Category: For Small Business Owners
The Value of Integrated CRM
Integrated CRM (Customer Relations Management) is the way the profession is moving—offering a convenient information hub for centralizing operations across an organization.
The Right Employee for the Job
When I ask retired business owners or entrepreneurs (I wonder in this economy, if there is such a thing) what was the one thing they didn’t miss about their business – one answer sticks out: “dealing with employees”. I can see the eyes rolling now…. Some of you will say “if they had a poor [...]
SmartVault for QuickBooks Document Management, and Beyond
Document management can be a critical process for your business. At the simplest level, it is an easy way for you to store and retrieve documents easily. You can expand the process to include things like records compliance, document security, reducing the amount of paper you are storing (a “paperless office”), improving communications between employees, [...]
Information – Public or Not Public?
I was reading my Wall Street Journal last week (yeah, the hold in my hand paper type) and I ran across an article that discussed information and type of information should be divulged to employees and in what format. A public company has more stringent rules that can limit what can be shown and when, [...]
Merchant Services-Intuit and Beyond
Is it just me, or is merchant account processing way more complicated than it needs to be? Take for example, Intuit Merchant Services. If you look on their website at http://payments.intuit.com, you will see the following account options: Intuit Online Terminal Intuit Go Payment Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks Intuit Merchant Service for Web Stores [...]
W-2 Employer Health Insurance Reporting – Small Employers Get a Break, for Now
For those small businesses who are worried about how they will track and report health insurance benefits on Form W-2, I have some good news. At least for most of you, and at least for now. That is, for tax year 2012 (W-2s filed in January of 2013). But after that, stay tuned to what [...]
Form 1099-K–How to Reconcile with QuickBooks
Well, the January 31 deadline has come and gone, so by now you should have your 1099-K forms in hand. This new form is being sent by all “merchant acquiring entities” as mandated by Section 6050W of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. That means that eBay, PayPal, as well as the credit card processing [...]
2011 FORM 940 in Credit Reduction States who use QuickBooks Payroll
When preparing Form 940 in QuickBooks, I was surprised to find out that all of our California clients owed money! The reason for this is that California is one of the states that did not repay the money they borrowed from the federal government to pay extended unemployment benefits.
1099s the Easy Way
Prepare, E-Deliver, and E-File All of Your 1099-MISC forms in 30 Minutes or Less If you’re sick of the hassle and costs of preparing, printing, mailing, and filing 1099 forms consider Track1099. This is a Web application that integrates with accounting software (QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, Intacct, and others) to automatically import all of your vendor details. [...]
QuickBooks EasySaver
One of the new features of QuickBooks 2012 is Intuit EasySaver, a service that Intuit is rolling out with the intent of saving YOU time and money when purchasing supplies and items for your business. I interviewed Parker Thomas of Intuit, who is the Senior Product Manager for EasySaver. According to Parker, most small businesses [...]
