Why can’t Intuit do this?

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I wish  Intuit would notify users  when they schedule maintenance, whether it be to the Sync Services website, QuickBooks Online, Merchant Services or Payroll.  I think users would be a lot more understanding if they knew ahead of time there was a possibility of outages or slowness.  They are the only “online” company I deal […]

Mac vs MAC

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let’s call this my Monday rant: In the QuickBooks world, I often see new Mac owners and non-Mac users refer to the machines and OS as MAC.  Just to reiterate what many have done before me… MAC = Media Access Control.  It represents an unique ID for each piece of hardware that accesses a network.   […]

The Road to the Cloud…

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…is full of potholes “The cloud” is the future.  I believe that, and I’ve moved many of my personal, business, and client services to the great beyond.  But it is still a work in progress – some examples: At the Scaling New Heights conference last month, The Cloud was the topic of every keynote address.  […]

Quickbooks for Mac 2011 R9 Released Today

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Important! If your accountant is working on your file, wait until you get the file back before you upgrade. If you’ve sent your data to your accountant, wait to upgrade to R9 until after you’ve restored your file with your accountant’s changes using your current copy of QuickBooks. Once the file is restored, choose QuickBooks […]

Support, not Sell!

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A minor rant – I wish that Intuit’s support personnel would not push upgrades when customers call for support, particularly when it appears they may have data damage.  Upgrading a damaged file just causes an updated damaged file, and the customer is still frustrated, and usually even more unhappy. While I’m all in favor of […]

End of Month – Check your backup!

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One of the most important things to do at the end of the month is to check that your file is healthy, and your backup procedures are working. This is a QB-centric discussion, but this applies to all mission critical business files. In QuickBooks for Windows 2011: Check that your file is still healthy and […]

How to make 943 Payments

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Agricultural Employers need to use a 943 form rather than a 941, but Quickbooks Payroll doesn’t support making 943 electronic deposits.  So here’s the workaround: 1)   Sign on directly to the EFTPS site: https://www.eftps.gov/eftps/direct/EftpsHome.page and make the payment there, indicating it is for form 943. 2)   Then, in Quickbooks, record the payment. Choose Employees > […]

Mac vs Windows: Feature by Feature Differences

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Feature Windows Mac Accountant’s Copy Yes No Add-on software Thousands of  Add-on Programs expand its functionality Two – My Time from Intuit and Lightspeed POS Auto-Number Journal entry Company Preference Not there Backup Can be done in multi-user mode, except no Complete Verification Has to be done in single user mode Backup on a Schedule […]

GoPayment now works with iPhone 4

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Intuit’s GoPayment is a great solution for anyone who is routinely operating their business away from the office: think service providers, small contractors, and small retailers that go to shows.  When combined with the mophie card reader the service offers very competitve discount rates.  And it syncs to both the PC and Mac version of […]

2011 R4 update

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First “big” update for the 2011 Quickbooks windows versions will be released next week.  The changes/fixes are all listed below, but the ones that I am most excited about are one big one and one small one.  Intuit Statement Writer now works with Office 2010, at least on 32-bit machines.  The little one that will […]