affiliations include, among others, the American Red Cross and the University of Southern California. Ms. Nora Johnson earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. The Board believes that Ms. Nora Johnson should be re-elected to the Board because she brings valuable business experience managing large, complex, global institutions as well as insights into how changes in the financial services industry, public policy and the macro-economic environment affect our businesses.

Dennis D. Powell (Age 63)

Former Chief Financial Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Mr. Powell has been an Intuit director since 2004 and is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the

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Acquisition Committee. Mr. Powell was executive advisor of Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Powell joined Cisco in 1997 and held several management positions throughout his tenure including: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2008; Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance from 2002 to 2003; and Vice President, Corporate Controller from 1997 to 2002. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Powell held the position of senior partner at Coopers & Lybrand LLP, where his tenure spanned 26 years. Mr. Powell has been a member of the boards of directors of Applied Materials, Inc. since 2007 and VMware, Inc. since 2007. Mr. Powell holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Oregon State University. The Board believes Mr. Powell should be re-elected to the Board because he brings to the Board his executive management experience with large, global organizations as well as insights into financial and operational issues gained through his tenure as an executive at a large public technology company.

Brad D. Smith (Age 47)

President and Chief Executive Officer, Intuit Inc.

Mr. Smith has been an Intuit director since 2008 and is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Intuit. Mr. Smith joined Intuit in 2003 and has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Small Business Division from 2006 to 2007, Senior Vice President and General Manager, QuickBooks from 2005 to 2006, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Tax Group from 2004 to 2005 and as Vice President and General Manager of Intuit’s Accountant Central and Developer Network from 2003 to 2004. Before joining Intuit, Mr. Smith held the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of ADP, where he held several executive positions from 1996 to 2003. Mr. Smith was elected to the board of directors of Yahoo! Inc. in 2010. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Marshall University and a Master’s degree in Management from Aquinas College. The Board believes Mr. Smith should be re-elected because, as Chief Executive Officer of Intuit, he possesses the most relevant knowledge of Intuit’s strategy, markets, operations and employees and provides industry expertise and context on all matters that come before the Board.

Directors Not Standing for Re-election

David H. Batchelder (Age 62)

Principal, Relational Investors LLC

Mr. Batchelder has been an Intuit director since 2009 and is a member of the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee and Acquisition Committee. Mr. Batchelder has been a Principal of Relational Investors LLC, an investment advisory firm that he founded, since 1996. Mr. Batchelder has decided that he will not stand for re-election to the Board, but is expected to continue to serve on the Board until the Meeting.

Michael R. Hallman (Age 66)

President, The Hallman Group

Mr. Hallman has been an Intuit director since 1993 and is the Chairman of the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Hallman has been President of The Hallman Group, a management consulting firm, since 1992. Mr. Hallman has decided that he will not stand for re-election to the Board, but is expected to continue to serve on the Board until the Meeting.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Intuit is committed to excellence in corporate governance and maintains policies and practices that promote good corporate governance, including the following:


•	the Board has adopted majority voting in uncontested elections of directors;


•	a majority of the board members are independent of Intuit and its management;


•	the independent members of the Board meet regularly without the presence of management;


•	all members of the committees of the Board are independent;


•	the charters of the committees of the Board clearly establish the committees' respective roles and responsibilities;


•	Intuit has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics for employees that is monitored by Intuit's ethics office;

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•	Intuit's ethics office has a hotline available to all employees, and Intuit's Audit and Risk Committee has procedures in place to receive and process complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and for employees to make confidential, anonymous complaints regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;


•	Intuit has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all directors;


•	Intuit's internal audit control function maintains critical oversight over the key areas of its business and financial processes and controls, and reports directly to Intuit's Audit and Risk Committee; and


•	Intuit has stock ownership guidelines for its non-employee directors and executive officers.

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Principles that are designed to assist the Board in observing practices and procedures that serve the best interests of Intuit and our stockholders. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing these Corporate Governance Principles and periodically making recommendations to the Board regarding any changes. These Corporate Governance Principles address, among other things, our policy on succession planning and senior leadership development, Board performance evaluations, committee structure and stock ownership requirements.

We maintain a corporate governance page on our company website that contains key information about corporate governance matters. This information includes copies of our Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Conduct & Ethics for all employees, including our Company’s senior executive and financial officers, our Operating Values, and the charter for each Board committee. The link to this corporate governance page can be found at http://investors.intuit.com/governance.cfm.

Board Responsibilities and Leadership Structure

The Board oversees management’s performance on behalf of Intuit’s stockholders. The Board’s primary responsibilities are (1) to select, oversee and determine compensation for the Chief Executive Officer who, with senior management, runs Intuit on a day-to-day basis, (2) to monitor management’s performance to assess whether Intuit is operating in an effective, efficient and ethical manner in order to create value for Intuit’s stockholders, and (3) to periodically review Intuit’s long-range plan, business initiatives, capital projects and budget matters.

The Board appoints the Chairman of the Board, who may be a former officer of Intuit if the Board determines that it is in the best interests of Intuit and its stockholders. The roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person or may be held by different people. However, if the Chairman is also the Chief Executive Officer, then the Board has determined that it will appoint a lead independent director. Currently, the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer are held by separate persons. The Board believes that the separation of the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is appropriate at this time as it allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus primarily on management and strategy responsibilities, while allowing our Chairman to focus on leadership of the Board, providing feedback and advice to the Chief Executive Officer, and providing a channel of communication between the Board members and the Chief Executive Officer. William V. Campbell, the current Chairman of the Board, is a non-executive employee of Intuit and previously served as Intuit’s chief executive officer. The Chairman of the Board presides over all Board meetings and works with the Chief Executive Officer to develop agendas for Board meetings. The Chairman advises the Chief Executive Officer and other members of senior management on business strategy and leadership development. He also works with the Board to drive decisions about particular strategies and policies and, in concert with the independent Board committees, facilitates a performance evaluation process of the Board.

The Board and its committees meet throughout the year on a set schedule, and also hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time as appropriate. The Board held five meetings during fiscal 2011. The independent directors also meet in executive session without management present. During fiscal 2011, the independent directors held three executive sessions. With respect to executive sessions of the independent directors, the independent directors may from time to time designate an independent director to serve as presiding director to chair these sessions. In addition, the presiding director may advise the Chairman of the Board with respect to agendas and information to be provided to the Board and may perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time delegate to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities. The Board has delegated certain responsibilities and authority to the committees described below. Committees report regularly on their activities and actions to the full Board.

Board Oversight of Risk

Intuit's management is responsible for balancing risk and opportunity in support of Intuit's objectives. Management exercises this responsibility day to day through ongoing identification of risks related to significant business activities, implementation of risk mitigation activities and alignment of risk management to the Company's strategy. Intuit's Chief Risk

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Officer, who reports to our General Counsel, facilitates the Enterprise Risk Management, or "ERM," program as part of our strategic planning process. The ERM program helps identify the top risks for each business unit and for Intuit as a whole.

Our Board has responsibility for overseeing risk management for the Company. The Board exercises this oversight responsibility directly and through its committees, as follows:


•	The Audit and Risk Committee has primary responsibility for overseeing our ERM program. The Chief Risk Officer reports on a quarterly basis to the Audit and Risk Committee on Intuit’s top risk areas and the progress of the ERM program. The Audit and Risk Committee also has oversight responsibilities with respect to particular risks such as financial management and fraud.

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The Board’s other committees — Compensation and Organizational Development, Nominating and Governance, and Acquisition — oversee risks associated with their respective areas of responsibility. The Compensation and Organizational Development Committee considers the risks associated with our compensation policies and practices for executives and employees generally. The Nominating and Governance Committee considers risks associated with corporate governance and overall board effectiveness, including recruiting appropriate Board members. The Acquisition Committee considers risks associated with Intuit’s merger and acquisition activities and the strategy and business models of acquisition candidates.

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At each quarterly Board meeting, members of each committee provide a report to the full Board covering the committee’s risk oversight and other activities. The full Board receives an annual update from the Chief Risk Officer regarding the top enterprise-wide risks. The full Board also considers and provides oversight of specific strategic risks, including those relating to Intuit's business models and inorganic growth strategy. The Board also receives detailed reports at quarterly Board meetings from the Chief Executive Officer and the heads of our principal business units, which include discussions of the risks involved in their respective areas of responsibility. The senior management team also informs the Board routinely of developments that could affect our risk profile or other aspects of our business.

Compensation Risk Assessment

The Company conducted a review of its key compensation programs, policies and practices in conjunction with Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”), the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee’s independent compensation consultant, which prepared a report on the Company’s incentive programs.

Our review included an analysis of the Company's short-term and long-term compensation programs covering key program details, performance factors for each program, target award ranges, maximum funding levels, and plan administrative oversight and control requirements. Key program elements assessed relating to potential compensation risks were pay mix, performance metrics, performance goals and payout curves, payment timing and adjustments, severance packages, equity incentives and stock ownership requirements and trading policies.

Our analysis was reviewed with the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee at its October 18, 2011 meeting. The review and analysis did not identify any compensation programs, policies or practices that create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Our assessment noted the following factors that reduce the likelihood of excessive risk-taking:

•Our overall compensation levels are competitive with the market.

•Our compensation programs provide an effective balance in (1) cash and equity mix, (2) annual incentives that are based in part on company-wide performance metrics that align with the Company's business plans and strategic objectives and in part on a qualitative evaluation of business unit and individual performance to mitigate any tendency for focus exclusively on the specific financial metrics under the plan, and (3) long-term incentives provided through a combination of stock options (generally vesting over three years with terms of seven years), time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") (generally vesting over three years), performance-based RSUs with vesting based on three-year operating income and revenue growth, and performance-based RSUs with vesting based on three-year relative total shareholder return.

•The Company has adopted stock ownership guidelines for executives at the senior vice president level and above.

•The Company has an insider trading policy that prohibits trading put or call options, short sales and hedging transactions.

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Director Independence

Our Board currently includes seven independent directors, five of whom are standing for election. To be considered independent under NASDAQ rules, a director may not be employed by Intuit or engage in certain types of business dealings with Intuit. In addition, as required by NASDAQ rules, the Board has made a determination as to each independent director that no relationship exists which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, the Board reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and by Intuit with regard to each director’s business and personal activities as they relate to Intuit and Intuit’s management. Based on this review, the Board has determined that Mr. Batchelder, Mr. Brody, Ms. Greene, Mr. Hallman, Mr. Kangas, Ms. Nora Johnson and Mr. Powell are independent directors.

In assessing director independence under NASDAQ rules, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the full Board review relevant transactions, relationships and arrangements that may affect the independence of our Board members. Each of Mr. Powell, Mr. Kangas and Ms. Nora Johnson is or was during fiscal 2011 a director of companies with which Intuit conducts business in the ordinary course. Consistent with NASDAQ independence standards, Intuit did not make payments to, or receive payments from, any of these companies for property or services in the current or any of the last three fiscal years that exceed 5% of Intuit’s or any of the other parties’ consolidated gross revenues. Following review of these transactions, the Board determined that each of these directors was independent under NASDAQ rules.

