QuickBooks Online vs. QuickBooks Desktop

When deciding between QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop accounting solutions, you will need to consider the pros and cons of each platform, the various features available, as well as how you use the software and what works best for your particular situation. QuickBooks Desktop: Positive: It’s familiar and easy to use It’s…

QuickBooks® Online – Quick Tips for Accountants and Bookkeepers

The arrival of QuickBooks® Online (QBO) has provided many new possibilities for small business owners. It is a user-friendly and convenient option for those who are looking for more remote accessibility with their company file. Here are a few quick tips outlined to assist you in navigating the new software. Supported Web…

Rhonda Rosand Recieves QuickBooks® Online Certification

Rhonda Rosand, CPA has successfully completed the   QuickBooks® Online 2013 Certification Exam. The course is available only to QuickBooks® ProAdvisors and is designed for accounting professionals and consultants who have a solid understanding of accounting principles. The Online certification ensures the highest level of knowledge and support for QuickBooks® Online clients. The…

Thinking About Going Mobile with Financial Data?

Using QuickBooks Mobile, you’ll improve business relations, put out fires before they start and unchain yourself from your office computer. There are only a few reasons why you wouldn’t be using QuickBooks Mobile on your smartphone. Maybe you don’t have a smartphone. Or when you’re out of the office, you don’t want…

Readying QuickBooks for a New Year

We hope you’ll be ringing out a successful financial year at month’s end. Here’s what you should know about preparing for a new year.  End of the year: QuickBooks has been hard at work for the past 11+ months, recording and tracking and storing all of that financial data that you’ve entered…

QuickBooks 2013 is Here!

QuickBooks® 2013 has a number of new features as well as improvements to existing ones. It also has a few problems as evidenced by the fact that they have already issued Release 3 to fix the bugs and it only just hit the retail store shelves in October. Changes in the User…

Announcement: Certified Bookkeeper

Jill Flint earned her designation as a Certified Bookkeeper from the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers in October of 2012. Founded in 1987 and with a current membership of 30,000, the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) certifies bookkeepers who meet high, national standards. In order to become certified, she was required…

QuickBooks Keyboard Shortcuts

At New Business Directions we are always looking for ways to improve our efficiency. By pressing different combinations of keys on your keyboard, you can quickly perform common tasks within QuickBooks®. Here are just a few of the things that you can do when editing a transaction: Tab Move the cursor to…

QuickBooks Audit Trail

QuickBooks® provides an Audit Trail feature that allows you to see every change that is made to each transaction in the file. Each time you edit, void or delete a transaction, QuickBooks® posts the previous condition of the transaction to this report. As a result, QuickBooks® retains both the old data and…