http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/16/quickbooks-weekly-timesheet-service-vs-payroll-item/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/16/quickbooks-weekly-timesheet-service-vs-payroll-item/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:15:30 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2907 The QuickBooks Weekly Timesheet can cause a lot of confusion for users who are implementing employee time tracking for the first time, mainly because the timesheet contains both a Service Item and a Payroll Item. This article will explain what each column is used for and some common pitfalls that can happen.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/09/20/quickbooks-2012-new-batch-timesheet-creation/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/09/08/entering-job-to-date-costs-billing-data-at-the-item-level/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/09/08/entering-job-to-date-costs-billing-data-at-the-item-level/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:49:12 +0000 Lorien Prince http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2543 A Guest blog post by Lorien Prince, CPA for a QuickBooks tip for entering Job-to-data costs and billing data at the item level when converting or archiving

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