Attendance at Board, Committee and Annual Stockholders Meetings

The Board expects that each director will prepare for, attend and participate in all Board and applicable committee meetings and that each Board member will see that other commitments do not materially interfere with his or her service on the Board. Directors generally may not serve on the boards of more than six public companies, including Intuit’s Board. Any director, who has a principal job change, including retirement, must offer to submit a letter of resignation to the Chairman of the Board. The Board, in consultation with the Nominating and Governance Committee, will review each offered resignation and determine whether or not to accept such resignation after consideration of the continued appropriateness of Board membership under the new circumstances.

During fiscal 2011, no director attended less than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served. All of our current directors attended the last Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held in January 2011. Under the Corporate Governance Principles, all directors are encouraged to attend the annual meetings of Intuit’s stockholders.

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Board Committees and Charters

The Board currently has a standing Acquisition Committee, Audit and Risk Committee, Compensation and Organizational Development Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee. The members of each committee are appointed by the Board based on recommendations of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Each member of these committees is an independent director as determined by the Board in accordance with NASDAQ listing standards and each member of the Audit and Risk Committee meets heightened independence criteria. Each committee has a charter and annually reviews its charter and makes recommendations to our Board for revision of its charter to reflect evolving best practices. Copies of each charter can be found on our website at http://investors.intuit.com/charters.cfm. Current committee members are identified in the following table.



Director	Acquisition Committee	Audit and Risk Committee	Compensation and Organizational Development Committee	Nominating and Governance Committee
David H. Batchelder	X		X
Christopher W. Brody			X	Chair
William V. Campbell
Scott D. Cook
Diane B. Greene		X		X
Michael R. Hallman			Chair	X
Edward A. Kangas	X		X
Suzanne Nora Johnson	X	X
Dennis D. Powell	X	Chair
Brad D. Smith

Acquisition Committee

The Acquisition Committee reviews and approves acquisition, divestiture and investment transactions proposed by Intuit’s management in which the total consideration to be paid or received by Intuit is within certain limits that may be established by the Board from time to time.

In fiscal 2011, the Acquisition Committee held five meetings.

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee represents and assists the Board in its oversight of Intuit’s financial reporting, internal controls and audit functions, and is directly responsible for the selection, retention, compensation and oversight of the work of Intuit’s independent auditor.

Our Board has determined that each member of the Audit and Risk Committee is independent, as defined under applicable NASDAQ listing standards and SEC rules related to audit committee members, and is financially literate, as required by NASDAQ listing standards. All members of the Audit and Risk Committee have been determined by the Board to meet the qualifications of an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by SEC rules, and to meet the qualifications of “financial sophistication” in accordance with NASDAQ listing standards. Stockholders should understand that these designations related to an Audit and Risk Committee member’s experience and understanding do not impose upon him or her any duties, obligations or liabilities greater than those generally imposed on other members of the Board.

In fiscal 2011, the Audit and Risk Committee held 14 meetings. The Audit and Risk Committee held closed sessions with our independent auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, present in 12 of these meetings. The responsibilities and activities of the Audit and Risk Committee are described in greater detail in “Audit and Risk Committee Report” beginning on page 55.

Compensation and Organizational Development Committee

The Compensation and Organizational Development Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) assists the Board in the review and approval of executive compensation and the oversight of organizational and management development for executive officers and other employees of Intuit. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews Intuit's key management from the perspectives of leadership development, organizational development and succession planning through Intuit's High Performance Organization Review. As part of this process, the Compensation Committee also meets with key senior executives. The systemic assessment of Intuit's organization and talent planning helped the Compensation Committee to

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evaluate Intuit's effort at hiring, developing and retaining executives, with the goal of creating and growing Intuit's “bench strength” at the most senior executive levels.

Each member of this committee is independent under NASDAQ listing standards and is a “Non-Employee Director,” as defined in Rule 16(b)-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Compensation Committee met nine times in fiscal 2011. The Compensation Committee held a portion of each meeting in closed session, with only the Compensation Committee members and, on certain occasions, William Campbell, the Chairman of the Board, present. For more information on the responsibilities and activities of the Compensation Committee, including the committee’s processes for determining executive compensation, see the “Compensation and Organizational Development Committee Report” on page 25 and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 26.

The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing the compensation for non-employee directors on an annual basis and making recommendations to the Board, in the event they determine changes are needed.

Section 162(m) Subcommittee

In the event that not all of the members of the Compensation Committee are “outside directors” for purposes of Regulation 1.162-27 under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Charter of the Compensation Committee authorizes the designation of a subcommittee of not less than two members who are “outside directors.” This subcommittee has responsibility and authority to review and approve all elements of compensation that may require approval by a committee of “outside directors” in order for such compensation to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m) and related regulations. In July 2010, the Board and the Compensation Committee designated such a subcommittee, consisting of Mr. Batchelder, Mr. Hallman and Mr. Kangas. This subcommittee met three times in fiscal 2011. Because all of the members of Compensation Committee are currently "outside directors", no subcommittee has been designated for fiscal year 2012.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Board regarding Board composition and appropriate governance standards. Our Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Governance Committee is independent, as defined under applicable NASDAQ listing standards. The Nominating and Governance Committee held four meetings in fiscal 2011.

The Nominating and Governance Committee has adopted a process to identify and evaluate candidates for director, whether recommended by management, Board members, or stockholders (if made in accordance with the procedures set forth under “Stockholder Recommendations of Director Candidates” on page 22). The committee's policy is to evaluate candidates properly recommended by stockholders in the same manner as candidates recommended by others.

Qualifications of Directors

The Nominating and Governance Committee believes that all nominees for Board membership should possess the highest ethics, integrity and values and be committed to representing the long-term interests of Intuit’s stockholders. In addition, nominees should have broad, high-level experience in business, government, education, technology or public interest. They should also have sufficient time to carry out their duties as directors of Intuit and have an inquisitive and objective perspective, practical wisdom and mature judgment. The committee will also consider additional factors — such as independence, diversity, expertise and specific skills, and other qualities that may contribute to the Board’s overall effectiveness — when evaluating candidates for director. Intuit may also engage third-party search firms to provide assistance in identifying and evaluating Board candidates.

Consideration of director candidates typically involves a series of discussions and a review of available information concerning the candidate, the existing composition of the Board, and other factors the committee deems relevant. In conducting its review and evaluation, the committee may solicit the views of management, other Board members and other individuals it believes may have insight into a candidate.

In considering diversity in the selection of nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee looks for individuals with varied professional experience, background, knowledge, skills and viewpoints in order to achieve and maintain a group of directors that, as a whole, provides effective oversight of the management of the Company. Although our nomination policy does not prescribe specific standards for diversity, the Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee do look for nominees with a diverse set of skills that will complement the existing skills and experience of our directors and provide an overall balance of diversity of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Our Board is currently composed of a group of leaders with broad and diverse experience in many fields, including: management of large global enterprises; technology and innovation leadership; consumer products and services; healthcare; financial services; legal and compliance; executive compensation; and corporate governance. Our Board members have acquired these diverse skills through their accomplished

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careers and their service as directors of a wide range of other public and private companies.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No executive officer of Intuit during fiscal 2011 served, or currently serves, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on Intuit’s Board or Intuit’s Compensation Committee.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Overview

Our director compensation programs are designed to provide an appropriate incentive to attract and retain qualified non-employee board members. The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the equity and cash compensation for directors on an annual basis and making recommendations to the Board, in the event it determines changes are needed. On October 19, 2011, the Board approved a new compensation program for our non-employee directors and Chairman of the Board, as discussed under "Prospective Annual Retainer and Equity Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors" beginning on page 20. The following table summarizes the fiscal 2011 compensation earned by each member of the Board other than Mr. Smith, whose compensation is described under “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 41.

Director Summary Compensation Table



Director Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)		Stock Awards ($)(1)	All Other Compensation ($)		Total ($)
David H. Batchelder	60,000		289,921	—		349,921
Christopher W. Brody	55,000		307,425	—		362,425
William V. Campbell	180,000	(2)	289,968	—		469,968
Scott D. Cook	—		—	919,637	(3)	919,637
Diane B. Greene	55,000		289,921	—		344,921
Michael R. Hallman	55,000		307,425	—		362,425
Edward A. Kangas	60,000		289,921	—		349,921
Suzanne Nora Johnson	60,000		289,921	—		349,921
Dennis D. Powell	75,000		307,425	—		382,425

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(1)

These amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted during fiscal 2011, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation,” (“FASB ASC Topic 718”) assuming no forfeitures. For each of the restricted stock unit ("RSU") awards, the grant date fair value of these awards was calculated using the closing price of Intuit’s common stock on the grant date as if these awards were vested and issued on the grant date. Please see the “Equity Grants to Directors During Fiscal Year 2011” and “Outstanding Equity Awards for Directors at Fiscal Year-End 2011 (Exercisable and Unexercisable)” tables for information regarding the grant date fair value of awards granted during the year and the number of awards outstanding for each director at the end of the fiscal year.


(2)	This amount represents a stipend paid to Mr. Campbell for his role as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.


(3)	Mr. Cook’s compensation represents an annual salary of $500,000; an incentive bonus of $415,000 awarded for service in fiscal 2011; and premiums for Intuit’s Executive Long-Term Disability Plan of $4,637. Mr. Cook did not receive any equity awards from Intuit during fiscal 2011.

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Equity Grants to Directors During Fiscal Year 2011

The following table shows each RSU grant made to each of our directors, other than Mr. Smith, during fiscal 2011, including the grant date, number of shares, and grant date fair value.



	Stock Awards
Director Name	Grant Date	Shares Subject to Award (#)		Grant Date Fair Value ($)(1)
David H. Batchelder	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
		6,145		289,921

Christopher W. Brody	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,589	(3)	74,969
		6,516		307,425

William V. Campbell	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	2,437	(4)	114,977
		6,146		289,968

Scott D. Cook		—		—

Diane B. Greene	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
		6,145		289,921

Michael R. Hallman	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,589	(3)	74,969
		6,516		307,425

Edward A. Kangas	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
		6,145		289,921

Suzanne Nora Johnson	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
		6,145		289,921

Dennis D. Powell	1/20/2011	3,709	(2)	174,991
	1/20/2011	1,218	(3)	57,465
	1/20/2011	1,589	(3)	74,969
		6,516		307,425

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(1)	These amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The grant date fair value of these awards is calculated using the closing market price of Intuit’s common stock on the date of grant.


(2)	Annual Continuing Board Member grant which vests as to 50% of the shares on January 1, 2012 and 50% of the shares on January 1, 2013.


(3)	Annual Committee Member or Committee Chair grant which vests as to 100% of the shares on January 1, 2012.


(4)	Annual Chairman of the Board grant which vests as to 50% of the shares on January 1, 2012 and 50% of the shares on January 1, 2013.

Outstanding Equity Awards for Directors at Fiscal Year-End 2011 (Exercisable and Unexercisable)

The following table provides information on the outstanding equity awards held by our directors, other than Mr. Smith, as of July 31, 2011.



	Aggregate Shares Subject to Outstanding
Director Name	Stock Awards (#)		Option Awards (#)
David H. Batchelder	12,346		—
Christopher W. Brody	9,410		385,000
William V. Campbell	9,040		—
Scott D. Cook	—		—
Diane B. Greene	9,039		165,000
Michael R. Hallman	16,686	(1)	222,500
Edward A. Kangas	11,210	(2)	142,500
Suzanne Nora Johnson	9,039		150,000
Dennis D. Powell	9,410		152,500

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(1) Includes 7,276 vested RSUs for which Mr. Hallman has elected to defer settlement.

