Maybe QuickBooks does everything you need. But if you outgrow parts of it, don’t worry, you’ll have options. What do you do when an application you’re using stops meeting your growing needs in a specific area? You can: a.) find a workaround, b.) switch to different software, or, c.) resign yourself to living without that […]
How to Use Memorized Transactions in QuickBooks
How to Use Memorized Transactions in QuickBooks Tired of repetitive data entry? QuickBooks provides a way to save time and keystrokes when you create some transactions. We wrote last month about the benefits of having QuickBooks on your desktop. Among those we listed are three that have impact on every business that uses it. QuickBooks […]
Why QuickBooks Should Be on Your Desktop
You know about QuickBooks but you’re still hesitating. Here’s why you should make the transition. Even if you’re a very small business, you’re at a competitive disadvantage if you’re still doing your accounting manually. You might be doing okay using Microsoft Word for invoices and records and Excel for reports. But many of your rivals […]
All About Sales Receipts in QuickBooks
Documenting every sale carefully helps ensure that your financial records and reports will be accurate. The sales receipt is the right tool for this in specific situations. You know how important it is to obtain receipts for the expenses you and your employees incur. You need to record them, analyze their impact on your cash […]
Get Paid Faster Using QuickBooks
Are your customers slow about paying their invoices? QuickBooks can help accelerate your receivables. Your company’s cash flow depends largely on how quickly your customers pay the invoices you’ve sent. And if you’re like most small businesses, those checks tend to dribble in close to—and after—the due date. If you operate on a slim margin, […]
Tracking Time in QuickBooks, Part 2
We’ll be continuing the two-part series we started last month. Last month, we learned about getting QuickBooks ready for time-tracking by activating it in Preferences. We also created a record for a service item. This month, we’ll actually use that record in the two ways you’ll be using it in QuickBooks: to pay employees for […]
Tracking Time in QuickBooks, Part 1
If your company sells services, you can track the time spent providing them in QuickBooks. When you sell a product to a customer, you know it. It goes away, and your inventory count in QuickBooks is reduced by one. This tracking helps you know what’s selling and what’s not, and it signals when a reorder […]
5 QuickBooks Reports You Need to Run in January
2018 has begun. Does your accounting to-do list look like a clean slate, or are critical 2017 tasks still nagging? Getting all of your accounting tasks done in December is always a challenge. Besides the vacation time you and your employees probably took for the holidays, there are those year-end, Let’s-wrap-it-up-by-December-31 projects. How did you […]
Who Can You Claim as a Dependent on Your Tax Return?
In the eyes of the IRS, “dependent” can mean much more than a biological child who lives with you. Numerous individuals may depend on you for financial support. You might be sending money to a niece to help her through college or occasionally paying bills for an aging parent. And there are always those college […]
Are You Using QuickBooks’ Reminders?
We can’t emphasize this enough: QuickBooks’ Reminders can prevent countless problems with your finances. How do you know when it’s time to pay a bill or follow up on overdue customer payments or print payroll checks? If you’re still using a paper calendar and sticky notes and file folders, there’s a good chance you’re missing […]