Author Archives: Sharon Gannon

Cutting Expenses Key To Profitability, But How? Some Tips

It may seem like a no-brainer – cut expenses to make more money – but many small changes can result in significant savings. It looks like the economy may finally be looking up. Still, this is no time to loosen … Continue reading

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Billing for Time and Expenses: How It Works

QuickBooks handles billable expenses capably, but it’s critical that you understand the process thoroughly before proceeding. Billing for inventory parts is easy. Pick the items from a list and specify a quantity. Poof. Done. Billing for costs, time or mileage … Continue reading

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When You Bounce a Vendor Payment

Nobody ever wants to have a check returned, but in can happen. If it does, several things need to happen – You have to return the money back into the bank account You have to show the bill still needing … Continue reading

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You Keep Your Receipts In a Plastic Bag?

  There’s a QuickBooks commercial that teases a business owner about keeping her receipts in a plastic bag. I get a kick out of this because whenever I pick up bookkeping paperwork from one of my clients I always put … Continue reading

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Do You Use QuickBooks For Your Household Accounts?

There are good reasons for using QuickBooks to keep track of your personal accounts – You’ve already invested in the software, so you might as well. It’s good to keep track of your personal spending habits and be aware of … Continue reading

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Portable Productivity: Smartphones Do Invoices, Expenses, Time Billing

These three web-based apps – accessible via your smartphone — provide mobile access to QuickBooks data. Accounting in the cloud is closer than you might think. In fact, it’s here, in some cases. QuickBooks Online, of course, is entirely cloud-based, … Continue reading

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How to Acess QuickBooks From Your iPhone, iPad or IPod Touch

I love my iPhone – it’s the one thing that I own that is never more that arm’s reach. I love my iPad as well, and I wish there was a great QuickBooks app for it. While I wait, I … Continue reading

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Resort QuickBooks lists when names or items are out of order or missing

A list appears out of order Some of your list elements are missing New entries appear at the top of your list Reports appear out of order You aren’t able to do things like turn on account numbers Highlighting a … Continue reading

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QuickBooks Income Tax Reports And Filtering Options: Target The Right Output

April 15 is getting uncomfortably close. QuickBooks, of course, can’t do your taxes for you. But it helps you lay some of the groundwork. Following up on last month’s column on customizing reports, I’ll look at the program’s tax-related reports … Continue reading

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More Keyboard Shortcuts –

Last week I shared the keyboard shortcuts that help you quickly edit dates. Today I will show you a few general shortcuts.

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