Intuit ProConnection Accounting Articles

Handling Prepaid Expenses Once and For All

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 PST

Accountants, bookkeepers, and other professionals use myriad methods to keep track of prepaid expenses in Intuit QuickBooks financial software. When something is paid in advance and must be expensed over one or more months in the future, accounting professionals must properly record the expense in a timely manner. The normal method for making this monthly entry is to use a journal entry (debit expense, credit prepaid expense). Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Phyllis L. Panzeter shares an easier way.

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QuickBooks, Paper and Chocolate ... & QuickBooks Point of Sale

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:00:00 PST

CPA and former auditor Vicki Petersen had a great career, working variously as Director of Internal Audit at Connecticut General (now Cigna) and a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche in the small business department. But she embraced her inner entrepreneur to create Paper & Chocolate, a high-end specialty shop in Dallas, Texas, using her accounting skills QuickBooks Pro, and QuickBooks Point of Sale.

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Using QuickBooks to Prevent Fraud

Tue, 16 June 2009 08:00:00 PST

Your protection against fraud is only as good as your internal control and accounting procedures. Often business owners simply rely on software, yet software is only one component of the control environment. In this article, CPA and Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Amy Vetter shows how QuickBooks can contribute to a holistic approach to control.

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Checklist of 25 Elements of Appropriate Controls with QuickBooks®

Tue, 16 June 2009 08:00:00 PST

Helping clients protect themselves from fraud is one of the most valuable services you can provide. The security features in QuickBooks can contribute to a holistic approach to control in concert with best business practices. CPA and Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Amy Vetter provides a list of 25 areas or issues – both inside and outside the software –crucial to an adequate defense against fraud. Bonus: A Word version of her checklist.

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Easy to Add Value with QuickBooks Custom Forms

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 PST

You can really demonstrate your value to your QuickBooks clients by showing them how to customize forms to improve payments, service level, profitability, and more. CPA Sandi Smith interviews top QuickBooks ProAdvisors on their best tips.

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Mastering QuickBooks: Increasing QuickBooks Performance for Large Files and Multiple Users

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

In this article, Joe Woodard provides technical insights so you can better support your clients who use QuickBooks, especially with large files or multiple users. Joe provides numerous, practical tips for increasing the performance of QuickBooks, especially when the data files is large and there are 5 or more users logged into the file. Plus learn more about Joe’s upcoming conference.

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Bonus Tutorial on Multicurrency in QuickBooks

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Esther Friedberg Karp reveals the ins and outs of the new multicurrency function in this two-part tutorial. Esther, who works with clients on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, provides real-world examples. Part I of the tutorial discusses how to get started and walks through basic features of the new multicurrency feature.

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Five QuickBooks Keyboard Shortcuts for You and Clients

Mon, 12 Jan,, 2009 08:00:00 PST

From long experience teaching clients and business professionals how to use QuickBooks, Caren Schwartz identifies some simple keyboard shortcuts that many QuickBooks users, wish they’d know about a long time ago. Caren, an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, also lets us offer a PDF version of these tips you can share with clients.

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Five Keys to Managing a Mobile Accounting Workforce

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:00:00 PST

Now that it's so much easier to manage a mobile accounting workforce, the challenges found by practitioners are not so much in the technology as in communications. CPA Sandi Smith identifies five keys to managing a mobile workforce with real-world examples from CPAs and QuickBooks ProAdvisors who are doing just that. Plus she reminds us of the quality of life issues that make this option so attractive.

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Year-End Checklists, Related Resources, and In-Product Help

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST

When the end of the year is at hand, and you are looking for assistance in taking care of year-end issues in QuickBooks, here is our overview of resources in print, online, and in-product to help you close out the year right. As a bonus we include a new year-end checklist in print.

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Pre-Publication Scoop: Free Chapters on Intuit Statement Writer and Client Data Review in QuickBooks 2009

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST

With permission, we preview two chapters, on Client Data Review and Intuit Statement Writer, from the book by Laura Madeira, "QuickBooks 2009 Solutions Guide for Business Owners and Accountants." Each chapter focuses on features brand new to QuickBooks with the 2009 edition, and we want to be sure you have these available to you.

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Intuit Statement Writer: How I Improve My Bottom Line While Helping Clients

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST

CMA and QuickBooks ProAdvisor Pam Newman shows how she is improving her bottom line while helping clients - all with the help of the new Intuit Statement Writer and QuickBooks Premier Accountant 2009.

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New Budgeting Options Only in Intuit Statement Writer

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST

Let Pam Newman show you how you can use customization and budgeting reports - unique to Intuit Statement Writer - to help clients keep more money in their pockets. Intuit Statement Writer lets accounting professionals produce detailed and customized reports at a level far above what the client can access in their version of QuickBooks. Pam shows how the Excel add-in lets you slice and dice the data to help the client understand the financial data better.

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Boost Cash Flow with Intuit QuickBooks Merchant Service

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST

If you have clients who are losing sleep and money over late payments, you can help them consider Intuit® QuickBooks® Merchant Service as a solution that integrates with QuickBooks. CPA Sandi Smith talks with accountants, QuickBooks ProAdvisors®, and other practitioners who share their real-world stories and offer advice for presenting the solution to clients or using it in their own practice.

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Client Data Review: Yearend Productivity Boost

Thu, 14 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST

Accounts who have explored the Client Data Review Center in QuickBooks Premier Accountant Edition 2009 tell us it will produce huge improvements in productivity. To get ready for yearend and realize those gains, practitioners should bring their clients into QuickBooks 2009 at the Pro and Premier level (or Enterprise Solutions 9.0 when appropriate).

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