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Printable Version
Issue: July 2002: The Desktop Accountant

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The Desktop Accountant
QuickBooks® Tips for Accountants,
Consultants and Power Users
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| Doug Sleeter, Editor |
July 2002
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Just
Released!
New
Consultant's Reference Guide for Version 2002 with over 700 pages.
Learn More
About the Ultimate
Reference Guide for QuickBooks Consultants here!
Note: If you preordered your book,
it will be arriving soon.
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Join
us in Maui for our August seminar.
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Want to Learn
About Intuit's Plans for the Non-Profit Sector?
Janice Groth, Director of Public Sector
Strategy, Intuit Inc., will be speaking at the San
Francisco M&M seminar on July 24th.
Jan was formerly President of American
Fundware, Inc. She has nineteen years of experience in the software
industry focusing on the needs of the not for profit and governmental
sectors of the economy. Jan will be speaking about Intuit's purchase of
American Fundware, why they bought the company, what their plans are for
going forward as well as a quick overview of their product, Intuit FundWare.
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In This Issue
When Client Cancels the Accountant's Review Copy
Consultant of the Month
On-line Forums and More
Consultant's Corner
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When Client Cancels the
Accountant's Review Copy
By Douglas Sleeter and
Joe Woodard
When the client creates an accountant's review copy
of their data file, it restricts them from performing certain tasks, for
example modifying lists. Since this frustrates many clients, they often
choose to cancel accountant's review copy.
If your client cancels accountant's review copy,
it will effectively orphan the changes you make and
send back to them in the AIF file.
Background: When the accountant is working with
the accountant's review copy and then exports changes for client,
QuickBooks creates a file (with an AIF extension) containing the
journal entries that the accountant created and that are to be imported
into the client's data file (their QBW file). This AIF file is nearly
the same as an IIF file except that it contains some special information
that specifies the company file into which it can be imported. This special
information is stored on the top two lines of the AIF file.
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more>
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Consultant of the Month
Jan Tartoni
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Small
Business Specialists
3090 Brickhouse Ct.
Virginia Beach , VA 23452
Phone: 757-631-0267
Fax: 757-631-1520
email: jan@sbsvb.com
Jan is a highly recognized and respected
QuickBooks training and support professional. She has assisted numerous
clients to realize the full potential of their QB software and designed
systems to simplify their record keeping which simplified their lives.
She will even take the full burden of your record keeping from you while
you maintain management control over your system. <Read
more>
To find a Sleeter Group Certified Consultant
in your area, visit www.sleeter.com
and click "Find a Certified QuickBooks Consultant" on our home
page.
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Have you used The Sleeter Group's new website?
If you haven't already, check out the following:
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Consultant's
Forums - For our Sleeter Group Consultants Network members, this
is an open forum to discuss consulting questions, business building
ideas, and anything else you want to discuss among the group.
Visit often to hear our latest news, and our latest
tips.
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Consultant's
Corner
by Joe
Woodard
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Conducting a Profitable QuickBooks
Setup Engagement
One of the most common QuickBooks engagements
we perform is the setup of our client's QuickBooks data file. This
setup includes installing the software, configuring the Chart of
Accounts and other lists, and entering opening balances. The engagement
also commonly involves setting up inventory, sales tax and payroll.
Though this engagement sounds very straightforward, the condition
of the businesses' financial information and their unique reporting
and bookkeeping needs can complicate the setup, making it very time
consuming and unprofitable.
Below are some strategies for protecting yourself
from under-billing the setup engagement:
- Conduct a thorough interview before you begin
work on the client's setup. Asking questions about their use of
Inventory Items, Sales Tax Items, and Payroll (including how many
people the company employs) will help you to project the amount
of time required to perform the setup engagement.
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more>
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Other News from The Sleeter Group
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Seminar
Schedule for 2002!
The Sleeter Group will present 49 seminars
in 30 cities during 2002. Visit our website to view a schedule
of locations and dates. Then, plan to attend when we will be in a town
near you, or join us for our Special 2002 location in Maui during August.
Let us keep you up-to-date annually with what you need to know about
QuickBooks Technology and Managing and Marketing your Practice. It is
our way of “Helping You Help Small Businesses!” For complete details
visit our website.
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