Tag: Payroll

QuickBooks 2013 R6

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2013 R6 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site, and it looks as though Intuit will push this out as an automatic update right away also, rather than a week later as is normal.  Please note that [...]

March 28, 2013 | By | 44 Replies More

Goodbye to QuickBooks 2010 Support

It’s that time of year again, Intuit’s annual “Sunset” of older versions of QuickBooks. If you are using QuickBooks 2010 then you wont’ be able to use certain services and features after May 31, 2013. I won’t editorialize (much) on why this is done of if it is a good practice, I’ll just discuss what [...]

January 14, 2013 | By | 4 Replies More

Get Online or Get Left Behind

Yeah. I said it. I know it might sting a little bit, but sometimes the truth hurts. What do I mean by this? I mean that I recently had a conversation with someone in her mid-20s (I am, at the time of writing this, only 38), and she and I agreed: We totally judge a [...]

January 11, 2013 | By | 10 Replies More

Disaster Planning – Putting a Payroll Backup Plan in Place

Issuing employee paychecks on time and accurately are two of the most important tasks that a bookkeeper or payroll clerk faces every week. Sure there are other important tasks as well; such as remitting payroll taxes to the proper agencies, completing payroll tax reconciliations, paying the company bills, and submitting invoices to your customers so [...]

December 27, 2012 | By | 12 Replies More

QuickBooks 2012 R12 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R12 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. I believe, although I can’t say for sure, that this will go out immediately as an automatic update very soon, rather than there being a week between the manual update and the automatic update. Intuit seems to be pushing out automatic [...]

December 20, 2012 | By | 8 Replies More

QuickBooks 2013 R4 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2013 R4 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. At the time I’m writing this the release is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site. I would expect this to be released as an automatic update within a week, if all goes well (unless they change [...]

December 5, 2012 | By | 48 Replies More

QuickBooks 2012 R11 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R11 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. At the time I’m writing this the release is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site. I would expect this to be released as an automatic update within a week, if all goes well. Please note that [...]

November 15, 2012 | By | 12 Replies More

Using QuickBooks Zero-Dollar Checks to Record Payroll Costs by Job and Class

See a video of Doug Sleeter demonstrating this process: If you use an outside payroll service (or payroll software from a source other than Intuit) to process your payroll, using zero-dollar checks may be the easiest way to enter job cost payroll expenses. One advantage to this method is that it does not require you [...]

October 3, 2012 | By | 13 Replies More

QuickBooks 2010 R16

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2010 R16 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. There aren’t a lot of changes here. Please note that I have not had the opportunity to check or confirm each of the issues listed here. At the time I’m writing this the release is available as a manual update from [...]

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QuickBooks Keyboard Shortcuts

Some people just hate taking their hands off of the keyboard to use the mouse. It slows you down! If you use the Windows desktop version of QuickBooks there are a lot of keyboard shortcuts that can help you work more efficiently and navigate the program without using the mouse. Some of the shortcuts even [...]

July 18, 2012 | By | 27 Replies More