It’s probably one of your toughest challenges. How do you encourage customers to make payments faster? Cash flow is a problem for so many businesses right now. Unless you sell products or services that are in high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably struggling to get payments from customers who are also cash-strapped. Adding […]
How to Track Employee Time, Part 2
If you have to track a lot of employee work hours, you might want to use QuickBooks’ Timesheets. Last month, we introduced the concept of time tracking in QuickBooks. Using the software’s tools, you’re able to record individual blocks of time that employees have worked, so that you are able to include them in payroll […]
How to Track Employee Time, Part 1
Whether you’re recording employee hours for payroll or customer billing, your entries must be accurate. QuickBooks can help. It’s easy to track sales of goods in QuickBooks. You create an invoice or a sales receipt, select the product the customer wants along with the quantity, and save the transaction. QuickBooks reduces the corresponding inventory level […]
Communicate with Customers: QuickBooks and Microsoft Word
The pandemic has forced businesses to find new ways to connect with customers. QuickBooks has built-in tools that can help. Businesses are starting to cautiously re-open in the U.S. (at least partially), but we’re still a long way from “normal.” Because of COVID-19, some companies have done very well. Most, though, have had to make […]
Make QuickBooks Yours: Customize the Desktop
Make QuickBooks work faster for you by changing a few settings. Whether your business has been locked down because of the pandemic, or you’re scrambling to hold things together with fewer employees or diminishing sales, you’re probably leaning on QuickBooks more than ever. You may be watching dwindling inventory items closely or monitoring your daily […]
Using QuickBooks’ Reminders and Calendar
Now, more than ever, you need QuickBooks to track what needs to be done. COVID-19 has transformed the entire U.S. small business landscape in just a few short months. Companies are struggling to stay afloat. We all just want to get back to “normal,” but it’s unclear when that will happen. We’d like to help […]
How to Back Up and Move a Company File in QuickBooks
Your QuickBooks company file is gold. Make sure you know how to back it up and restore it properly. You may not think of your QuickBooks company file as being portable. It lives safely on the hard drive of your desktop and/or laptop computer. You wouldn’t want it to be anywhere else, right? However, the […]
Sales Receipts, Invoices, and Statements in QuickBooks
QuickBooks allows you to create multiple types of sales forms for different situations. Here’s a look at what they are and when to use them. When you buy something at a store, you want a piece of paper that shows what you purchased and what you paid. If you receive products or services before you […]
Dealing with Deposits in QuickBooks
Where do the payments you receive in QuickBooks go? The software provides tools for managing deposits. Recording payments, whether they come in to comply with an invoice you sent or are issued as sales receipts, is one of the more satisfying tasks you do in QuickBooks. The sales cycle is almost complete, and you’re about […]
Start 2020 Right: Get into the Report Habit
It’s a good time to start new habits – or refresh old ones. Running reports regularly will help you make better business decisions. Whether or not you made New Year’s resolutions, you probably look at January as a fresh start in personal and professional matters. Unfortunately, we can’t help you join a gym or organize […]