<PAGE>   1
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 1996
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-_____






                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                   INTUIT INC.
               (Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Its Charter)


       DELAWARE                                                       77-0034661
(State of Incorporation)                                        (I.R.S. Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                               2535 GARCIA AVENUE
                         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

   OPTIONS GRANTED BY GALT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. UNDER ITS 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                             ASSUMED BY THE ISSUER
                           (Full titles of the Plans)

                           __________________________

                                 JAMES J. HEEGER
                                   INTUIT INC.
                              1840 EMBARCADERO ROAD
                           PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303
                                 (415) 944-6996
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

                           __________________________

                                   Copies to:

                            KENNETH A. LINHARES, ESQ.
                             JEFFREY R. VETTER, ESQ.
                               FENWICK & WEST LLP
                              TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE
                           PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306




                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=================================================================================================================
        TITLE OF SECURITIES     AMOUNT TO BE     PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
         TO BE REGISTERED        REGISTERED     OFFERING PRICE PER     AGGREGATE OFFERING        REGISTRATION FEE
                                                      SHARE                  PRICE
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<S>                               <C>                 <C>                  <C>                       <C>    
    Common Stock, $0.01 par       33,776(1)           $2.27                $76,671.52                $100(2)
             value
=================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Shares subject to assumed Galt Technologies, Inc. options as of
         September 3, 1996.

(2)      Minimum fee pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended. This amount is greater than 1/29 of 1% of the proposed maximum
         aggregate offering price.
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ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)      The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
                  Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                  amended (the "Exchange Act"), or the latest prospectus filed
                  by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
                  Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), that contains
                  audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest
                  fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.

         (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
                  the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
                  the annual report or the prospectus referred to in (a) above.

         (c)      The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
                  the Registrant's registration statement filed with the
                  Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any
                  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
                  description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date
of the filing of such documents.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         As to named experts and counsel, Item 5 is inapplicable.

EXPERTS.

         The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Intuit Inc.
appearing in Intuit's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended July 31,
1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth
in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference.
Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. In addition, as permitted by
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the
Registrant provide that: (i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its
directors and officers and persons serving in such capacities in other business
enterprises (including, for example, subsidiaries of the Registrant) at the
Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by


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Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary; (ii) the Registrant may, in its discretion,
indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is
not required by law; (iii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a
proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a person
against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of loyalty,
failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violation of law
or deriving an improper personal benefit); (iv) the rights conferred in the
Bylaws are not exclusive and the Registrant is authorized to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and employees; and (v)
the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw provisions in a way that is
adverse to such directors, officers and employees.

         The Registrant's policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each
of its directors and executive officers that provide the maximum indemnity
allowed to directors and executive officers by Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law and the Bylaws, as well as certain additional procedural
protections. In addition, the indemnity agreements provide that directors and
executive officers will be indemnified to the fullest possible extent not
prohibited by law against all expenses (including attorney's fees) and
settlement amounts paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding,
including any derivative action by or in the right of the Registrant, on account
of their services as directors or executive officers of the Registrant or as
directors or officers of any other company or enterprise when they are serving
in such capacities at the request of the Registrant. The Registrant will not be
obligated pursuant to the agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an
indemnified party with respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the
indemnified party and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings
specifically authorized by the Board of Directors or brought to enforce a right
of indemnification under the indemnity agreements, the Registrant's Bylaws or
any statute or law. Under the agreements, the Registrant is not obligated to
indemnify the indemnified party: (i) for any expenses incurred by the
indemnified party with respect to any proceeding instituted by the indemnified
party to enforce or interpret the agreement, if a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the
indemnified party in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was
frivolous; (ii) for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the
Registrant consents to such settlement; (iii) with respect to any proceeding or
claim brought by the Registrant against the indemnified party for willful
misconduct, unless a court determines that each of such claims was not made in
good faith or was frivolous; (iv) on account of any suit in which judgment is
rendered against the indemnified party for an accounting of profits made from
the purchase or sale by the indemnified party of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and related
laws; (v) on account of the indemnified party's conduct which is finally
adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, or to
constitute willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (vi) on account
of any conduct from which the indemnified party derived an improper personal
benefit; (vii) on account of conduct the indemnified party believed to be
contrary to the best interests of the Registrant or its stockholders; (viii) on
account of conduct that constituted a breach of the indemnified party's duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; or (ix) if a final decision by a
court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such
indemnification is not lawful.


