Year-end is just around the corner, and that means a couple of administrative tasks are necessary to take care of bookkeeping and tax chores. Here are a couple of tips to make year-end go smoother. Cleaning up Things will go a lot smoother if you reach out to your vendors and employees and get their help to update your records. Send a notice to all employees, asking them to verify their address so they will get their … [Read more...]
Setting Up Sales Tax in QuickBooks Online
Sales tax is one of the more complicated concepts supported by QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks Online was designed for you, the small businessperson. You've probably discovered that many of its features are fairly easy to use from the start. But just because QuickBooks Online can do something doesn't mean you should attempt it on your own. Sales tax is one of those things. Depending on your geographical location, you may have … [Read more...]
The Perfect Chart of Accounts for Your Business
Your "Chart of Accounts" is the list of accounts in your accounting software. The accounts are listed in your reports, and the totals allow you to determine how much you've spent, made, own, or owe depending on the type of account. It's essential to create a list of accounts that you need in order to make better business decisions. Your chart of accounts needs to be designed intentionally. If it hasn't been, it's never too … [Read more...]
What Is a Vendor Credit and How Do You Record One?
Whether you're getting a vendor credit for a refund or a return, you can record it in QuickBooks Online. When you're dealing with your company's vendors, you're probably accustomed to money flowing in one direction: theirs. Maybe you send them purchase orders and they send you invoices. Or they send you bills and you pay them. Or you walk into a store and buy something your business needs. Sometimes, though, vendors owe you … [Read more...]
Using Quickbooks’ Income Tracker
QuickBooks provides numerous ways to learn about your company's health. Income Tracker is one of the most effective. You can get an enormous amount of useful information from QuickBooks' reports - especially if you customize them to isolate the precise data you want. Reports included with the software range from the very simple, like Open Invoices, to output that's exceptionally complex, like Trial Balance and Profit & … [Read more...]
