The Best Way to Understand QuickBooks

“I like the smaller class size and the ability to get answers specific to your situation.”

“It was easy to understand and follow as we went.”

“It was easy to understand, and not dreadfully boring.”

These are just a few direct quotes from students after attending our Learning QuickBooks class. Our ProAdvisors give each person the attention they deserve. We limit our classroom size to no more than 8 students so everyone has a chance to ask questions and no one falls behind. Most QuickBooks seminars you might read about are strictly lectures with no hands-on training and are directed at very large audiences so individual questions aren’t often addressed directly. We have designed our class to include hands-on exercises and cover all 15 Chapters of Learning QuickBooks so learners leave with a complete understanding and practical experience. Classes are being offered every month. For a copy of the curriculum or to have your questions answered, give me a call at 702-966-2000 ext 5413 or send me a note.

By Jolee Hamman

QuickBooks User Group Announced

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Acuity Financial Center Board Room, Second Floor
7881 West Charleston Blvd. (Just west of Buffalo)

Make your business better by joining other QuickBooks users and support professionals for presentations and discussions about the systems we use every day. Enjoy lunch on us as we take a look at some of the options taht can be used to improve the way QuickBooks performs and can save you time and money. We will close the meeting with our Open Discussion. This is a great opportunity to bring any issues to the group for feedback.

Please RSVP here.

Use Your Reporting Tools

Spreadsheets are great for calculating interest but they are not an effective way to generate reports. Use your software. Today every business management software package has some kind of custom report writer available, yet many businesses are creating their business critical reports using Excel. Learning your system’s custom reporting tool and creating your reports using these tools will provide companies with huge return. Once custom reports are created, and all transactions are completed for that accounting period, then reports are generated at the touch of a button and the report contains actual data. Spreadsheet reports require too much time for data entry, possibility for data entry error and probability of formula corruption. Spreadsheet reports lack timeliness, integrity and the ability to reproduce historical reports.

A Holiday Gift From Intuit

We might be wrong in assuming that it’s just in the spirit of the holidays but Intuit has made a generous offer to everyone in the vicinity of a Staples store on December 22, 2009. Through a combination of instant and mail-in rebates, you can pick up Quickbook Pro 2009 for no more than the amount of your local sales tax (that’s just $1.20 here in Las Vegas).

If you’re running a previous version of Quickbooks Pro, are just curious about the latest release or you’re running your accounting on ledger paper or Excel, find your way to a Staples store. There is no better value for something useful.

The Point of ACT and Quickbooks Integration

By Brian Rice

I recently reviewed the ACT! Link for use with Quickbooks tour. The first six slides with content referred to eliminating duplicate entry and centalizing information. Without a doubt, these are both worthwhile goals. However, it is on the final three slides that the good stuff shows up. These slides are each titled: Take Action Using Real-time Data and Be Productive. That sure is a mouthful but it really says something. Let’s not just cut down on duplication because we think we should. Let’s not just integrate our systems because we’ve heard that’s the best thing to do. Let’s get something done; let’s be productive; let’s accomplish something for a reason.

So in which ways does the ACT and Quickbooks integration improve productivity? With Quickbooks Scheduling, users can create activities and schedule reminders to take action on Quickbooks transactions like completing follow up calls for sales or collecting on past due invoices. The sales staff that spends most of their time working in ACT can use Quickbooks item lists and tax tables to create estimates. After those estimates are generated, they can either be modified or if they are approved, they can be converted to invoices.

There you have it: two seemingly honorable goals with several reasons to justify why they ought to be.