How to Restrict User Access in QuickBooks
Do you want your A/P clerk having access to your payroll records? Or your billing clerk having access to your profit and loss statements? Maybe so, but maybe not. If not, then you can configure your...
View ArticleBest Books About QuickBooks
You want to keep good books? Then read a good book. There are good training resources available for beginning and advanced users of QuickBooks. Here are some of the highest rated ones on Amazon:...
View ArticleWhat Is the QuickBooks Audit Trail Report For?
Do you ever wonder if a transaction got changed? When it was actually entered? What its history is? Who made an entry or a change? The Audit Trail report is handy for those situations. You access the...
View ArticleWhat Are the Most Important Questions Your QuickBooks Data Can Answer?
QuickBooks can be more than just a basic bookkeeping program for you. It can help you address some of the biggest challenges and opportunities your business faces. Here are some of the most important...
View ArticleHow to Close the Books in QuickBooks
In traditional accounting (and traditional accounting software) you ‘close the books’ at the end of a year. How do you do that in QuickBooks? Short answer: You don’t. Right or wrong, QuickBooks keeps...
View ArticleQuickBooks and Double-Entry Accounting: Where’s the Other Side?
Bookkeeping is a little like physics – there are unbreakable rules. So to paraphrase one of them, “For every debit, there is an equal and opposite credit.” But in QuickBooks, that is not always...
View ArticleFive Questions To Ask BEFORE Hiring A Bookkeeper or Accountant
Not having a good accountant/bookkeeper may not break your business, but having one on your team sure helps! A good accountant can have a HUGE impact on your bottom line. Because they handle your...
View ArticleHow to See What Your Users Have Been Deleting
It’s just common sense that there shouldn’t be many deleted transactions in your QuickBooks file. If there are a lot of deleted transactions, then it could mean that a lot of mistakes are being made,...
View ArticleUsers Speak Out: How QuickBooks Saves Me Money
We asked users how their using QuickBooks saved them money. There seemed to be one common theme: I can do my books in-house. Here’s what some of them said: “Quickbooks saves me money because it is so...
View ArticleThree Reasons You Don’t Like QuickBooks and One Reason You Do
Let’s start with the dark side. Three Reasons Why You Don’t Like QuickBooks 1. It’s not exactly right for your business. No, it’s probably not. QuickBooks is used (by Intuit’s count) by 5 million...
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