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QuickBooks Pro and Premier Security

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

While security is not at robust as for the QuickBooks Enterprise version, it does offer the ability to deter fraud and make it more difficult for unknowledgeable users to cause problems.

Don’t let people waste YOUR time doing THEIR bookkeeping.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:10:00 GMT

When dealing with suppliers who don’t quite have their accounting act together, you might have to do a little accounting for them. When you write checks instead of entering their bills for future payment you might be creating a problem for yourself. Bill pay is the solution...

Getting Better Control of Your Payroll Liabilities - Part 2

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

This is a continuation of my last post, "Getting Better Control of Your Payroll Liabilities". This post describes how I reconciled discrepancies between the general ledger and the QuickBooks state liabilities tax reporting using that report and the "paid through" field in a custom transaction detail report.

Getting Better Control of Your Payroll Liabilities

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:10:00 GMT

It’s not uncommon for QuickBooks users to use a single payrol liability account but it can be difficult to reconcile this account with payroll reports when the general ledger and the payroll reports don’t agree. Here’s a way to quickly identify and resolve issues.

The Easy Way to Fix Payroll Items Pointing to the Wrong Expense Account

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:45:00 GMT

In reviewing the way payroll is set up in QuickBooks I often find an error than can be easily corrected, a payroll item such as Federal Unemployment is set up to record FUTA expense in the wrong general ledger account. Here is the fix… ...

An easy fix for a common QuickBooks Payroll Mistake

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:20:00 GMT

QuickBooks Payroll is a powerful tool to manage not just taxes but employer/employee pay health insurance, qualified retirement plans, garnsihments, employee loan repayments, sick time, vacation time, and more. It is this great flexibility, however, that causes so many users to need my help. Here’s an easy fix for a common error in paying for employee benefits.

Understanding Enterprise Security

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

QuickBooks gives administrators a very refined level of control over user access priveleges. However, they found a way to make it simple for users to be assigned priveleges based on one or more predefined accounting roles they perform. Here’s how you can make QuickBooks Enterprise security work for you.

The Best QuickBooks View for a Manager

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT

From a single "dashboard", managers can see a list of pending tasks and reminders, customers who owe money; vendors to pay, selected account balances, and a monthly comparison of income and expenses. They can also receive payments and pay bills directly from the dashboard. It’s called the "Company Snapshot" and here’s how it works.

When the Inventory Valuation Report Doesn’t Agree with Your Balance Sheet – Find it and fix it fast

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:00 GMT

There are two types of errors that can cause the valuation report total to be different from the balance sheet. What follows are the errors and how to correct them.

Putting Customized Reports on the ICON Bar to Save Time Performing Routine Tasks

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMT

QuickBooks allows you to add the forms and reports you want at your fingertips to the ICON bar. In this example, I create a custom report that allows someone matching bills to items received on purchase orders to quickly get the job done, with just two clicks of the mouse.