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        The indemnification provision in the Bylaws, and the indemnity 
agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and executive
officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the 
Registrant's officers and directors for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act.

         The indemnity agreements require the Registrant to maintain director
and officer liability insurance to the extent readily available. The Registrant
currently carries a director and officer insurance policy.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

               4.01      Galt Technologies, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.

               4.02      The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

               4.03      Certificate of Amendment to Registrant's Certificate of
                         Incorporation, dated December 14, 1993. (2)

               4.04      Certificate of Amendment to Registrant's Certificate of
                         Incorporation, dated January 18, 1996. (3)

               4.05      The Registrant's Bylaws. (1)

               5.01      Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.

              23.01      Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit
                         5.01).

              23.02      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

              24.01      Power of Attorney (see page 5).

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

(1)      Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed
         February 3, 1993, as amended (File No. 33-57884).

(2)      Filed with the Company's Form 10-K as originally filed on October 31,
         1994, as amended.

(3)      Filed with the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31,
         1996 as originally filed on March 15, 1996, as amended.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                    (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;

                   (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which,


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individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions discussed in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered hereby, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Palo Alto, State of California, on October 24, 1996.

                                      INTUIT INC.



                                      By: /s/ William V. Campbell
                                          ___________________________________
                                          William V. Campbell, President


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual and corporation
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William V. Campbell and
James J. Heeger, and each of them, his or its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution, for him or it and in his or its
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or it
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



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


<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>                          <C>
     /s/ William V. Campbell                       Chief Executive Officer,     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________        President and Director
     William V. Campbell                             


     /s/ James J. Heeger                           Chief Financial Officer      October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     James J. Heeger


     /s/ Greg J. Santora                           Chief Accounting Officer     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Greg J. Santora
</TABLE>


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ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:


<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>                          <C>
     /s/ Christopher W. Brody                      Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Christopher W. Brody


     /s/ Scott D. Cook                             Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Scott D. Cook


     /s/ L. John Doerr                             Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     L. John Doerr


     /s/ Michael R. Hallman                        Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Michael R. Hallman


     /s/ Burton J. McMurtry                        Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Burton J. McMurtry
</TABLE>


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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 1996
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-_____

                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   INTUIT INC.
               (Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Its Charter)

       DELAWARE                                                       77-0034661
(State of Incorporation)                                        (I.R.S. Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                               2535 GARCIA AVENUE
                         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

   OPTIONS GRANTED BY GALT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. UNDER ITS 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                             ASSUMED BY THE ISSUER
                           (Full titles of the Plans)

                           __________________________

                                 JAMES J. HEEGER
                                   INTUIT INC.
                              1840 EMBARCADERO ROAD
                           PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303
                                 (415) 944-6996
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

                           __________________________

                                   Copies to:

                            KENNETH A. LINHARES, ESQ.
                             JEFFREY R. VETTER, ESQ.
                               FENWICK & WEST LLP
                              TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE
                           PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=================================================================================================================
        TITLE OF SECURITIES     AMOUNT TO BE     PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
         TO BE REGISTERED        REGISTERED     OFFERING PRICE PER     AGGREGATE OFFERING        REGISTRATION FEE
                                                      SHARE                  PRICE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $0.01 par       33,776(1)           $2.27                $76,671.52                $100(2)
             value
=================================================================================================================
(1)      Shares subject to assumed Galt Technologies, Inc. options as of
         September 3, 1996.

(2)      Minimum fee pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended. This amount is greater than 1/29 of 1% of the proposed maximum
         aggregate offering price.
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ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)      The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
                  Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                  amended (the "Exchange Act"), or the latest prospectus filed
                  by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
                  Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), that contains
                  audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest
                  fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.

         (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
                  the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
                  the annual report or the prospectus referred to in (a) above.

         (c)      The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
                  the Registrant's registration statement filed with the
                  Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any
                  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
                  description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date
of the filing of such documents.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         As to named experts and counsel, Item 5 is inapplicable.

EXPERTS.

