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QuickBooks Productivity Tip – Customizing Lists

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:41:49 +0000

A good example of customizing information that is displayed in the Chart of Accounts List would be to automatically know, just by looking at the Chart of Accounts, which accounts had been flagged as being 1099 accounts - without having to go into the 1099 Preference and determining which accounts had been selected. Simple customization such as this will help you get more done in less time - because you don't have to constantly search for [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Productivity Tip – Use the Open Window List

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:40:02 +0000

Using the Open Window List in QuickBooks is a huge productivity booster as it will allow you to quickly and easily go back and forth between open [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip-Chart of Accounts, Your CPA & Your Tax Return

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:47:05 +0000

Many companies fail to set up their charts of accounts correctly in QuickBooks. Over the years I have seen charts of accountants that look like a collage of accounts in helter skelter format without any logical order, containing duplicate if not triplicate accounts, inconsistent protocols, and even inappropriate, if not undecipherable, names.

At tax time, when [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – Modifying & Working with your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:57:51 +0000

Setting up or modifying an existing Chart of Accounts is not an overwhelming task in QuickBooks.

If you are new to QuickBooks, when you create your company file (File menu -> New Company), the EasyStep Interview provides you with a “wizard”, industry specific templates, and example accounts are even suggested. If you need a starting point, [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – The Chart of Accounts, What It Is & It’s Many Uses In Your Business

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:29:27 +0000

The Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks is the backbone for a company to track how much money it has, money it owes, money that is coming in, and money it is spending. The chart of accounts should be designed to include the accounts necessary for both financial and income tax [Read the full article...]

Quick Facts About Microsoft Office Click-to-Run

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run does not have the same functionality as a full retail version that is downloaded from the internet or installed from a CD/DVD. [Read the full article...]

Happy 10th Birthday – Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000

Back 2000 who would have thought that developing a QuickBooks integrated add-on would become a very popular trend among software developers? There wasn't even a widely known, let alone an "Intuit approved method" of accessing QuickBooks data at that time, so WHY would anyone want to form a company that would utilize QuickBooks [Read the full article...]

Closing for vacation – 8/11 through 8/18/2010

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:14:54 +0000

I’m so excited. We are closing the office at the end of business day on 8/10/2010 and taking a well deserved vacation from 8/11/2010-8/18/2010.

We are going to trade in the sound of a ringing telephone and looking at a monitor all day to the sound of the ocean and looking at the “flower pots” (better [Read the full article...]

Windows Vista & 7 Tip – User Accounts

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:41 +0000

Since Windows Vista was released, we have handled numerous support calls which resulted in an 80040408 - Could not start QuickBooks error. In all cases QuickBooks and our 3rd party applications had been installed under the Administrator [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Payroll Services-Which Option is Right for You?

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:31:52 +0000

Over the years QuickBooks Payroll has had many names (Do-It-Yourself, Enhanced, Assisted, etc.). It used to be simple - a one size fits all; but that is no longer the case. QuickBooks users now have more payroll options than ever before, and it's very [Read the full article...]