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How to Account for Bad Debts and Record it in Quickbooks Online and Desktop

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Your customer has become non responsive despite efforts to contact them and you feel that it is not longer worth trying to collect There are ways to mitigate the possibility and impact of bad debts. You can select non inventory product or service here. You will be prompted to create a new item.

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Handling Customer Deposits and Retainers in QuickBooks Online and Desktop 2023 (and earlier)

SchoolofBookkeeping

You can set up a deposit or retainer process for your company in QuickBooks Online. Select an option from the When do you want to start tracking your finances from the is account in QuickBooks? Select an option from the When do you want to start tracking your finances from this account in QuickBooks? dropdown list. Select New.

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4 Accounting Tips to Run a Profitable Professional Services Company

Basis 365

It doesn't matter if you run a marketing agency or a management consulting firm when it comes to managing a profitable consultancy business. For a service-based business to be profitable, it is essential to track time and invoicing accurately. These four accounting tips will increase your consulting company's profitability.

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HOW MUCH DOES A QUICKBOOKS SETUP COST?

SchoolofBookkeeping

As QuickBooks ProAdvisors, we hesitate to give a quote with setup projects because we do not know exactly what we are dealing with and what information is needed until we complete the file review. In this scenario, a client calls to request help moving from Sage to QuickBooks Enterprise. If payroll is involved, it needs to be fixed.

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4 Accounting Transactions that Use Journal Entries and How to Enter them in QBO

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

When using accounting software such as Quickbooks Online , the majority of transactions relate to invoicing customers, supplier bills and categorizing expenses that have been downloaded, are relatively straightforward. However, there are transactions that require somewhat special treatment and are usually entered via a journal entry.

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2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – The Readers Have Voted!

CPA Practice

The Readers’ Choice awards also give professionals the chance to see which technologies and workflow systems their peers are using and trust, which can help them build more efficient and profitable workflows for their own practice. We thank the more than 5,000 professionals who participated in voting this year.

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The Search for Talent in Firms

CPA Practice

Nine out of 10 accountants in the United States report that they have struggled to hire good, quality job candidates in the past year, according to a new survey commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks. That’s an issue when 82% of accountants anticipate business growth in 2023. Cultivate Talent Within Your Firm Roughly half of U.S.