(2) Includes 2,171 vested RSUs for which Mr. Kangas has elected to defer settlement.

Current Annual Retainer and Equity Compensation Programs for Non-Employee Directors

Annual Retainer for Non-Employee Directors in Fiscal Year 2011

During fiscal 2011 and continuing until the date of the Meeting, non-employee directors are paid an annual cash retainer of $30,000, plus additional annual cash retainers based on their committee service. These annual retainers are paid in quarterly installments and the cash retainers for committee service are paid in the following amounts: Audit and Risk Committee Chair ($30,000), Non-Chair Audit and Risk Committee Members ($15,000), Acquisition Committee Members ($15,000), Compensation and Organizational Development Committee Member ($15,000) and Nominating and Governance Committee Member ($10,000). We reimburse non-employee directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and committee meetings.

Automatic Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Non-Employee Directors (from December 15, 2009 to January 19, 2011)

Between December 19, 2009 and January 19, 2011, the Company made automatic equity grants to non-employee directors according to a formula set forth in the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. These awards were made in the form of a fixed dollar value of RSUs in the following amounts: new Board members ($250,000 on date of joining Board), continuing

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Board members ($175,000 annually), Committee members ($57,500 annually), and Board-designated Committee chairs ($17,500 annually). Because the formula was based on a fixed dollar amount, the number of RSUs awarded annually to non-employee directors varied, depending on the closing market price of Intuit's common stock on the date of grant. Annual Board and committee grants were awarded each year on the first business day after the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Initial Board and committee grants were awarded shortly after the director first joined the Board or committee and were pro-rated based on the number of full months the director served between grant date and the next vesting date. If the non-employee director elected, settlement of the awards could be deferred for up to five years. A non-employee director could receive committee grants for a maximum of two committees.

Subject to a non-employee director's continued service, vesting of these RSUs occurs on December 1 of each year. Initial Board grants vest in four equal installments over four years, annual Board grants vest in two equal installments over two years and committee grants vest in one year. If any grant has been pro-rated as described above, the number of shares that vest on the first vesting date (but not any other vesting date) shall be correspondingly pro-rated.

Director Equity Compensation Program (from January 19, 2011 to January 19, 2012)

In fiscal 2011, the Board approved a director equity compensation program, which is effective for grants to non-employee directors and the Chairman of the Board made from January 19, 2011 until the time of the Meeting on January 19, 2012. These awards are made in the form of a fixed dollar value of RSUs. The grants were made to the non-employee directors in the same amounts as described above in “Automatic Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Non-Employee Directors (from December 15, 2009 to January 19, 2011).” The Chairman of the Board receives the Continuing Board member annual grant and an additional grant in the amount of $115,000.

Because the formula for the awards is based on a fixed dollar amount, the number of RSUs awarded annually to non-employee directors and the Chairman of the Board varied, depending on the closing market price of Intuit's common stock on the date of grant. The annual grants were awarded on the first business day after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Initial Board and committee awards are pro-rated based on the number of full months the director will serve (assuming continuous service) between the grant date and the next vesting date. If the director elected, settlement of the awards could be deferred for up to five years. A director could receive committee grants for a maximum of two committees. Subject to the director's continued service, vesting of these RSUs occurs on the first day of the twelfth month following the date of grant. For example, for grants made in January 2011, the first vesting date would occur on January 1, 2012. Initial Board grants vest in four equal installments over four years, annual Board and Chairman grants vest in two equal installments over two years and committee grants vest in one year. If any grant has been pro-rated as described above, the number of shares that vest on the first vesting date (but not any other vesting date) are correspondingly pro-rated.

Prospective Annual Retainer and Equity Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors

During the April 2011 Compensation Committee meeting, the Compensation Committee conducted a review of the non-employee director compensation program in conjunction with FW Cook, the Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultant. In connection with that review, FW Cook reviewed Intuit's existing non-employee director program, along with comparisons of peer companies and recent trends and developments in U.S. non-employee director compensation and recommended certain changes to the existing director compensation program. As a result of that analysis and the recommendations made by the Compensation Committee, in October 2011, the Board approved a new compensation program for our non-employee directors and the Chairman of the Board which will be effective as of the date of the Meeting.

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Annual Retainer for Non-Employee Directors Following the January 19, 2012 Meeting

Non-employee directors will be paid annual cash retainers for Board membership, plus additional cash retainers for their committee service in the amounts indicated in the following table:



Position		Annual Amount ($)
Non-Employee Board Member		60,000
Audit and Risk Committee Chair		47,500
Acquisition Committee and Compensation and Organizational Development Committee Chairs		32,500
Nominating and Governance Committee Chair		27,500
Non-Chair Members of each of Audit and Risk Committee, Acquisition Committee and Compensation and Organizational Development Committee		15,000
Non-Chair Members of the Nominating and Governance Committee		10,000

These annual retainers are paid in quarterly installments and will be pro-rated for any changes to a committee that occurs during any quarter. Directors may elect to defer cash retainers into additional tax-deferred Intuit stock units by making an irrevocable written election prior to the start of each calendar year. Such tax-deferred stock units will be distributable at the earlier of (i) five years from the date of grant, (ii) separation from the Board, or (iii) a change of control of Intuit. We reimburse non-employee directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and committee meetings.

The Company will also pay the Chairman of the Board an annual cash stipend of $240,000 in lieu of participation in the non-employee director cash compensation program (described above).

New Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Program Following the January 19, 2012 Meeting

As part of the new compensation program approved in October 2011, the Board also approved a new director equity compensation program, which will be effective for grants to directors made immediately following the Meeting in January 2012. Grants will be made to non-employee directors and the Chairman of the Board in the form of a fixed dollar value of RSUs in the following amounts:



Board Position		Fixed Amount of Award ($)
Non-Employee Board Member and Chairman (annual grant)		260,000
New Board Member (additional grant upon joining Board)		75,000

Because the formula is based on a fixed dollar amount, the number of RSUs awarded annually to non-employee directors and the Chairman of the Board will vary, depending on the closing market price of Intuit's common stock on the date of grant. The annual grants will be awarded on the day following each Annual Meeting of Stockholders. For a new Board Member, the annual grant will be prorated based on the number of full months of expected service until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Subject to the director's continued service, vesting of the annual RSU grants will occur on the first day of the twelfth month following the date of grant. For example, for grants made in January 2012, the first vesting date would occur on January 1, 2013. A New Board Member's additional grant will vest in two equal installments over two years. Once RSUs vest, settlement of the awards must be deferred until the earlier of (i) five years from the date of grant, (ii) separation from the Board, or (iii) a change of control of Intuit. Directors may defer settlement of their RSUs for a longer period of time at their option.

Director Stock Ownership Requirement

The Compensation Committee established new director stock ownership requirements that will be effective immediately following the Meeting. The director is required to hold shares of Intuit common stock with an aggregate value of five times the amount of the annual Board member retainer, which value will be measured as of July 31st of each year. Unvested RSUs and deferred RSUs held by a Board member are counted as shares when determining the number of shares owned. Directors must comply with the new guidelines within 5 years after the date the director joins the Board, or July 2016, whichever is later. If any director does not meet the stock ownership requirement within the designated time frame, 50% of his or her annual cash retainers will be made in the form of Intuit stock until compliance is achieved. Each of the current directors has met this stock ownership requirement. The current director stock ownership requirements are described in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" of this proxy statement starting on page 26.

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STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Stockholder Communications with the Board

The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for receiving stockholder communications on behalf of the Board. Any stockholder may send communications by mail to the Board or individual directors c/o Corporate Secretary, Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mail Stop 2700, Mountain View, California 94039-7850 or via our website at http://investors.intuit.com/contactBoard.cfm. The Board has instructed the Corporate Secretary to review this correspondence and determine, in his or her discretion, whether matters submitted are appropriate for Board consideration. The Corporate Secretary may also forward certain communications elsewhere in the Company for review and possible response. In particular, communications such as product or commercial inquiries or complaints, job inquiries, surveys and business solicitations or advertisements or patently offensive or otherwise inappropriate material will not be forwarded to the Board.

Stockholder Recommendations of Director Candidates

As discussed above, our Nominating and Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by a stockholder. A stockholder seeking to recommend a candidate for the committee’s consideration should submit the candidate’s name and qualifications to: Nominating and Governance Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mail Stop 2700, Mountain View, California 94039-7850 or via our website at http://investors.intuit.com/contactBoard.cfm. You may find a copy of a document entitled “Process of Identifying and Evaluating Nominees for Director” on our website http://investors.intuit.com/charters.cfm.

Stockholder Proposals and Nominations for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Any stockholder who intends to present a proposal for inclusion in Intuit’s 2013 proxy statement and form of proxy must submit the proposal, in writing, so that the Corporate Secretary receives it at our principal executive offices by July 26, 2012. Any stockholder who wishes to bring a proposal or nominate a person for election to the Board at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that is not intended for inclusion in the Intuit’s 2013 proxy statement must provide written notice of the proposal or nomination to Intuit’s Corporate Secretary, at our principal executive offices, between October 6, 2012 and November 5, 2012. In addition, our stockholders must comply with the procedural requirements in our bylaws, which stockholders can obtain from us upon request. Our bylaws are also on file with the SEC.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Security Ownership Table

The following table shows shares of Intuit’s common stock that we believe are owned as of October 31, 2011 by:


•	Each Named Executive Officer (defined on page 26),


•	Each director and nominee,


•	All current directors, nominees and executive officers as a group, and


•	Each stockholder beneficially owning more than 5% of our common stock.

Unless indicated in the notes, each stockholder has sole voting and investment power for all shares shown, subject to community property laws that may apply to create shared voting and investment power. Unless indicated in the notes, the address of each beneficial owner is c/o Intuit Inc., P.O. Box 7850, Mountain View, California 94039-7850.

We calculated the “Percent of Class” based on 298,604,536 shares of common stock outstanding on October 31, 2011. In accordance with SEC regulations, we also include (1) shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of October 31, 2011, and (2) shares issuable upon settlement of RSUs that are vested but unreleased, or will become vested within 60 days of October 31, 2011. Those shares are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such option or RSU for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but they are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

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Name of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (#)	Percent of Class (%)
Directors and Executive Officers:
Scott D. Cook(1)	15,660,228	5.24	%
Brad D. Smith(2)	806,317	*
R. Neil Williams(3)	140,115	*
Kiran M. Patel(4)	740,517	*
Laura A. Fennell(5)	244,242	*
Daniel R. Maurer(6)	203,220	*
David H. Batchelder(7)	5,571,244	1.87	%
Christopher W. Brody(8)	763,550	*
William V. Campbell(9)	81,759	*
Diane B. Greene(10)	173,748	*
Michael R. Hallman(11)	423,926	*
Edward A. Kangas(12)	147,565	*
Suzanne Nora Johnson(13)	159,592	*
Dennis D. Powell(14)	162,670	*
All current directors and executive officers as a group (15 people)(15)	25,358,203	8.40	%
Other 5% Stockholders:
PRIMECAP Management Company(16)	29,208,540	9.78	%
Vanguard Chester Funds - Vanguard Primecap Fund(17)	17,141,400	5.74	%
Capital World Investors(18)	16,180,000	5.42	%
BlackRock, Inc.(19)	15,516,570	5.20	%

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*		Indicates ownership of 1% or less.


