Tag: QuickBooks
QuickBooks Sales Tax– Negative Value on Liability Report
If you are using the sales tax feature in QuickBooks then you are most likely relying on the Sales Tax Liability report to show you the total taxable sales amount for your reporting period. Sometimes, though, there can be a very confusing entry in that report, and I often get calls asking about this. People [...]
The Demise of the QuickBooks Third Party Developer?
I remember the first Intuit developer-Pro Advisor conference in San Francisco back in 2002, where I started friendships that have lasted throughout the decade. I remember meeting Bonnie Nagayama and feeling honored to meet this famous person whose name popped up all over the place; I am still honored to have such a smart friend, [...]
Improving QuickBooks Performance by Boosting RAM
I have openly been critical of Intuit’s intentional limitations of RAM for their QuickBooks products. In more than one article in this blog, I have written about the effects of these limitations on QuickBooks performance. We are all too aware that the performance of QuickBooks has always become worse as the database increases in size. [...]
Fixing QuickBooks Problems: Free Tools You Can Use
Any time that you are working with a program that runs on Microsoft Windows you have to be ready to fix odd problems that can crop up. QuickBooks is no exception – it relies on many different components and settings in Windows to work properly, and if something isn’t right then QuickBooks just won’t run [...]
Shopping for a QuickBooks Shopping Cart?
When I talk with new or potential customers, the question I get asked most is “What shopping cart should I use?” My answer is usually “It depends”. Generally I try to remain unbiased as I work with lots of different ecommerce products and try to remain “product agnostic”. In a previous article, I covered what [...]
Connecting Data Between QuickBooks and Other Applications–My Nightmare
Last summer I experienced a “data nightmare” with a QuickBooks data file. We were using QuickBooks Enterprise 12 R8 and the data file had about 5 years of transactions. The problems we encountered get to the core of what can go wrong when connecting two software systems together, but this case is specific to QuickBooks [...]
QuickBooks 2008 R11 Released
Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2008 R11 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site. I’m not sure how this will be handled as far as automatic updates. Similar to the recent QuickBooks 2009 R15 update this is an update of a retired [...]
Considerations for Converting from QuickBooks Online to Desktop
So you’ve made the decision? You really must switch from QuickBooks Online to Pro, Premier or Enterprise? You probably think I’m disappointed, but I promise, I’m not. I totally understand and I’m here to help you make the transition. As I previously mentioned, there are just some things that QuickBooks Online (QBO) can’t do that [...]
Digging In To QuickBooks PDF Issues
Another article on QuickBooks and PDF’s. This time I want to explain some “inner workings” of QuickBooks and PDF drivers that I didn’t understand before now. This will mostly be of interest to those of you who like the technical details, but it may help if you are trying to work out some technical issues [...]
Restaurant Accounting with QuickBooks: Recording Daily Sales
A restaurant’s success relies on an effective back office accounting system, and QuickBooks financial software can be a critical part of that success. QuickBooks can be used for purchasing, bill paying, tips tracking, gift certificates, cash management, time tracking, and payroll. However, restaurants that choose QuickBooks for their accounting will need to understand how to [...]
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