Archive for the ‘Quickbooks’ Category

Banish Security Fears: Use QuickBooks Protection Tools

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor

 

If there’s one application that you don’t want compromised by a security breach, it’s the one that contains all of your financial information. Recognizing that, Intuit has built a number of security features into QuickBooks that are designed to safeguard your debits and credits.

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Hourly Employees? QuickBooks Can Track Their Time

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor

 
QuickBooks offers capable tools for tracking the items you sell, but it’s also quite a competent time-tracker. If you pay employees based on the hours they work, QuickBooks can ease your bookkeeping burden. Tracked time can flow to both invoices and payroll, helping you pay employees and collect on services provided to customers.

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Generating Professional Reports with QuickBooks

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor

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You probably already run reports in QuickBooks – but are you making full use of the program’s reporting tools?

Let’s take a look. Reporting changed a lot between QuickBooks 2009 and 2010 in terms of interface, navigation, and access to reports. We’ll look at version 2010 since the core reporting mechanisms are similar, and wrap up with a brief summary of the new features in 2010.

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The Post-Tax Blues: How to Accelerate Receivables with QuickBooks

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Well, the taxes are paid (hopefully) for the 2009 tax year, and you’re almost a third of the way into 2010. How’s your cash flow doing this year?If tax payments caught you short, you may be scrambling to build a cash reserve that protects your bottom line. There are many ways to do that, some less desirable – and possible – than others. Raise your prices. Apply for a loan. Freeze employee raises and minimize benefits (or, in the extreme, lay off a worker). Put off investments in new technology.But there’s another option: Accelerate your receivables. It’s likely that in this economy at least some of your customers are slow to pay off invoices. Here are some suggestions to help improve your bottom line starting today. (more…)

Spring Cleaning: Personalize and Tidy Up Your Quickbooks Desktop

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor
One of the reasons the QuickBooks line of desktop products has been so successful is because of its clean, simple appearance and efficient navigational tools. But there’s room for improvement and personalization. Everyone uses QuickBooks just a little differently. You can create a desktop that meets your specific needs, while maintaining the program’s inherent usability. Every desktop version of QuickBooks (except for Simple Start) offers several tools to accommodate your preferences, so we’ll show you some of the best. (more…)

QuickBooks Tip: Save Time and Reduce Mistakes by Synchronizing Your Data

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor
 
The New Year’s here, the Christmas bills are rolling in, and income taxes loom. Maybe you can’t save money just now, but how about an easy way to save time and keystrokes? If you use Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003, or 2007 for contact management and QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Enterprise 2005 and up for financial management, you can synchronize data to avoid entering the same contact information twice. It’s easy, but you need to take care to follow instructions precisely anytime you’re integrating multiple databases: you can’t unring that bell. (more…)

QuickBooks 2010 Review

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
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 Chris Blach, QuickBooks ProAdvisor
 
Every QuickBooks upgrade has something for everyone, but some releases raise the bar more than others. QuickBooks 2010 is one of them. New features in the Pro and Premier versions help you:

Save time

Keep a closer eye on your bottom line

Present a more polished image

Better manage documents

Stay in touch with old and new customers

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