View QuickBooks Online in Multiple Windows Viewing two or more screens at the same time increases productivity dramatically in QuickBooks Online, and diminishes stress from constantly switching back and forth between transactions and reports. Multi-windows are a given in QB desktop products (and in fact too many can open after a while) but this [...]
Joe Kennedy, principal of www.QB-LA.com has been certified as a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor for some time now, but in February 2017 gained not only the 2017 required annual ProAdvisor certification but also his QuickBooks Online Advanced certification. The test requires a broad range of advanced general accounting skills and a week of in-depth study on [...]
It's still only January but time to get going on 1099's! There are some important changes for QB users in filing 2016 IRS Form 1099's including due dates and QB options. Intuit 1099 e-file service The Intuit 1099 e-file service may be the best choice to get it done fast and effectively - except for [...]
Many companies don't have formal cash and working capital management in place Cash and working capital management systems yield operating and bottom-line benefit when firms commit to formalizing this important aspect of running a businesses. A recent study found that 75% treasurers and CFO's did not trust their own cash flow forecasts. Most had a [...]
As business moves increasingly to the cloud, Intuit is hardly lagging behind. QBO {QuickBooks Online) continues to gain subscribers and add features – just as the desktop version did decades ago (I first used QB desktop in 1997). Alternative cloud accounting software from competitors like Xero (www.xero.com) once seemed more nimble, but at least some [...]
Joe Kennedy of QB-LA.com (aka www.LosAngelesQuickbooksHelp.com) recently completed his presentation “Financial Modeling for Startups" for the CoFoundersLab Learning Center. The 3 session (total 4.5 hours) were webcast to over 100 registrants in the U.S., Europe and Asia in November 2016. More are sure to be scheduled, and registrants can review webinar recordings. Besides the live [...]
Since the 1980’s, dramatic improvements have been made in POS (Point Of Sales) and related data-warehousing systems by the big-box retailers (Walmart et al). These sprawling conglomerations of interconnected hardware and software cost millions to build and maintain and are housed in huge, specially designed buildings with enhanced power, security and environmental features. Over the [...]
QuickBooks CRM Apps The power of QuickBooks is leveraged by increasing numbers of apps. My experience has been that QB users often build a hodge-podge of notes, spreadsheets and informal systems over time to augment the flow of information into and out of the program. These often take time and are error-prone, and management should [...]
QuickBooks Online users have been reminded a lot about the new (well, released in 2015) QB app and we’ve been encouraged to download and use this instead of viewing QBO through conventional browsers. You may think that apps are only for cell phones but the QBO app is a specialized browser designed and tuned to [...]
There are all kinds or rumors out there about IRS and state income tax audits – who gets audited, and why? No one wants this kind of attention: there may be much additional taxes to pay, and lots of intrusive, time-consuming questions. And according to the IRS, an audit may involve “the questioning of witnesses [...]