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QuickBooks 2012 Inventory Notes and Item List Problems

One of the new features added to the 2012 version of QuickBooks was item notes – the ability to add a note to your item list records just as you could to many other lists in QuickBooks. Have you used that feature? Have you noticed that sometimes your notes disappear? Or, have you noticed that [...]

| May 3, 2012 | 5 Comments More

Printing Serial Numbers in Invoices with QuickBooks Advanced Inventory

Intuit added the ability to manage serial numbers in QuickBooks Enterprise V12 with the Advanced Inventory option, and I’ve had a couple of clients point out a “bug” that was frustrating them relating to editing of sales forms and this feature. Turns out it isn’t a bug, just an odd way to implement this feature. [...]

| April 26, 2012 | 4 Comments More

New QuickBooks 2012 Bounced Check Feature (and bug)

Intuit recently released QuickBooks 2012 R8 and one of the new features is a new procedure for dealing with bounced checks. Let’s take a closer look at this new feature to see what it is doing. I’ll also point out some bugs in the feature, along with workarounds. Note that this new feature will only [...]

| April 3, 2012 | 23 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

New Data Corruption Problem in QuickBooks Enterprise V12 Cost/Price Update

Early after QuickBooks Enterprise V12.0 was released there were several bugs associated with the new Auto Cost/Price Update feature, which were reported as being resolved by subsequent updates. However, just recently a new error has started to show up and this error also seems to be associated with the Auto Cost/Price Update feature.

| March 12, 2012 | 29 Comments More

Does QuickBooks 2012 Condense and Period Copy Really Work?

QuickBooks 2012 introduced some big changes in how you can condense/compress your company file. I talked about this last September in an overview article about Condense and Period Copy. Since that time there has been a lot of discussion about this feature, so I thought it would be a good time to go back and [...]

| February 16, 2012 | 34 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R6 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R6 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. The primary changes are all related to working with 1099-Misc forms. There are several changes to the mapping screen of the 1099 Wizard, and some additional reports. At the time I’m writing this, the release is available as a manual update [...]

| January 19, 2012 | 13 Comments More

QuickBooks Enhanced Inventory Receiving–Inventory Offset Problem

If you have been following this blog you know that I have some concerns with the Enhanced Inventory Receiving feature of QuickBooks Enterprise V12. Let’s take a look at another potential pitfall when using this program, relating to the Inventory Offset account.

| January 17, 2012 | 7 Comments More

New Features in Intuit PaymentNetwork

Intuit PaymentNetwork (IPN) is an excellent option for receiving customer payments via electronic check (ACH) or credit card. It is simple to use and integrates well with QuickBooks. I love to use it – ACH payments with only a $0.50 charge per transaction and no percentage! Let’s take a look at some of the improvements [...]

| January 12, 2012 | 9 Comments More

QuickBooks 1099-MISC for 2011 – A Quick Note

By now you should have heard that the IRS requirements for the 1099-MISC form for 2011 are different this time around – and that you must do something about this if you are using QuickBooks. Here is a quick overview of what you need to know.

| January 9, 2012 | 17 Comments More