(1)	Represents 15,660,228 shares held by trusts, of which Mr. Cook is a trustee.


(2)	Includes 692,837 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Smith and 84,918 shares held by a family trust, of which Mr. Smith is a trustee.


(3)	Includes 127,094 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Williams.


(4)	Includes 658,526 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Patel.


(5)	Includes 214,751 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Ms. Fennell.


(6)	Includes 173,534 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Maurer.

(7)

Includes 2,067 shares issuable upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Batchelder. Mr. Batchelder is a Principal of Relational Investors, LLC (“RILLC”). RILLC is the record owner of 200 shares and sole general partner, or the sole managing member of the general partner, of Relational Investors, L.P., Relational Fund Partners, L.P., Relational Coast Partners, L.P., RH Fund 1, L.P., RH Fund 6, L.P., Relational Investors VIII, L.P., Relational Investors IX, L.P., Relational Investors X, L.P., Relational Investors XV, L.P., Relational Investors XVI, L.P., Relational Investors XX, L.P., Relational Investors XXII, L.P., Relational Investors XXIII, L.P. and Relational Investors Alpha Fund I, L.P. These Limited Partnerships own a total of 4,383,557 shares. An additional 1,179,548 shares are held in accounts managed by RILLC. Mr. Batchelder disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.


(8)	Includes 387,894 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by

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Mr. Brody. Vantage Partners Inc., of which Mr. Brody is chairman and a stockholder, holds 273,000 shares.


(9)	Includes 2,894 shares issuable upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Campbell.


(10)	Includes 167,894 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Ms. Greene.


(11)	Includes 232,670 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Hallman.


(12)	Represents 147,565 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Kangas.


(13)	Includes 152,894 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Ms. Nora Johnson.


(14)	Includes 155,394 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by Mr. Powell.


(15)	Includes 3,193,371 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units. Represents shares and options held by the individuals described in Notes 1 through 14, plus an additional 2,153 outstanding shares and 77,357 shares issuable upon exercise of options and upon settlement of vested restricted stock units held by other executive officers.


(16)	Ownership information for PRIMECAP Management Company (“PRIMECAP”) is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by PRIMECAP, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2010. PRIMECAP reported sole voting power as to 8,202,835 shares and sole dispositive power as to 29,208,540 shares. The address of PRIMECAP is 225 South Lake Avenue #400, Pasadena, California 91101.


(17)	Ownership information for the Vanguard Chester Funds - Vanguard Primecap Fund (“Vanguard”) is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Vanguard, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2010. Vanguard reported sole voting power as to 17,141,400 shares. The address of Vanguard is P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482.

(18)

Ownership information for Capital World Investors (“Capital World”), a division of Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Capital World, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2010. Capital World reported sole voting power and sole dispositive power as to 16,180,000 shares, and reported that it is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 16,180,000 shares as a result of CRMC acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The address of Capital World is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071.


(19)	Ownership information for BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by BlackRock, reporting ownership as of February 28, 2011. BlackRock reported sole voting power and sole dispositive power as to 15,516,570 shares. The address of BlackRock is 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires Intuit’s directors and executive officers, and greater-than-10% stockholders to file forms with the SEC to report their ownership of Intuit shares and any changes in ownership. Anyone required to file forms with the SEC must also send copies of the forms to Intuit. We have reviewed all forms provided to us. Based on that review and on written information given to us by our executive officers and directors, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements were met during fiscal 2011.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table sets forth certain information, as of July 31, 2011, concerning securities authorized for issuance under all of Intuit’s equity compensation plans, excluding the additional shares we are proposing to add to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan in Proposal No. 3.



Plan Category	Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (#) (a)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights ($) (b)(1)	Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a)) (#) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	33,348,682	(2)	32.76	32,496,364	(3)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	385,658	(4)	10.79	—
Total	33,734,340		32.38	32,496,364

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(1)	RSUs have been excluded for purposes of computing weighted average exercise prices.


(2)	Represents 22,293,738 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 11,054,944 shares issuable upon vesting of RSU awards, which are settled for shares of Intuit common stock on a one-for-one basis.


(3)	Represents 30,715,693 shares available for issuance under our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and 1,780,671 shares available for issuance under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


(4)	Represents outstanding options which were assumed in connection with corporate acquisitions.

COMPENSATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT

Set out below is the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, which is a discussion of Intuit’s executive compensation programs and policies written from the perspective of how we and management view and use such policies and programs. We strive to see that Intuit’s compensation programs are fiscally responsible, market responsive and performance based. Guided by these principles, we regularly review and monitor senior management’s compensation, as well as their potential for larger leadership roles, to produce the greatest value for Intuit’s three stakeholders — employees, customers and stockholders. To this end, the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee has reviewed the components of compensation paid to each of Intuit’s officers for fiscal 2011, including annual base salary, target incentive bonus and equity compensation.

Given our role in providing guidance on program design, administering those programs and policies, and in making specific compensation decisions for senior executives, the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee participated in the preparation of the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and reviewed and discussed the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" with management. Based on the review and discussions, we recommended to the Board that the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" be included in this proxy statement.

COMPENSATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Michael R. Hallman (Chair)

David H. Batchelder

Christopher W. Brody

Edward A. Kangas

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Compensation and Organizational Development Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) oversees Intuit’s compensation plans and policies, approves compensation of our executive officers and administers our stock compensation plans. This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) contains a discussion and analysis of compensation approved by the Compensation Committee and paid for fiscal 2011 to the executive officers named below (the “Named Executive Officers”) and included in the “Summary Compensation Table” on page 41:


•	Brad D. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer


•	R. Neil Williams, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


•	Kiran M. Patel, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Small Business Group


•	Laura A. Fennell, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


•	Daniel R. Maurer, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Group

Executive Summary

Intuit is strongly committed to pay for performance. To that end, our executive compensation programs are designed to reward both short- and long-term profitable growth. Our short-term performance-based compensation is in the form of annual cash bonuses, which are based upon achievement of annual operating goals and individual performance. Our long-term compensation program is primarily in the form of performance-based restricted stock units whose vesting is tied to the achievement of 3-year operating performance goals and total shareholder return (TSR).

In fiscal 2011, Intuit delivered strong financial results, achieving revenue growth of 11%, non-GAAP operating income growth of 14% and non-GAAP EPS growth of 19%, and continuing to expand its operating margins. Appendix A to this proxy statement includes a reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP EPS to the most comparable GAAP measures. Intuit and its management delivered these strong results in an environment of continued economic uncertainty and a sluggish recovery of the U.S. economy. Over the past one-year and three-year periods, these revenue and operating income results have placed Intuit between the 50^th and 75^th percentile of its peer group, as discussed in more detail below. Intuit continued to demonstrate excellent execution against its three-point strategy of building growth in its core businesses, building adjacent businesses and entering new geographies, and accelerating the transition to connected services:

•

Our Consumer Tax business, which includes our TurboTax online and desktop offerings, continued to grow its customer bases, gain share and improve revenue per customer filing, delivering 13% revenue growth for the year. Our Small Business Group grew revenue 12% for the year through new user acquisition and growth in average revenue per customer in our QuickBooks and payroll businesses. In addition, the Company improved customer satisfaction scores in most of our businesses.


•	While achieving strong revenue growth in these core businesses, Intuit also saw its small business offerings in the United Kingdom and Canada perform very well.


•	Intuit also continued to accelerate its transition to connected services, growing revenue from connected services offerings faster than the Company average, supported by increasing adoption of our mobile services, and growing the customer bases in our flagship online offerings. In addition, Intuit's employee satisfaction scores continue to be near best-in-class levels.

Because Intuit was able to deliver these strong results for shareholders, customers and employees, the Compensation Committee determined that our Named Executive Officers would receive cash bonuses, equity grants and, in some cases, salary increases. In particular, in recognition of the strength of the Company's results and outstanding individual performance, the Named Executive Officers received total annual cash bonuses in the range of 132% to 163% of target, as further discussed in this CD&A.

Compensation Practices

Intuit employs a number of practices that reflect our pay-for-performance compensation philosophy:


•	The majority of our long-term incentives are in the form of performance-based RSUs, which use a variety of performance measures, including 3-year operating goals and relative TSR compared to a peer group;


•	We do not provide special retirement benefits designed solely for executive officers;


•	We do not provide any excise tax “gross-up” payments in the event that a severance payment is considered an

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excess parachute payment under U.S. tax laws;


•	We do not provide perquisites or other executive benefits based solely on rank; and


•	We have implemented “claw-back” provisions for our operating performance-based equity awards.

In addition, Intuit has long supported the ability of stockholders to provide their views on the design and effectiveness of our executive compensation programs. As a result, last year, prior to the new requirement that all companies hold a vote on compensation, Intuit voluntarily began providing stockholders an annual advisory vote on executive compensation philosophy, policies, and procedures. See Proposals 4 and 5 of this proxy statement for information concerning this year's required advisory vote on executive compensation. The Company is recommending that the advisory vote on executive compensation be held every year.

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

The Compensation Committee compensates our executives based on overall Company performance and individual employee performance. Our overall compensation program is designed to help achieve our growth strategy and acquire, retain and motivate talented executives with proven experience. Because our Named Executive Officers lead our key business units or functions, they have the ability to directly influence overall company performance and, as a result, have a greater portion of their pay tied to short and long-term incentive programs than most other Intuit employees. Our key measures of Company and individual performance are discussed in more detail below.

The Compensation Committee believes that a mix of both cash and equity incentives is appropriate, as annual cash incentives reward executives for near term results, while equity incentives motivate executives to increase stockholder value in the longer term. In determining the amount of the cash and equity incentives, the Compensation Committee considers each officer’s total compensation on both a short and long-term basis to assess the retention and incentive value of his or her overall compensation.

We manage equity compensation to provide competitive rewards that are commensurate with results delivered, while limiting dilution to stockholders. Our equity compensation includes stock options, time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs. The majority of RSUs granted to senior executives vest only upon achievement of designated financial targets or upon achieving a specified shareholder return relative to similar companies. Stock options provide value to our executives only if Intuit’s stock price increases following the date of grant.

The Compensation Committee conducts its annual review process near the end of each fiscal year to determine each executive’s cash bonus, equity awards, including options and RSUs, and any adjustments to base salary.

Specific Elements of Compensation

Compensation for all Named Executive Officers is a mix of the principal components summarized in the following table and described in greater detail below.



Component of Compensation		Primary Purpose

Base Salary		Provide the security of a competitive fixed cash payment for services rendered
Annual Bonus		Reward achievement of annual company financial performance and individual strategic and operational objectives
Stock Options (time-based vesting)		Retain and motivate executives to build stockholder value over the life of the option, since options deliver value only if Intuit’s stock price appreciates after grant
Restricted Stock Units (time-based vesting)		Retain executives and provide alignment with shareholders' interests during the vesting term
Restricted Stock Units (3-year performance goals)		Retain executives and reward achievement of 3-year revenue and operating income goals
Restricted Stock Units (3-year relative Total Shareholder Return)		Retain executives and reward them for performance of Intuit’s 3-year stock price relative to similar alternative investments

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Base Salary

Intuit provides base salaries to all of its employees, including the Named Executive Officers, to provide them the security of a fixed cash payment for services rendered. In July 2011, the Compensation Committee reviewed the base salaries of our Named Executive Officers in the context of the benchmarking provided by FW Cook, the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, to determine whether the base salaries of any of our Named Executive Officers should be increased to remain competitive with our peer group and to ensure they reflect their roles and responsibilities, as further described under “Use of Competitive Data” on page 37.

