<PAGE>   1
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 1998
                                                     Registration No. __________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933

                                   INTUIT INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                    77-0034611
   (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. employer identification number)

                               2535 GARCIA AVENUE
                         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                     INTUIT INC. 1996 DIRECTORS' STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                          CATHERINE L. VALENTINE, ESQ.
                                   INTUIT INC.
                            P.O. BOX 7850, M.S. 52028
                      MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94039-7850
                                 (650) 944-6656
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   COPIES TO:
                              Kenneth A. Linhares.
                                 Fenwick & West
                              Two Palo Alto Square
                           Palo Alto, California 94306

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                PROPOSED MAXIMUM         PROPOSED MAXIMUM
 TITLE OF SECURITIES       AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE PER      AGGREGATE OFFERING         AMOUNT OF
  TO BE REGISTERED          REGISTERED                SHARE                   PRICE           REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>   
    Common Stock         45,000 shares (1)          $36.72 (1)             $1,652,400              $487
</TABLE>

(1)      Represents additional shares available for grants of options under the
         1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan as of January 30, 1998. The offering
         price information is estimated as of January 27, 1998, pursuant to Rule
         457, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.



<PAGE>   2
This registration statement relates to 45,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par
value per share of the Registrant, reserved for issuance under the Intuit Inc.
1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). On November 26, 1996, the
Registrant filed an initial Form S-8 Registration Statement (file no. 333-16829)
to register 120,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan.
The contents of such Registration Statement are incorporated herein by
reference.



ITEM 8   EXHIBITS

4.01     Registrant's 1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended through
         January 16, 1998

5.01     Opinion of Counsel

23.01    Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01)

23.02    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

24.01    Power of Attorney (see page 4)



                                       2
<PAGE>   3
                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on January 28,
1998.


                                       INTUIT INC.

                                       By: /s/ GREG J. SANTORA
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Greg J. Santora
                                          Vice President and 
                                          Chief Financial Officer



                                       3
<PAGE>   4
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

By signing this Form S-8 below, I hereby appoint each of William V. Campbell and
Greg J. Santora as my attorney-in-fact to sign all amendments to this Form S-8
on my behalf, and to file this Form S-8 (including all exhibits and other
documents related to the Form S-8) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I authorize each of my attorneys-in-fact to (1) appoint a substitute
attorney-in-fact for himself and (2) perform any actions that he believes are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention and purpose of this Power of
Attorney. I ratify and confirm all lawful actions taken directly or indirectly
by my attorneys-in-fact and by any properly appointed substitute
attorneys-in-fact.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               NAME                                   TITLE                            DATE
               ----                                   -----                            ----
<S>                                      <C>                                    <C>
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER:


/s/  WILLIAM V.  CAMPBELL                President, Chief Executive Officer     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------     and Director
William V. Campbell


PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER AND
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:


/s/  GREG J. SANTORA                     Vice President and                     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------     Chief Financial Officer
Greg J. Santora                          


ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:


/s/  SCOTT D.  COOK                      Chairman of the Board of Directors     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Scott D.  Cook


/s/  CHRISTOPHER W.  BRODY               Director                               January 28, 1998
--------------------------------
Christopher W.  Brody


/s/  L. JOHN DOERR                       Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
L. John Doerr


/s/  MICHAEL R. HALLMAN                  Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Michael R. Hallman


/s/  BURTON J.  MCMURTRY                 Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Burton J.  McMurtry
</TABLE>




                                       4
<PAGE>   5
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit Number             Description                                    Page
--------------             -----------                                    ----
<S>                              <C>                                      <C>
4.01                Registrant's 1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan

5.01                Opinion of Counsel

23.01               Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01)

23.02               Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

24.01               Power of Attorney (see page 4)
</TABLE>


                                       5
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1
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 1998
                                                     Registration No. __________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933

                                   INTUIT INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                    77-0034611
   (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. employer identification number)

                               2535 GARCIA AVENUE
                         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                     INTUIT INC. 1996 DIRECTORS' STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                          CATHERINE L. VALENTINE, ESQ.
                                   INTUIT INC.
                            P.O. BOX 7850, M.S. 52028
                      MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94039-7850
                                 (650) 944-6656
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   COPIES TO:
                              Kenneth A. Linhares.
                                 Fenwick & West
                              Two Palo Alto Square
                           Palo Alto, California 94306

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED MAXIMUM         PROPOSED MAXIMUM
 TITLE OF SECURITIES       AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE PER      AGGREGATE OFFERING         AMOUNT OF
  TO BE REGISTERED          REGISTERED                SHARE                   PRICE           REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock         45,000 shares (1)          $36.72 (1)             $1,652,400              $487
(1)      Represents additional shares available for grants of options under the
         1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan as of January 30, 1998. The offering
         price information is estimated as of January 27, 1998, pursuant to Rule
         457, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
2
This registration statement relates to 45,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par
value per share of the Registrant, reserved for issuance under the Intuit Inc.
1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). On November 26, 1996, the
Registrant filed an initial Form S-8 Registration Statement (file no. 333-16829)
to register 120,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan.
The contents of such Registration Statement are incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 8   EXHIBITS

4.01     Registrant's 1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended through
         January 16, 1998

5.01     Opinion of Counsel

23.01    Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01)

23.02    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

24.01    Power of Attorney (see page 4)

                                       2
3
                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on January 28,
1998.

                                       INTUIT INC.

                                       By: /s/ GREG J. SANTORA
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Greg J. Santora
                                          Vice President and 
                                          Chief Financial Officer

                                       3
4
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

By signing this Form S-8 below, I hereby appoint each of William V. Campbell and
Greg J. Santora as my attorney-in-fact to sign all amendments to this Form S-8
on my behalf, and to file this Form S-8 (including all exhibits and other
documents related to the Form S-8) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I authorize each of my attorneys-in-fact to (1) appoint a substitute
attorney-in-fact for himself and (2) perform any actions that he believes are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention and purpose of this Power of
Attorney. I ratify and confirm all lawful actions taken directly or indirectly
by my attorneys-in-fact and by any properly appointed substitute
attorneys-in-fact.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
NAME                                   TITLE                            DATE
               ----                                   -----                            ----
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER:

/s/  WILLIAM V.  CAMPBELL                President, Chief Executive Officer     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------     and Director
William V. Campbell

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER AND
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:

/s/  GREG J. SANTORA                     Vice President and                     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------     Chief Financial Officer
Greg J. Santora                          

ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:

/s/  SCOTT D.  COOK                      Chairman of the Board of Directors     January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Scott D.  Cook

/s/  CHRISTOPHER W.  BRODY               Director                               January 28, 1998
--------------------------------
Christopher W.  Brody

/s/  L. JOHN DOERR                       Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
L. John Doerr

/s/  MICHAEL R. HALLMAN                  Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Michael R. Hallman

/s/  BURTON J.  MCMURTRY                 Director                               January 28, 1998
------------------------------------
Burton J.  McMurtry
4
5
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number             Description                                    Page
--------------             -----------                                    ----
4.01                Registrant's 1996 Directors' Stock Option Plan

5.01                Opinion of Counsel

23.01               Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01)

23.02               Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

24.01               Power of Attorney (see page 4)
5