New Business Direction LLCQuickBooks 2014 Simplifies, Accelerates Common Tasks
New version of desktop QuickBooks accomplishes goal of speeding up, refining your workflow. If Intuit named its desktop versions of QuickBooks by the version number rather than the year, we’d be in version 20-something by now. QuickBooks, still the preferred software for small businesses, keeps getting smarter in its annual upgrades. Rather…
Receiving Inventory With or Without Bills in QuickBooks
Greetings! When your goods come rolling in, be sure to document them correctly. You’re probably happy to see couriers delivering inventory items you’ve ordered since it means you can ship to customers, but recording the new stock means yet another repetitive task. QuickBooks’ tools can help with this, but you need to…
How to Create a Progress Invoice From an Estimate In QuickBooks
Not using progress invoices? Maybe you should be. Greetings! The U.S. economy may be picking up, but your customers are probably still being very careful with expenditures. If your company’s finances will allow it, you can help them out on sizable jobs by using progress invoicing, also known as partial billing or…
Five Places Where Spending More Pays Off
It’s generally a good idea to keep overhead costs low so that your business profits will be higher. This is especially true with items that are easily commoditized and fairly standardized, such as utilities and rent. But there are times when increasing expenses pays off nicely, and here are five areas to…
10 Tips to Perfect Check-Printing in QuickBooks
If you used small business accounting products in the early days, you know how frustrating it was to print checks correctly from your software. Pre-printed checks weren’t cheap, and you probably printed at least a few that didn’t line up right or were otherwise unusable. Figure 1: The Write Checks window in…
Spring Cleaning
Depending on your location, you’re probably starting to see early signs of spring. The nicer weather and signs of new life seem to make people want to spruce up their surroundings. Now would be a good time, too, to clean up your accounting environment. Some of your screens may be unnecessarily cluttered….
Use QuickBooks Tools To Prevent Financial Fraud
You work hard for your money. Strong internal controls can keep it from disappearing unnecessarily. You trust your employees or you wouldn’t have hired them. That’s what everyone says as they watch a valued staff member being hauled off in handcuffs. But I trusted him. Whether your accounting tasks are done on…
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…
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…