Mr. Smith's Salary. For fiscal 2011, Mr. Smith's salary was $950,000, which was at or near the market median for the peer group when it was established in July 2010. In July 2011, the Compensation Committee decided to increase Mr. Smith's base salary by 2.6% to $975,000. The Compensation Committee felt this increase was appropriate in light of Mr. Smith's outstanding performance, his tenure in the role and the Company's overall 3% budget for salary increases for U.S. employees. Based on his new base salary and new target bonus of 130% of base salary, FW Cook determined that Mr. Smith's resulting target cash compensation is consistent with the median of our peer group.

Mr. Williams' Salary. For fiscal 2011, Mr. Williams' salary was $625,000 in recognition of the scope and complexity of his role and his strategic leadership with respect to Intuit's long-term goals when this salary was established in July 2010. In July 2011, the Compensation Committee decided to increase Mr. Williams' base salary by 8% to $675,000. This increase was based on the CEO's evaluation of Mr. Williams' outstanding performance, the Compensation Committee's recognition of Mr. Williams' strategic role as leader of Intuit's Corporate Strategy & Development function in addition to his traditional CFO responsibilities and the analysis of FW Cook regarding the increase in salaries of CFOs in Intuit's peer group.

Mr. Patel's Salary. For fiscal 2011, Mr. Patel's salary was $700,000, based upon his role as the leader of the Company's largest business unit. His salary has not been adjusted since 2007.

Ms. Fennell's Salary. For fiscal 2011, Ms. Fennell's salary was $475,000 based on her role as General Counsel and taking into account the market data for that role in our peer group as of July 2010. In July 2011, the Compensation Committee decided to increase Ms. Fennell's base salary by 6% to $505,000. This increase was based on the CEO's evaluation of Ms. Fennell's outstanding performance, the Compensation Committee's recognition of Ms. Fennell's success in leading Intuit's Security, Compliance and Risk functions, in addition to her General Counsel responsibilities, her leadership of critical Company-wide business priorities, and the analysis of FW Cook regarding the increase in salaries of General Counsels in Intuit's peer group.

Mr. Maurer's Salary. For fiscal 2011, Mr. Maurer's salary was $515,000, which was at the market median for the peer group when it was established in July 2010. In July 2011, the Compensation Committee decided to increase Mr. Maurer's base salary by 14% to $585,000. This increase was based on the CEO's evaluation of Mr. Maurer's outstanding performance, the analysis from FW Cook regarding salaries for general managers of peer companies' business units, and the excellent results of the Consumer Tax business under his leadership.

Annual Cash Bonuses

Intuit uses cash bonuses to reward achievement of annual Company financial performance and individual strategic and operational objectives, which are expected to increase stockholder value. Each of Intuit’s Named Executive Officers has an annual bonus target that is a stated percentage of base salary, which is determined by the executive’s role within Intuit. The bonus targets were set by the Compensation Committee based on scope and significance of each executive’s leadership role at Intuit and, except for Mr. Smith's bonus target, remained unchanged from fiscal 2010. The target amounts are used as a guideline for the determination of cash bonuses, but actual bonus payments for fiscal 2011 were greater than these targets because of the delivery of strong results in fiscal 2011, as discussed below.

Cash bonuses for our Named Executive Officers were paid out under one of Intuit's two performance bonus plans: (1) the Senior Executive Incentive Plan (“SEIP”) or (2) the Intuit Performance Incentive Plan ("IPI"). The SEIP is a stockholder-approved plan designed to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Each year, the Compensation Committee sets a performance target which must be achieved in order for participants to receive a cash bonus under the SEIP. In the first quarter of fiscal 2011, the Compensation Committee established a Company GAAP operating income target of $500 million as the minimum performance hurdle for any Named Executive Officer to be eligible for a cash bonus under the SEIP. At the close of fiscal 2011, the Compensation Committee certified that Intuit had exceeded the operating income threshold and thus each participant in the SEIP was eligible to receive a cash bonus under that plan.

By contrast, the IPI is a broad-based discretionary cash bonus plan that is approved and funded on an annual basis by the Compensation Committee based on Intuit's performance. Unlike the SEIP, there is no specific performance hurdle that must be achieved for bonus payments to be made under the IPI. Historically, the Named Executive Officers identified in the previous

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year's proxy statement have participated in the SEIP, rather than the IPI. Mr. Smith, Mr. Williams, Mr. Patel and Mr. Maurer participated in the SEIP for fiscal 2011, while Ms. Fennell participated in the IPI, because she was not a Named Executive Officer in Intuit's last proxy statement.

Actual payout amounts under both plans are based on the Company and individual performance described in more detail below. Following certification of achievement of the SEIP target for purposes of Section 162(m), the Compensation Committee applied its discretion to determine the actual amount of each Named Executive Officer’s cash bonus. Each executive's bonus, whether paid under the SEIP or IPI, is divided into two components:


•	25% of each executive’s bonus was based on overall Company performance against specific revenue and operating income targets; and


•	75% of each executive’s bonus was based on individual performance, in the context of each executive’s business unit or functional group results.

The Compensation Committee used these percentages for all Intuit executives in order to tie annual cash bonus awards to both the overall Company performance and, to a greater degree, to the executive’s individual contribution to the strategic and operational performance of their business unit or functional group.

Company Performance Component

The Company component of the cash bonus for the Named Executive Officers is based on both Intuit’s revenue growth and non-GAAP operating income growth for fiscal 2011. Both measures are weighted equally because the Company believes that annual profitable growth sustained over time translates into durable value creation for shareholders, and that neither revenue growth nor operating income growth is more important than the other measure.

To determine the component of each Named Executive Officer's bonus based on overall Company performance, the Compensation Committee adopted the following matrix, which gives a baseline for the Company Performance Component bonus payments based on Intuit's achievement of revenue growth and non-GAAP operating income growth targets for fiscal 2011. Under the SEIP and the IPI, the Compensation Committee has discretion to adjust the actual Company Performance Component of the bonus up or down by 25 percentage points. In exercising its discretion, the Compensation Committee takes into account qualitative factors that measure management's success in building a stronger foundation for the future by improving outcomes for shareholders, employees and customers, while taking into account macro-economic conditions and the Company's performance relative to its peers.



Measure	Revenue Growth			Non-GAAP Operating Income Growth			Total

Weighting	50%		+	50%		=	100%

							Baseline
							Company
		Bonus		FY11	Bonus		Performance
	FY11	Payout		Operating	Payout		Component
	Revenue	as a Percent		Income	as a Percent		as a Percent
	Growth	of Target*		Growth	of Target*		of Target(1)
Maximum	17.10%	150.0%		22.00%	150.0%		150.00%
Target	11.50%	100.0%		15.00%	100.0%		100.00%
Actual	11.46%	99.8%		14.24%	98.4%		99.10%
	10.90%	97.0%		13.60%	97.0%		97.00%
Threshold	0%	0%		0%	0%		0%

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* Linear interpolation between defined points.

⁽¹⁾ This represents a baseline for the Company Performance Component of the annual cash bonus. The Compensation Committee has discretion to adjust the actual Company Performance Component up or down by 25 percentage points. Any time the baseline Company Performance Component falls below 50% of target, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to approve payment of up to 50% of

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target.

Because the Company's revenue grew 11.46% and non-GAAP operating income grew 14.24%, the baseline Company Performance Component was calculated to be 99.1% of target. The Compensation Committee then consulted with the Chief Executive Officer and exercised its discretion to set the actual Company Performance Component at 110%. In exercising its discretion, the Compensation Committee determined that the executive officers had built a strong foundation for future growth by achieving the following outcomes for shareholders, employees and customers:


•	Increased employee engagement scores;


•	Significantly increased the Company's rank on Fortune magazine's “Great Place to Work” Survey;


•	Increased share in most of our product lines;


•	Improved customer satisfaction scores;


•	Exceeded expectations of financial analyst community; and


•	Increased stock price and achieved financial results above the peer median in a challenging economic environment.

Individual Performance Component

In addition to setting the Company Performance Component, the Compensation Committee established a separate range for the component of each Named Executive Officer’s cash bonus based on individual performance. Consistent with the Company’s general compensation practices, the Compensation Committee determined that employees who received an “outstanding” performance rating were eligible to receive an individual performance component of their bonus of at least 120% of target.

The actual payouts of this component to our Named Executive Officers were in the range of 140% to 180%, depending on the Compensation Committee’s subjective evaluation of each executive’s performance, which was based on the CEO's recommendations to the Compensation Committee for everyone except himself, as discussed below the following table.

The following table summarizes the inputs that were used in calculating the cash bonus paid to each of our Named Executive Officers. Actual bonus amounts were rounded immaterially in certain cases.



Executive	Base Salary		Bonus Target (%)			Bonus Target		Performance Components	Actual Payout Percentage for Each Component		Actual Cash Bonus Payment
Brad D. Smith	$	950,000	120	%	(1)	$	1,140,000	Company (25%)	110	%	$	313,500
								Individual (75%)	180	%	1,539,000
Total								Combined (100%)	163	%	$	1,852,500

R. Neil Williams	$	625,000	75	%		$	468,750	Company (25%)	110	%	$	128,906
								Individual (75%)	140	%	492,096
Total								Combined (100%)	132	%	$	621,002

Kiran M. Patel	$	700,000	100	%		$	700,000	Company (25%)	110	%	$	192,500
								Individual (75%)	160	%	840,504
Total								Combined (100%)	148	%	$	1,033,004

Laura A. Fennell	$	475,000	60	%		$	285,000	Company (25%)	110	%	$	78,375
								Individual (75%)	150	%	$	320,625
Total								Combined (100%)	140	%	$	399,000

Daniel R. Maurer	$	515,000	75	%		$	386,250	Company (25%)	110	%	$	106,219
								Individual (75%)	140	%	405,782
Total								Combined (100%)	132	%	$	512,001

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(1)	In July 2011, the Compensation Committee increased Mr. Smith's bonus target from 120% to 130% of salary for fiscal year 2012.

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This target was increased because the 120% target was slightly below median for the peer group and the Company wanted to tie a greater percentage of Mr. Smith's total compensation to annual company performance.

