Ahhh. Spring is in the air. I hope you're surviving and thriving during this tax season.

This month, we're happy to announce our annual conference to be held in Las Vegas on November 9-11, 2005. Save money by registering early and getting your flights and hotel room booked. See below for details.

Our conference will be like no other event you've ever attended. We're packing it full of practical information that will help you succeed in the QuickBooks Consulting business. We'll have keynote speakers, Intuit product managers and executives, third-party developer solutions, and several practice development sessions that promise to give you new ideas and tools for success.

Las Vegas is inexpensive and lots of fun, so I hope to see all of you there.

Our 2005 QuickBooks Consultant's Conference will be November 9, 10 & 11th, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV. The conference will be held at the Tuscany Suites & Casino hotel on E. Flamingo road, two blocks off the strip. Topics for 2005 are still in the works. Intuit will be presenting a full day of product information again this year. The "Intuit Day" was very well received last year. The Tuscany Suites is a 3 year young hotel and the Sleeter Group has negotiated a guest room rate of $79. We will have more break out sessions this year covering a wide variety of topics. We are having a "Tax Season" special this year. Register for the seminar by April 30th and you will receive the early discount registration discount of $100 off AND be entered to win a free one year standard membership in the Sleeter Group Consultant's network.

Note - conference sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact us for a sponsor-exhibitor information packet.

"QuickBooks for Not-for-Profit Organizations, version 2004-2005" is on sale through the end of April. This 470 page book provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use QuickBooks in a Not-for-Profit environment. Published by The Sleeter Group and written by Christine L. Manor, CPA, the Not-for-Profit book will help your organization use QuickBooks properly and provide management with the data needed to make informed decisions. The book includes methods for setting up and using QuickBooks in a Not-for-Profit organization, addressing the needs of management, boards of directors, grantors, and the IRS Form 990. From how to handle grants and contracts, to managing proposals, tracking funding sources, recording in-kind transactions, bank reconciliations, allocations, budgets, and restricted funds, this book has everything you need to get up and running with QuickBooks. Also included is an expanded section on Reports & Graphs.

Place your order by 4/30/05 and pay only $49. After this date, regular price for the Not-for-Profit book will be $59.

Questions? Call us toll free at 888-484-5484 (M-F, 9-5 PM, PST).

At The Sleeter Group, we are always looking for new tools to help accountants and their clients. To that end, we have recently partnered with the Fidelio Internet Telephone Company to provide a revolutionary new product.

The Fidelio product is the ultimate client support tool for accountants and consultants who provide software support services to clients using a windows-based PC. It looks like a telephone, but it’s much more than that. It has integrated software that provides desktop sharing, file transfer, address book, voice-mail and conference calling, all included with the service. The device/service is priced at $19.00 per month and it plugs into any desktop or laptop PC via the USB port.

This is a revolutionary product. If both you and your clients use the service, you can call them, share their desktop (or have them share yours), transfer files between computers (no email delay or upload/download delay), conference call, and send/receive voicemail, all for such a small monthly fee. No per minute charges, no voicemail charges, no long distance, no desktop sharing fees, it’s all included. Oh, and by the way, you can also use it to call regular telephone lines at a fraction of the cost of most long distance plans. For example, if I call the UK from anywhere in the US, the cost is 2.7 cents per minute. But if they have a Fidelio, it’s FREE.

Not only are the calls free, but all of the integrated software makes the device an incredible tool for quickly, efficiently, and easily supporting clients. We’ve used the device with one of our international clients who have offices in North Carolina, Belize, and two Bahamas Islands. The clients travel with the phones and wherever they are, all they need to do is find an Internet connection, plug in their Fidelio phone, and start calling. Since I support them from California, I can talk with them and control their software and transfer their data files to my computer, all from my office, for free.

This technology is a big step forward for anyone who wants to reduce their telephone costs while providing superior support options for their clients. Read more about it on our web site or contact us today.

Our most popular QuickBooks manual is on sale through the end of April! The Consultant’s Reference Guide is available in two formats; printed book and on CD ROM (Adobe Acrobat). This 575 page detailed reference manual provides troubleshooting techniques designed to help you diagnose and quickly fix problems in your client's QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro files. The CD ROM allows you to use advanced search features of Adobe Acrobat. Buy either the E book (PDF on CD ROM) or printed book for $20 off!

Doug Sleeter will speak at three sessions at the AICPA Tech Conference in Las Vegas NV. The conference will be held June 26-29, 2005 at the Bellagio Hotel.

The Sleeter Group has a unique opportunity to provide a $100 discount to clients who register to attend the Conference. To register, go to www.cpa2biz.com/conferences or call 877-777-7077 and use the coupon code “PEER” to receive your discount. This discount cannot be combined with any other discount. AICPA conferences are known for their top rated speakers, timely program agendas, interactive workshops, practical training, first-rate materials, and excellent networking opportunities.