         The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Intuit Inc.
appearing in Intuit's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended July 31,
1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth
in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference.
Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. In addition, as permitted by
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the
Registrant provide that: (i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its
directors and officers and persons serving in such capacities in other business
enterprises (including, for example, subsidiaries of the Registrant) at the
Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by

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Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary; (ii) the Registrant may, in its discretion,
indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is
not required by law; (iii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a
proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a person
against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of loyalty,
failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violation of law
or deriving an improper personal benefit); (iv) the rights conferred in the
Bylaws are not exclusive and the Registrant is authorized to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and employees; and (v)
the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw provisions in a way that is
adverse to such directors, officers and employees.

         The Registrant's policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each
of its directors and executive officers that provide the maximum indemnity
allowed to directors and executive officers by Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law and the Bylaws, as well as certain additional procedural
protections. In addition, the indemnity agreements provide that directors and
executive officers will be indemnified to the fullest possible extent not
prohibited by law against all expenses (including attorney's fees) and
settlement amounts paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding,
including any derivative action by or in the right of the Registrant, on account
of their services as directors or executive officers of the Registrant or as
directors or officers of any other company or enterprise when they are serving
in such capacities at the request of the Registrant. The Registrant will not be
obligated pursuant to the agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an
indemnified party with respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the
indemnified party and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings
specifically authorized by the Board of Directors or brought to enforce a right
of indemnification under the indemnity agreements, the Registrant's Bylaws or
any statute or law. Under the agreements, the Registrant is not obligated to
indemnify the indemnified party: (i) for any expenses incurred by the
indemnified party with respect to any proceeding instituted by the indemnified
party to enforce or interpret the agreement, if a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the
indemnified party in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was
frivolous; (ii) for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the
Registrant consents to such settlement; (iii) with respect to any proceeding or
claim brought by the Registrant against the indemnified party for willful
misconduct, unless a court determines that each of such claims was not made in
good faith or was frivolous; (iv) on account of any suit in which judgment is
rendered against the indemnified party for an accounting of profits made from
the purchase or sale by the indemnified party of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and related
laws; (v) on account of the indemnified party's conduct which is finally
adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, or to
constitute willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (vi) on account
of any conduct from which the indemnified party derived an improper personal
benefit; (vii) on account of conduct the indemnified party believed to be
contrary to the best interests of the Registrant or its stockholders; (viii) on
account of conduct that constituted a breach of the indemnified party's duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; or (ix) if a final decision by a
court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such
indemnification is not lawful.

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4

        The indemnification provision in the Bylaws, and the indemnity 
agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and executive
officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the 
Registrant's officers and directors for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act.

         The indemnity agreements require the Registrant to maintain director
and officer liability insurance to the extent readily available. The Registrant
currently carries a director and officer insurance policy.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

               4.01      Galt Technologies, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.

               4.02      The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

               4.03      Certificate of Amendment to Registrant's Certificate of
                         Incorporation, dated December 14, 1993. (2)

               4.04      Certificate of Amendment to Registrant's Certificate of
                         Incorporation, dated January 18, 1996. (3)

               4.05      The Registrant's Bylaws. (1)

               5.01      Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.

              23.01      Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit
                         5.01).

              23.02      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

              24.01      Power of Attorney (see page 5).

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

(1)      Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed
         February 3, 1993, as amended (File No. 33-57884).

(2)      Filed with the Company's Form 10-K as originally filed on October 31,
         1994, as amended.

(3)      Filed with the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31,
         1996 as originally filed on March 15, 1996, as amended.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                    (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;

                   (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which,

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individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions discussed in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered hereby, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Palo Alto, State of California, on October 24, 1996.

                                      INTUIT INC.

                                      By: /s/ William V. Campbell
                                          ___________________________________
                                          William V. Campbell, President

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual and corporation
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William V. Campbell and
James J. Heeger, and each of them, his or its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution, for him or it and in his or its
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or it
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
/s/ William V. Campbell                       Chief Executive Officer,     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________        President and Director
     William V. Campbell                             

     /s/ James J. Heeger                           Chief Financial Officer      October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     James J. Heeger

     /s/ Greg J. Santora                           Chief Accounting Officer     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Greg J. Santora
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ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:
/s/ Christopher W. Brody                      Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Christopher W. Brody

     /s/ Scott D. Cook                             Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Scott D. Cook

     /s/ L. John Doerr                             Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     L. John Doerr

     /s/ Michael R. Hallman                        Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Michael R. Hallman

     /s/ Burton J. McMurtry                        Director                     October 24, 1996
     _______________________________________
     Burton J. McMurtry
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