Brad Smith’s Bonus. In determining the component of Mr. Smith’s bonus related to his individual performance, the Compensation Committee considered his impact on one-year operational and longer-term strategic plans. In particular, the Compensation Committee determined that Mr. Smith had delivered outstanding performance on the following one-year operational goals which were established by the Compensation Committee early in fiscal 2011:


•	Revenue growth


•	Operating income growth


•	Leadership results


◦	Build durable advantage in operating infrastructure including a multi-year IT and technology roadmap


◦	Uphold high customer experience results as measured by customer satisfaction scores


◦	Talent management (hiring, retention and development, with specific focus on attracting and retaining technical talent)


◦	Maintain high employee satisfaction scores (as measured through annual survey and related actions) in challenging market


◦	Enhance the engineering culture by engaging and empowering technical talent to create great products


◦	Develop a collaborative management environment that empowers leaders

In assessing Mr. Smith’s performance of these one-year goals, the Compensation Committee noted that revenue grew 11% and non-GAAP operating income grew 14% year-over-year, and the Company continued to invest in growth opportunities, while maintaining a strong balance sheet in a tough economy. In addition, under Mr. Smith's leadership, the Company assessed and refined its capital allocation strategy, which resulted in the Company declaring a dividend for the first time while continuing to return cash to shareholders through its stock repurchase program. Under Mr. Smith’s leadership, Intuit also improved its customer satisfaction scores in its QuickBooks and TurboTax offerings. In addition, employee satisfaction scores remained at or near best-in-class levels, increasing three points over the prior year, and Mr. Smith continued to improve Intuit’s engineering culture by building momentum around Intuit’s culture of innovation. Throughout the year, Mr. Smith led a unified executive team that provided dynamic and collaborative leadership to the entire Company.

The Compensation Committee also determined that Mr. Smith had delivered outstanding progress toward the following longer-term goals which were established by the Compensation Committee early in fiscal 2011:


•	Long-term strategic plan for Intuit that accelerates our growth track


◦	Progress against 3-year plans for each major business unit


◦	Execute on strategic plan for growth


•	Multi-year leadership strategy and progress


◦	Management growth and succession plans; strong business leaders and pipeline; hiring and retention of key talent


◦	Trend for employee engagement results (annual survey and related actions); addressing any specific issues which arise


◦	Trend for customer experience results as measured by customer satisfaction scores

In assessing Mr. Smith’s performance and progress toward these long-term goals, the Compensation Committee determined that he continued to drive strong execution of the three-year strategic plan for each major business unit. The Compensation Committee also recognized that under Mr. Smith’s leadership, Intuit had made significant progress toward its strategic initiatives of driving growth in the core businesses, building adjacent businesses and entering new geographies, and accelerating Intuit’s transition to connected services. In particular, revenue from the Company’s software-as-a-service offerings grew faster than traditional desktop offerings, and all business units are offering mobile applications, the adoption of which continues to accelerate the Company's transition to connected services. Mr. Smith also defined expectations and skills required for all levels of leadership at Intuit and put in place new initiatives to assess and retain key engineering talent. As discussed above, he also built a strong foundation for long-term progress and leadership by improving employee satisfaction scores, which continue to be near best-in-class, and generating improvements in customer satisfaction scores in several key businesses.

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long-term goals and, after consulting with the Board without Mr. Smith present, determined that his overall performance rating was outstanding. In consideration of this rating, the Compensation Committee applied its judgment to determine that the component of Mr. Smith’s bonus related to individual performance would be paid at 180% of target. In determining this component of Mr. Smith’s bonus, no individual factor was assigned any specific weight by the Compensation Committee. Rather, the Compensation Committee assessed these factors and their overall impact on the Company and exercised its judgment in setting his bonus.

The Compensation Committee also determined the individual performance component of cash bonuses for our other Named Executive Officers, based on each executive’s leadership and progress toward one-year operational and longer-term strategic plans. In evaluating executives and determining each of their overall performance ratings, the Compensation Committee considered: (1) the performance evaluation and pay recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer, which took into account the performance of each executive’s business unit or functional group, and (2) the scope and degree of difficulty of the executive’s responsibilities. The Compensation Committee gives considerable weight to the evaluation provided by the Chief Executive Officer because of his direct knowledge of each other Named Executive Officer's performance and contribution. As with Mr. Smith's bonus, in determining the payouts of the individual performance component, no individual factor was assigned any specific weight by the Compensation Committee. Rather, the Compensation Committee assessed these factors and their overall impact on the Company and exercised its judgment in setting the bonuses.

Neil Williams’ Bonus. Based on the recommendation provided by the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee determined that Mr. Williams had outstanding performance for fiscal 2011. Under his leadership, Intuit’s finance team partnered with our business units to achieve excellent results. Mr. Williams led the assessment and refinement of the Company's capital allocation strategy, which resulted in the Company declaring a dividend for the first time while continuing its stock repurchase program. He also continued to execute on a multi-year effort to reduce spending and transform the finance organization to improve its efficiency and effectiveness and build a solid foundation for the future. Based on its review, the Compensation Committee determined that the individual performance component of Mr. Williams’ bonus would be paid out at 140% of target.

Kiran Patel’s Bonus. Based on the recommendation provided by the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee determined that Mr. Patel had outstanding performance in his role in leading and driving growth in Intuit’s largest business unit during the year. Mr. Patel’s leadership of the Small Business Group enabled that business to deliver 12% revenue growth year-over-year. The group grew its customer base and gained share in its key categories, grew average revenue per customer in the QuickBooks and Payroll businesses, while delivering on a clear strategy towards more online and subscription-based customers. Based on this assessment, the Compensation Committee determined that the individual performance component of Mr. Patel’s bonus would be paid out at 160% of target.

Laura Fennell's Bonus. Based on the recommendation provided by the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee determined that Ms. Fennell had outstanding performance in her role in leading the Legal, Compliance and Policy organization, which includes the Company's legal, privacy, information security and government affairs organizations. Ms. Fennell not only achieved excellent results in her own organization, including strengthening the Company's information security organization and expanding the focus of the government affairs group, but she also led a cross-functional executive team that accelerated the Company's progress toward its goals of achieving high availability of the Company's online services and improving reliability for customers. Based on this assessment, the Compensation Committee determined that the individual performance component of Ms. Fennell's bonus would be paid out at 150% of target.

Daniel Maurer’s Bonus. Based on the recommendation provided by the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee determined that Mr. Maurer had outstanding performance for fiscal 2011, based on his role in leading Intuit’s Consumer Tax business. Mr. Maurer’s leadership helped prepare that business for a successful tax season, including growth in the TurboTax customer base, increased share within the category and improved revenue per customer filing. Under Mr. Maurer’s leadership, the Consumer Tax business delivered 13% revenue growth, above the Company average, and grew total federal TurboTax units by 12%. Based on this assessment, the Compensation Committee determined that the individual performance component of Mr. Maurer’s bonus would be paid out at 140% of target.

Equity Incentives

Stock options and RSUs are a critical component of Intuit’s efforts to attract and retain executive officers and other employees. A majority of the equity granted to our Named Executive Officers is in the form of performance-based RSUs, determined both by grant date fair value and actual number of shares subject to the awards. To a lesser degree, Intuit grants time-based stock options and RSUs in order to provide a long-term incentive for executives to remain with Intuit.

RSUs also provide a long-term incentive for executives to remain with Intuit as they receive no value unless they remain with the Company, but because they do not have an exercise price, RSUs can provide some amount of value to recipients

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regardless of Intuit’s stock price.

Stock Option and RSU Grants for Fiscal 2011

In fiscal 2011, as in fiscal 2010, the Compensation Committee determined that the majority of the equity award value granted to each Named Executive Officer would be in the form of performance-based equity awards. The Company retained the weighting of performance-contingent awards for Named Executive Officers at 70% of their total long-term incentive to ensure that the majority of equity awards are earned for performance rather than continued employment. The performance hurdles associated with the awards relate to three-year operating performance and three-year relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) as discussed further below. The time-based portion of the equity grants remains at 30% of the total long-term incentive to provide modest potential to earn awards that align with shareholder return. The Compensation Committee still views these awards as providing pay for performance since the award values are tied directly to Intuit’s stock price.

The table below shows the overall mix of equity awards, as well as the four individual types of awards, which are (1) time-based options (15% of total long-term incentive value); (2) time-based RSUs (15% of total long-term incentive value), which also include a minimum one-year GAAP operating income performance hurdle, as discussed above; (3) performance-contingent RSUs dependent on achieving three-year GAAP operating income growth and three-year revenue growth goals (35% of total long-term incentive value); and (4) performance-contingent RSUs dependent on relative TSR compared to a peer group (35% of total long-term incentive value). The table is based on a hypothetical total equity award value of $1 million.

Allocation of Hypothetical $1,000,000 Equity Award



		Value at Target

30%	50% Options (15% of Total)	$150,000	Value based on FASB ASC 718 expense
Time
Vested	50% RSUs (15% of Total)	$150,000	100% fair market value at grant



70%	50% 3-Year Operating Perf RSUs (35% of Total)	$350,000	100% fair market value at grant
Performance
Vested	50% Relative 3-Year TSR RSUs (35% of Total)	$350,000	Grant date fair value estimated using Monte Carlo model

Time-Based Awards (30% of Total Long-term Incentive)

Only 30% of the value of the long-term equity awards is time-based, and of this time-based value, 50% was granted in the form of stock options and 50% in the form of RSUs. The 50% in stock options is provided to reward increases in stock price. In fact, the Company views time-based options as a performance based incentive because the executive only realizes value as the stock price increases. The rationale for the portion granted as time-vested RSUs is to provide retention through potential short-term market volatility. RSUs also provide a link to shareholders’ interests because their value fluctuates with stock price. While the vesting of these RSUs is primarily time-based, the Company must achieve a one-year GAAP operating income hurdle for fiscal 2012 before these RSUs will begin to vest to allow such awards to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Performance-Based Awards (70% of Total Long-term Incentive)

For fiscal 2011, 70% of the value of the long-term equity awards is performance-based, with half contingent on Intuit’s achievement of three-year operating performance goals and half based on Intuit’s relative three-year TSR compared to a pre-established peer group. The reason for dividing the contingent award in this way is to balance achievement of key internal operational goals, which are expected to increase shareholder value, with measurement of actual shareholder return relative to a group of similar investments. The Company believes that this focuses Named Executive Officers on both long-term internal operating performance, which the Company believes is largely within management’s control, and on long-term shareholder return, which is the goal of sustained multi-year profitable growth and ultimately reflects our shareholders’ perception of our performance.

Vesting of Awards

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shares vesting after one year and 2.778% of the shares vesting each month thereafter. The time-based RSUs granted to our Named Executive Officers (other than Mr. Smith) also vest over three years, with one-third of the shares vesting in July of each year beginning in 2011. With regard to performance-based RSUs, all the Named Executive Officers have the same performance hurdles. Upon achievement of those hurdles, the Named Executive Officers’ performance-based RSUs (other than those of Mr. Smith) vest 100% after three years. The vesting terms of Mr. Smith’s equity awards differ from those of the other Named Executive Officers, because of the Compensation Committee’s desire to tie the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation more closely to Intuit’s performance for a longer period of time. Specifically, the stock options and time-based RSUs granted to Mr. Smith vest over five years, with 50% vesting after three years and 50% after five years, and Mr. Smith’s performance-based RSUs vesting 50% after three years and 50% after five years.

Clawback Provisions for Performance-based RSUs

Under the terms and conditions of the operating performance RSUs granted in July 2011, in the event that the Company must restate its financial results and the restatement decreases the level of vesting achieved under those performance-based RSUs, each Named Executive Officer must return to the Company an amount in cash or equivalent value in shares equal to the value of shares that would not have vested based on the restated financial results.

