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QuickBooks 2011 R10 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2011 R10 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. Lots of little bug fixes and changes. 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 the [...]

| April 19, 2012 | 11 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R8 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R8 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This is another major update for the 2012 product, with a long list of changes. 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 [...]

| March 29, 2012 | 17 Comments More

Expanding Your Business with QuickBooks Integrated Applications

It seems like with all the features that QuickBooks includes, there are still gaps in functionality for some industries and specific businesses. As a QuickBooks Consultant, how do we address these issues? Sometimes it is by using a work around in QuickBooks alone, but what about when that is not enough? That is when an [...]

| March 21, 2012 | 3 Comments More

QuickBooks 2010 R15 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2010 R15 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This update has just a couple of changes for payroll and payment solutions. 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 [...]

| March 2, 2012 | 0 Comments More

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 [...]

| February 20, 2012 | 1 Comment More

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.

| January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment More

QuickBooks Payroll – How to Adjust W-2s to Report Shareholder’s Health Insurance

When S-Corporation shareholders (those who own more than 2% of the company shares) are covered by the company health insurance plan (or a long-term care plan), the IRS specifies that the benefit is reported in box 14 on their W-2. Let’s take a look at how to handle this using QuickBooks payroll.

| December 29, 2011 | 24 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R5 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R5 update to the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. There are quite a few changes here, ranging from minor and cosmetic issues all the way up to some major changes. There are some important changes to permissions and data access as well as some fixes for tricky issues in Enterprise price/cost [...]

| December 13, 2011 | 6 Comments More

QuickBooks 2010 R14 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2010 R14 update to the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. There aren’t a lot of changes this time. From what I see, if you aren’t using an Intuit payroll product, there isn’t a big reason to go through the hassles of updating this in most businesses.

| November 23, 2011 | 8 Comments More

QuickBooks 2011 R9 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2011 R9 update for the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. This is an update that some people have been anxiously waiting for. It has been a long time coming, and the list of fixes is fairly extensive.  You may remember, last June Intuit released QuickBooks 2011 R7, and then very quickly [...]

| November 17, 2011 | 22 Comments More