Joe Kennedy - Founder QB-LA.com

About Joe Kennedy

QB-LA provides contract accounting and financial help to southern California area businesses.

How to Recognize Financial Scams: From IRS Phone Scams to Bank Phishing and More

Cybercriminals Want You Distracted As technology improves, so do the tactics used by scammers. Every year, millions of Americans lose money to financial fraud, identity theft, and sophisticated phishing schemes. Small business owners are especially attractive targets because they often have access to company bank accounts, payroll systems, tax information, and vendor payment records. At [...]

Why Accurate Books Are Vital to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

For many small business owners, bookkeeping is something that happens in the background. As long as invoices are going out, bills are getting paid, and money remains in the bank account, it is easy to assume everything is under control. Unfortunately, that assumption can create serious financial problems. Accurate bookkeeping is not simply about tax [...]

The Pros and Cons of Using Buy Now, Pay Later Apps for Your Business

Buy Now, Pay Later apps have become a normal part of modern checkout. Customers see names like Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay, PayPal Pay Later, and similar options, and many now expect flexible payment choices when making a larger purchase. From a QuickBooks and bookkeeping perspective, we look at Buy Now, Pay Later a little differently than [...]

QuickBooks Integrations: How Connecting Your Business Systems Can Save Time, Reduce Errors, and Increase Profitability

For many businesses, QuickBooks becomes the financial center of operations. Invoices are created, bills are paid, payroll is processed, and reports are generated from the data stored inside the accounting platform. But as businesses grow, accounting no longer exists in isolation. Sales teams may use customer relationship management software, online stores process thousands of transactions, [...]

Using a QuickBooks ProAdvisor to Attain Financial Success

Many business owners start out managing their own bookkeeping. In the early stages, that often makes sense. But as a company grows, financial management becomes more complex, more time-consuming, and far more important to long-term profitability. This is where working with a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor like Joe Kennedy and the QB-LA team can make a [...]

Factoids on the Growth of Quickbooks Online

QuickBooks Online continues to dominate small business accounting QuickBooks remains the most widely used accounting platform among U.S. small businesses. Its continued investment in cloud technology, automation, payroll, payments, and AI has made it the accounting platform of choice for millions of businesses and accounting professionals. Intuit serves millions of businesses worldwide Intuit's Small Business [...]

QuickBooks Modern View Is Coming; What QB-LA Clients Need to Know Before May 22, 2026

If you use QuickBooks Online regularly, there is an important update on the horizon. Starting May 22, 2026, the new Modern View will become the standard reporting experience, and the Classic View will officially be retired. As a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, I want to walk you through what this means in plain terms, what will change, [...]

Payroll Done Right: TSheets, QuickBooks Cleanup, and What Sets QB-LA Apart

If you’ve ever wondered why payroll feels harder than it should, you’re not alone. Most business owners come to us after wrestling with time tracking errors, messy books, and payroll reports that just don’t tie out. The good news; this is exactly where a structured system using TSheets and QuickBooks, paired with experienced oversight, makes [...]

Tax Season Is Over; Now Is the Perfect Time to Hire a Bookkeeper

If you just wrapped up filing, you are not alone if your first thought was relief. Your second thought should be this: what would next year look like if your books were already clean, organized, and ready to go? From a QuickBooks ProAdvisor standpoint, the period right after tax season is one of the best [...]

QuickBooks Is Moving to Modern View; Here’s What You Need to Know

If you’re using QuickBooks Online on a regular basis, there’s an important update coming that will affect how you run your reports. Starting May 22, 2026, QuickBooks will officially transition all reporting to what they call Modern View, phasing out the Classic View many of us have gotten used to over the years. Let me [...]

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