Equity Grant Eligibility

The sole factor used by the Compensation Committee in determining whether an executive was eligible to receive any stock options and RSUs was each executive’s performance rating, which was based on the factors described under “Annual Cash Bonuses” above. In order to be eligible to receive stock options and RSUs, an executive had to have a performance rating of “Strong” or “Outstanding.” Based on their fiscal 2011 performance ratings of “Outstanding,” all of the Named Executive Officers were eligible to receive stock options and RSUs.

Determination of Equity Grant Value

The Compensation Committee refers to an executive's annual performance rating (for example, “outstanding” or “strong”) as a reference point in determining the size of an executive's overall equity awards. For any given role, a rating of “outstanding” will generally result in a larger equity grant than for any other rating. In setting specific awards for our Named Executive Officers, the Committee exercises its judgment and discretion.

The value of equity granted to Mr. Smith for fiscal 2011 has a target value of $10,000,000 and reflects the portfolio mix of 70% performance-based awards and 30% time-based awards. In determining these awards, the Compensation Committee reviewed data provided by FW Cook, in addition to the Compensation Committee's own subjective assessment of Mr. Smith's outstanding performance. The value of this equity, together with Mr. Smith's new base salary and target bonus yields target total direct compensation between the median and 75th percentile of Chief Executive Officers within Intuit's peer group. The Compensation Committee determined this was appropriate considering Mr. Smith's outstanding performance and tenure in his role.

To determine the size of the equity awards for Mr. Williams, Mr. Patel, Ms. Fennell and Mr. Maurer, the Compensation Committee used data provided by FW Cook which estimated the range of grant values provided to executives in comparable positions at companies within Intuit's peer group. Then, the Compensation Committee considered each of the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer in order to determine where within the applicable range each executive's equity grant value would fall. The Compensation Committee gives considerable weight to the recommendations provided by the Chief Executive Officer because of his direct knowledge of each other Named Executive Officer's performance and contribution. Due to the broad scope and complexity of Mr. Williams' role as Chief Financial Officer and his outstanding performance rating, he received equity value of $3,100,000. Based on the size and scope of Mr. Patel's role as the leader of Intuit's largest business unit and his outstanding performance rating, he received equity value of $3,400,000. Ms. Fennell received equity valued at $1,400,000, reflecting her outstanding performance rating and the scope of her responsibilities as General Counsel and as a leader of the Intuit-wide initiative to improve availability and resiliency of Intuit's connected services, as well as her leadership on critical information security and government relations priorities. Mr. Maurer received equity valued at $3,100,000, due to his outstanding performance and stewardship of Intuit's Consumer Group, its second largest business unit.

The following table sets forth the actual total equity grant value awarded to each Named Executive Officer for fiscal 2011 and the target number of performance-based RSUs, time-based RSUs and stock options granted to each of our Named Executive Officers in connection with the fiscal 2011 performance and compensation review process. As noted above, the Compensation Committee wanted more than 50% of the value and more than 50% of the number of shares underlying the Named Executive Officers’ equity awards to be contingent on performance. These values were estimated using data available to the Compensation Committee on July 12, 2011. They do not match exactly the grant date fair values presented in the Summary Compensation Table, which were calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and take into account (i) the price of Intuit's common stock on the July 20, 2011 grant date and (ii) the valuation impact of the cash dividend announced by Intuit in

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August 2011.



			Performance-Based Awards		Time-Based Awards
			Target # of RSUs		# of RSUs
			Operating	Relative
			Performance	TSR
	Value-Based Equity		RSUs	RSUs	RSUs	Stock Options
Name	Guideline		(35% of value)	(35% of value)	(15% of value)	(15% of value)
Brad D. Smith	$	10,000,000	69,638	76,526	29,845	110,496
R. Neil Williams	$	3,100,000	21,588	23,723	9,252	34,254
Kiran M. Patel	$	3,400,000	23,677	26,019	10,148	37,569
Laura A. Fennell	$	1,400,000	9,750	10,714	4,179	15,470
Daniel R. Maurer	$	3,100,000	21,588	23,723	9,252	34,254

Operating Performance RSUs

The performance-based RSUs earned for achieving three-year operating goals (the “Operating Performance RSUs”) depend on the compounded annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of Intuit’s revenue and GAAP operating income between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2014. Revenue growth and GAAP operating income growth are equally weighted because the Company believes that sustained profitable growth over three years will create shareholder value, and that neither revenue growth nor operating income growth is more important than the other measure. The Compensation Committee determined that GAAP operating income growth would be the best measure of operating performance and would correlate well with shareholder value creation over time.

Each Named Executive Officer was awarded Operating Performance RSUs based on a “target” number of stock units that can be earned for achieving the operating growth goals. The actual RSU payouts may be as low as 0% of target if there is no growth over three years, and may be as high as 160% of target if the goals are exceeded, as described in the table below.



	Revenue Growth (CAGR)					GAAP Op Income Growth (CAGR)					Total (2)
	50%				+	50%				=	100%

Measure Weighting	Percent of Target Achieved		Payout as a Percent of Target(1)		+	Percent of Target Achieved		Payout as a Percent of Target(1)		=	Payout as a Percent of Target
Maximum	120	%	160	%		120	%	160	%		160	%
Target	100	%	100	%		100	%	100	%		100	%
	90	%	97	%		90	%	97	%		97	%
	80	%	93	%		80	%	93	%		93	%
Threshold	0%		0%			0%		0%			0%

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(1)	Linear interpolation between defined points, including between 0 - 80%.


(2)	Total Column is an example only, which illustrates the potential percentage of Operating Performance RSUs vesting based on achieving comparable levels of revenue growth and GAAP operating income growth.

Relative Total Shareholder Return RSUs

The relative total shareholder return RSUs ("Relative TSR RSUs") may be earned based on Intuit’s relative TSR over a three-year period beginning August 1, 2011 compared to 39 other size- and industry-relevant companies, which were identified using objective selection criteria. The peer companies reflect all U.S.-based public companies within Intuit's General Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) code that have market capitalization and revenue between 0.2x and 5x Intuit’s size, plus H&R Block, which is a direct, size-relevant competitor (the “TSR Peers”). The TSR Peers are different from the Company's peer group used for compensation decisions, as discussed in further detail below. The TSR Peers were chosen so that the Relative TSR RSUs will reward the Named Executive Officers based on objective measurement of Intuit’s three-year return compared to similar companies in which an Intuit shareholder might reasonably be expected to invest (as opposed to the Company's peer

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group that reflects companies with which we compete for talent). In general, the shareholder return of both Intuit and the TSR Peers is measured using a thirty-day average at the start and the end of the performance period. This is to reduce the effect of daily stock market volatility on the starting and ending measurement points. There is a “target” payout, which is earned when Intuit’s performance is at the 60th percentile of the peers. These payouts may be as high as 160% of target if Intuit’s TSR reaches the 100th percentile of the TSR Peers and may be as low as 0% of target if performance is at the 30th percentile of the TSR Peers. The payouts are capped at 100% of target in the event that Intuit’s relative TSR is above the 60th percentile of the TSR Peers, but absolute TSR is negative over the three-year performance period. The table below describes the percent of target that may be earned under these awards based on relative TSR:

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(1)	Linear interpolation between defined points.


(2)	Payouts capped at 100% if absolute 3-year TSR is negative.

The 39 Relative TSR Peers are set forth below:



Relative TSR Peer Companies
Activision Blizzard, Inc.	Equinix, Inc.	Red Hat
Adobe Systems Incorporated	Fidelity National Info Services, Inc.	SAIC, Inc.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.	Fiserv, Inc.	Salesforce.com, Inc.
Alliance Data Systems Corporation	Gartner, Inc.	Symantec Corporation
Autodesk, Inc.	Genpact Limited Common Stock	Synopsys, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	Global Payments Inc.	Teradata
BMC Software, Inc.	H&R Block, Inc.	Tibco Software
CA, Inc.	Mastercard Incorporated	Total System Services, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc.	MICROS Systems, Inc.	Verifone Systems
Cognizant Technology Solutions	Nuance Communications, Inc.	Visa, Inc.
Computer Sciences Corporation	Open Text	VMware, Inc.
eBay, Inc.	Paychex, Inc.	The Western Union Company
Electronic Arts, Inc.	Rackspace Hosting	Yahoo! Inc.

Achievement of Performance Hurdle for July 2010 Time-Based RSU Awards

In July 2010, as part of Intuit's annual performance and compensation review process for our last fiscal year ended July 31, 2010, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of time-based RSUs, subject to a performance hurdle, to each Named Executive Officer. These grants represented approximately 15% of the value of all equity awards granted to our Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2010 and were described in more detail in our proxy statement for our annual meeting of stockholders held on January 19, 2011. At the time of grant, the Compensation Committee established a one-year GAAP operating income hurdle of $500 million that Intuit was required to achieve in order for the awards to begin vesting. This hurdle qualifies for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Intuit's GAAP operating income for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011 was $1.0 billion, which exceeded the hurdle. As a result, the RSUs granted to Mr. Smith will vest as to 50% of the underlying shares on each of July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2015 and the RSUs granted to the other Named Executive Officers vest as to 33-1/3 % of the shares on each of July 1, 2011, July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013. The number of these RSUs granted in July 2010 to each of the Named Executive Officers was: Mr. Smith - 27,940 shares; Mr. Williams - 8,220 shares; Mr. Patel - 13,970 shares; Ms. Fennell - 5,340 shares; and Mr. Maurer - 8,220 shares.

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Use of Competitive Data

In fiscal 2011, as in prior years, the Compensation Committee engaged its independent compensation consultant to provide a comprehensive market study of compensation paid to Mr. Smith and the other Named Executive Officers. The Compensation Committee’s objectives in using this market study were:

1. To confirm that our peer group is relevant and includes:

a. companies with which we compete for executive talent

b. companies of similar scope and complexity

c. companies of similar size, measured by revenue and market capitalization

d. companies with similar business lines

2. To evaluate how our compensation compares to other companies using similar compensation models (including a mix of cash, equity and short and long-term incentives).

3. To create a sufficiently lengthy list of peers to ensure a degree of continuity year-over-year to avoid statistical distortion and allow for transparency for stockholders.

Using these objectives, FW Cook recommended the following criteria for selecting the fiscal 2011 peer group:



Criteria for Fiscal 2011 Peer Group		Definitions
Relevant Business Lines		All are in GICS code 4510 (software and services), except for H&R Block.
Comparable Pay Models		All members of peer group use mix of base salary, annual cash awards and some form of equity grant to executives.
Size		All members of peer group are between 1/3 and 3 times Intuit’s size in terms of revenue and market capitalization.
Year-over-Year Continuity		Only two companies were added to the list this year (Teradata and SAIC), both of which meet the criteria and objectives described above. Five companies were removed from last year's peer list — two due to acquisition (McAfee and Sybase) and the others because they no longer meet the size criteria (Global Payments, Synopsys and Verisign).

