QuickBooks Tip – File Size & DB File Fragments What Do They Mean?
The size of your QuickBooks file and the number of DB File Fragments determines the health of your QuickBooks company data file. YouTube video on how to create & restore a portable company file.
View ArticleCreating Estimates In Excel vs. QuickBooks – What’s the Difference?
If you use QuickBooks for your accounting and you create your Estimates in Excel instead of within QuickBooks {which does provide you with an Estimating feature} you loose out on job costing...
View ArticleWorking With Taxable & Non-taxable Items and Customers
QuickBooks can handle both taxable and non-taxable customers and sales using the same item list. Find out how by watching this YouTube video.
View ArticleChoosing QuickBooks & Add-Ons for Your Construction Business
When it comes to choosing and implementing QuickBooks Add-Ons for their construction company, many contractors turn the project over to someone else. This unfortunately is one of the major reasons that...
View ArticleQuickBooks Tip: Important Facts About Items Left as Billable
The purpose of the billable column is to allow you to choose which expenses and/or time entries that you will be passing through to customers when you create an Invoice based on Time & Costs
View ArticleHow Well Does the New QuickBooks 2012 Condense Feature Work?
QuickBooks 2012 introduced a new approach to condensing large QuickBooks data files. How well does the new condense feature work? And how does it compare to the results given by third party data...
View ArticleQuickBooks Tip: Prior Amount Totals for Invoicing from Estimates
There are several ways of accounting for prior amounts invoiced when creating a new QuickBooks file and no two contractors will want the same level of detail.
View ArticleEstimate to Purchase Order Blues
In QuickBooks it's possible to create an Estimate and then from the Estimate create a Purchase Order, Sales Order, Invoice or even a letter - but there are some drawbacks to these features as noted in...
View ArticleEstimates vs. Purchase Orders: What’s the difference?
Estimates and Purchase Orders can be created using QuickBooks. Many people want to know what the difference between the two are and when it is appropriate to use them.
View ArticleQuickBooks Tip: How To Create a Summary Invoice for Customers
This QuickBooks tip discusses how to create a summary invoice for a customer when you need to track details for job costing purposes.
View ArticleMessed Up QuickBooks file, Start a New File or Fix the Old One?
Sometimes a QuickBooks file is just so messed up that you are left wondering should I start a new file or just fix the old one? There are several things that you need to take into consideration, the...
View ArticlePayroll for Work Hours & Drive Time Invoicing Problem
Entering payroll for normal employee work hours and drive time and passing only the work hours through to client invoices is not only important but confusing. The following question was submitted by a...
View ArticleCSI Masterformat Contractor Item List
The CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) MasterFormat contractor item list is a standard item list used for most commercial building design and construction projects in North America. It lists...
View ArticleQuickBooks 2013 Upgrade Do’s, Don’ts & Frequent Questions
Should I/Do I NEED to upgrade to QuickBooks 2013? When should I purchase QuickBooks 2013? Will the 3rd party add-ons that I use be compatible with QuickBooks 2013? Will QuickBooks 2013 run on my...
View ArticleJob Costing Payroll When Using a Payroll Service
Using an outside payroll service, such as Paychecx or ADP, is a popular option for many business owners. While using a payroll service often provides many benefits one of the biggest challenges or...
View ArticleRetainage Payable and Receivable – What’s the Difference?
To put it as simply as possible: Retainage Receivable is money that is owed to you, while Retainage Payable is money that you owe to someone else Usually, if you are a General Contractor you will need...
View ArticleEntering Historical Paychecks – Payroll Taxes and the Accounts They Post To
Setting up QuickBooks payroll and entering historical data can be quite confusing. Thankfully, there is a built in Payroll Setup Wizard that will help you through the rough spots; like creating payroll...
View ArticleConfused About Payroll Deductions and Payroll Liabilities?
Are you confused about payroll deductions and payroll liabilities? If so, don't feel alone! They can confuse a lot of people. As bookkeepers we see a lot of things that we feel to be "odd" when dealing...
View ArticleQuickBooks Tip-How To Add a Logo and Customize Your Forms
Just because you use QuickBooks doesn’t mean that you can’t send out professional looking forms. Spend some time working with your Form Templates and go from drab to WOW! This QuickBooks tip provides...
View ArticleHow To Turn On and Use Manual Payroll in QuickBooks
How to turn on and use the manual payroll option in QuickBooks certainly feels like a highly guarded secret. Intuit makes a lot of money selling payroll subscriptions and rightly so as keeping up with...
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