FW Cook reviewed this data with the Compensation Committee. The following companies make up the peer group for which FW Cook provided compensation data:



Activision Blizzard, Inc.		H&R Block, Inc.
Adobe Systems, Inc.		Mastercard Incorporated
Autodesk, Inc.		Paychex, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.		SAIC, Inc.
BMC Software, Inc.		Salesforce.com, Inc.
CA, Inc.		Symantec Corporation
Citrix Systems, Inc.		Teradata
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation		VMware, Inc.
eBay, Inc.		The Western Union Company
Electronic Arts, Inc.		Yahoo! Inc.
Fiserv, Inc.

The Company used the market data from these companies as a reference point in determining whether each executive’s compensation level properly reflects the executive’s role and scope of responsibilities relative to Intuit’s peers. The Company

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reviewed Intuit’s executive compensation programs and practices, and analyzed each Named Executive Officer’s base pay, recommended cash bonus and equity awards. According to the competitive data reviewed, Intuit’s base pay, cash bonuses and long-term incentives for our Named Executive Officers were competitive with the market.

Intuit’s Management Stock Purchase Program

As a method of encouraging ownership of Intuit’s stock by executives, Intuit maintains the Management Stock Purchase Program (“MSPP”). Under the MSPP, employees with a title of director or above (including the Named Executive Officers) may elect to defer up to 15% of their annual incentive bonus, which is converted into deferred stock units based on the fair market value of Intuit’s stock on the date the bonus is awarded. These stock units are fully vested on the grant date, but are not issued in the form of shares until the earlier of the third anniversary of the grant date or the termination of employment with Intuit. Intuit also grants the employee an additional RSU for every RSU purchased through this deferral, up to set maximums, as set-forth below:



Executive Level		Maximum Number of Matching RSUs
Director		300 RSUs
Vice President		750 RSUs
Executive and Senior Vice President		1,500 RSUs
Chief Executive Officer		3,000 RSUs

These matching RSUs vest as to 100% of the shares three years after the grant date, or on the recipient’s death or disability. This three-year vesting period is intended to assist Intuit in retaining key talent. The RSUs granted pursuant to the MSPP are issued under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

Employee Benefits

Each of our employees with a title of director or above (including the Named Executive Officers and employee directors) is eligible to participate in a number of programs which make up Intuit’s total compensation package, including health and welfare benefits, executive relocation benefits, our 401(k) Plan with a company-sponsored match component, our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, our Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and our MSPP. As described in more detail above, the MSPP encourages eligible employees to own Intuit stock. Intuit’s perquisites and benefits for Named Executive Officers in fiscal 2011 include 401(k) plan matching contributions that were consistent with the match provided to all employees, Long-Term Disability Plan premiums, and relocation and commuting benefits. Intuit does not offer a defined benefit pension plan.

Termination Benefits

As discussed below under “Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control” on page 51, the Company has agreed to provide severance payments and accelerated vesting of equity awards to our Named Executive Officers if their employment is terminated under specific circumstances. The Company agreed to provide these benefits in each Named Executive Officer’s negotiated employment agreement and/or pursuant to the Company’s benefit plans, as consideration for the executive’s agreement to provide services as an employee. Intuit does not provide excise tax "gross-up" protection in the event that a change in control severance payment is considered an excess parachute payment under U.S. tax laws.

Role of Executive Officers, the Board and Compensation Consultants in Compensation Determinations

The Compensation Committee received support from Intuit’s Human Resources Department in analyzing and establishing Intuit’s compensation programs for fiscal 2011. Members of Intuit's management and staff attend meetings of the Compensation Committee, including the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, the Vice President of Compensation, and an Intuit attorney. Mr. Campbell, the Chairman of the Board, regularly participated in Compensation Committee meetings, providing input on organizational structure and succession planning and executive development. Mr. Williams, our Chief Financial Officer, has provided the Compensation Committee an analysis of Intuit's financial performance, the financial impact of various types of equity awards and proposed performance hurdles for equity incentives. Mr. Smith, our Chief Executive Officer, has provided recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the cash and equity compensation of his executive staff (including Mr. Williams, Mr. Patel, Ms. Fennell and Mr. Maurer), succession planning, organizational development and the use of incentive compensation to drive Intuit’s growth. Mr. Smith also provided a self-review to the Compensation Committee to aid their evaluation of his performance. In making compensation decisions, the Compensation Committee also has the authority to engage the services of outside advisers, experts and others to assist the Compensation Committee, and, as noted above, has engaged FW Cook. For this purpose, FW Cook attended several meetings of the

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Compensation Committee, responding to committee members’ inquiries and refining their analysis based on these questions.

The Compensation Committee determines the compensation for Mr. Smith after conferring with the Board, without Mr. Smith present. In determining compensation for the Named Executive Officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee considered Mr. Smith’s recommendations. The Compensation Committee is, however, solely responsible for making the final decisions on compensation for the Named Executive Officers including the Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee holds individual meetings with members of Mr. Smith’s executive staff on an annual basis to discuss organizational development and leadership strategy. The Compensation Committee also interacts frequently with members of the executive staff to discuss their business unit or functional group activities.

Use of Compensation Consultants

As discussed above, the Compensation Committee retains its own consultant, FW Cook, to analyze market data and provide compensation advice to the committee, particularly on Chief Executive Officer and executive compensation. FW Cook does not provide any services to Intuit other than the services provided to the Compensation Committee.

Accounting and Tax Implications of Our Compensation Policies

In designing our compensation programs, the Compensation Committee considers the financial accounting and tax consequences to Intuit as well as the tax consequences to our employees. In determining the aggregate number and mix of equity grants in any fiscal year, the Compensation Committee and management consider the size and share-based compensation expense of the outstanding and new equity awards relative to the one- and three-year operating plans and relative to market capitalization.

Under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, compensation in excess of $1,000,000 per year to those executives (other than the Chief Financial Officer) whose compensation is detailed in the “Summary Compensation Table” on page 41 is not tax deductible to Intuit unless certain requirements are met. The $1,000,000 limit does not apply to compensation that is considered “performance-based” under applicable tax rules. Intuit has taken steps to see that most of the executive compensation paid under its incentive programs, including the stockholder approved SEIP and performance-based RSUs, is tax deductible. We believe it is important to preserve flexibility in administering compensation programs as corporate objectives may not always be consistent with the requirements for full deductibility. Accordingly, Intuit has not adopted a policy that all compensation must qualify as deductible under Section 162(m) and, while Intuit strives to award executive compensation that meets the deductibility requirements, Intuit may enter into compensation arrangements under which payments are not deductible under Section 162(m).

Stock Ownership

Intuit has a mandatory share ownership program that applies to senior vice presidents, the Chief Executive Officer and members of the Board. This program requires our executives and Board members to hold at least the number of shares indicated in the table below:



	Stock Ownership Requirement (through January 19, 2012)				Stock Ownership Requirement (after January 19, 2012)
Role	Minimum Ownership Requirement	Value of Shares (Assuming $45/share Stock Price) under Current Program		Multiple of Base Salary (Assuming $45/share Stock Price) under Current Program	Minimum Ownership Requirement
Chief Executive Officer	100,000 shares	$	4,500,000	4.7x	6x base salary
Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President with base salary of $500,000 or more	15,000 shares	$	675,000	1.0x to 1.4x	1.5x base salary
Senior Vice President with base salary of less than $500,000	10,000 shares	$	450,000	1.1x to 0.9x	1.5x base salary
Board members	10,000 shares	$	450,000	15x standard Board retainer of $30,000	5x standard annual Board retainer ($300,000)

All individuals subject to these existing requirements are currently in compliance. The new ownership guidelines will

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become effective immediately following the Meeting. All individuals must comply with the new guidelines within five years after the date the individual is appointed to a position subject to the guidelines, or July 2016, whichever is later. Unvested RSUs held by an executive officer or a Board member are counted as shares when determining the number of shares owned.

Intuit's Policy Regarding Derivatives, Short Sales and Hedging

Intuit's policy prohibits directors, executive officers and other employees from trading in derivative securities of Intuit's common stock, engaging in short sales of Intuit securities, or purchasing any other financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds) that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of Intuit securities.

Intuit’s Equity Granting Policy

Stock options and RSUs may be granted by either the Compensation Committee or, pursuant to the terms of its Charter, by its delegates, the Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. These individuals, acting independently, each have authority to grant stock options and RSUs to employees below the level of Vice President, up to the number of shares per individual specified by the Compensation Committee. The Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, acting jointly, may grant such awards to employees at the level of Vice President, up to the number of shares per individual specified by the Compensation Committee, provided such employees do not report to the Chief Executive Officer or to a committee of the Board. Equity grants made to Senior Vice Presidents or above, to individuals who report to the Chief Executive Officer or to a committee of the Board, or to individuals who receive amounts above the stated share limit per individual must be approved by the Compensation Committee.

Timing of Grants. Equity awards are typically granted on regularly scheduled grant dates on the seventh business day of each month. Exceptions to this practice are specifically approved by the Compensation Committee. The Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources do not have discretion to set other grant dates for awards made pursuant to their delegated authority. As part of Intuit's annual performance and compensation review process, the Compensation Committee approves stock option and RSU awards to our Named Executive Officers within a few weeks before Intuit's July 31 fiscal year-end. In fiscal 2009, however, the Compensation Committee issued the annual option and RSU grants in early August 2009, shortly after the end of fiscal year 2009. As a result, the fiscal year 2010 information in the “Summary Compensation Table” on page 41 includes not only the value of equity awards granted in recognition of fiscal year 2010 performance, but also the value of awards for fiscal year 2009 performance, which were granted in the first two weeks of fiscal 2010.

Option Exercise Price. The exercise price of a newly granted option (i.e., not an option assumed or substituted in connection with a corporate transaction) is the closing price on the NASDAQ stock market on the date of grant.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table shows compensation earned during fiscal 2011 by our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer, and our three other most highly compensated executive officers for fiscal 2011. We call these individuals our “Named Executive Officers.”



Name and Principal Position	Fiscal Year	Salary ($)	Bonus ($)		Stock Awards ($)(1)	Option Awards ($)(2)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(3)		All Other Compensation($)		Total ($)
Brad D. Smith	2011	950,000	—		7,514,292	1,303,378	1,852,500	(4)	12,819	(5)	11,632,989
President and Chief	2010	800,000	—		8,481,403	3,100,886	1,428,000		61,502		13,871,791
Executive Officer	2009	800,000	—		2,018,130	—	828,000		65,418		3,711,548

R. Neil Williams	2011	625,000	—		2,372,879	339,724	621,002	(4)	14,725	(5)	3,973,330
Senior Vice President and	2010	600,400	200,000		2,563,352	885,286	600,000		14,725		4,863,763
Chief Financial Officer	2009	600,000	200,000		503,370	—	388,000		16,994		1,708,364

Kiran M. Patel	2011	700,000	—		2,623,398	372,602	1,033,004		14,986	(5)	4,743,990
Executive Vice President	2010	700,000	—		3,902,471	1,280,044	1,025,000		115,349		7,022,864
and General Manager,	2009	700,000	—		3,818,990	—	550,000		444,696		5,513,686
Small Business Group

Laura A. Fennell	2011	475,000	399,000	(4)	1,108,972	153,428	—		16,780	(5)	2,153,180
Senior Vice President
and General Counsel

Daniel R. Maurer	2011	515,000	—		2,397,810	339,724	512,001	(4)	13,751	(5)	3,778,286
Senior Vice President	2010	475,000	—		2,222,545	599,025	545,000