In This Issue

Last Chance to Attend a Sleeter Group Seminar this Fall
Need Answers to Your QuickBooks Questions?
The Sleeter Group's 2001-2002 Conference Video Series Sale
Understanding QuickBooks Cash Reports
Consultant of the Month: Patricia Carson
Want to Get Published?
Consultant's Corner: Websites - Why and How
Sleeter Group's College Textbook for 2002 Now Available

Don't miss your last opportunity in 2002 to attend a Sleeter Group Seminar. Our final locations include 7 cities from coast to coast. We offer expert level workshops for Accounting Professionals on QuickBooks Technology and Managing your Practice. Our seminar topics are guaranteed to make you more efficient in your QuickBooks Consulting business. That is why Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, endorses our seminars. For complete details visit our seminar web pages at www.sleeter.com/seminars

Visit The Sleeter Group's "Knowledge Base" or "Online Forums" for FREE answers to your QuickBooks questions. Our Knowledge Base has hundreds of Q&A sessions that we have had with our clients and QuickBooks consultants over the last nine years. The topics are searchable by category or key words. Or try our Online Forums where you can submit your question in an open forum situation. We also recommend that you visit Find a Consultant and search for a Sleeter Group Certified Consultant in your area. Sleeter Group consultants pass The Sleeter Group's rigorous QuickBooks exam and are certified to assist you with your QuickBooks needs.

Announcing The Sleeter Group's 2001-2002 Conference Video Series Sale

Our 3 Day Conference on Video Tape Series is available at a special sale price. The self study product offers 17-CPE credits through NASBA. Extra CPE Exams are available for purchase for your staff. This is a great way to learn expert QuickBooks Technology topics without leaving the office. The Series comes with complete seminar manuals and a special 2002 review and supplement. For complete details visit the Sleeter Group Store.

Understanding QuickBooks Cash Basis Reports

By Doug Sleeter and Joe Woodard

One of the best features of QuickBooks is that it does not lock you in to the Cash or Accrual Basis. This means you can use accrual basis reports throughout the year for management information, and use cash basis reports for preparing your taxes. This doesn't mean QuickBooks keeps two sets of books; it just means that QuickBooks removes unreceived income and unpaid expenses from your reports. It also adds income and expenses from last year that were received or paid during the current year.

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Consultant's Corner by Joe Woodard   Websites - Why and How It is critical that your clients and prospects think of you as knowledgeable, professional, and innovative. Certain factors come immediately to mind: your educational credentials, your word-of-mouth reputation, your attention to deadlines and filing dates, the thoroughness of the annual interviews with clients. But another factor that may come into play is your use of the latest technology tools. First faxes and now PC's have become staples in almost any office. But with the advent of the Internet another tool is available that can reflect the progressive nature of your company: your own personalized website. Today, having a web address can be as important as having a phone number. It can provide a 24-hour doorway for your clients or prospects to contact you, to learn more about your business, and to provide them with valuable information. The Internet is here to stay. More and more people are coming to rely upon it as a way to keep up with news, to communicate with others, and to research topics of interest. With the increasing focus on the Internet, the key for us as professionals is to find an effective way to harness it. A personalized website is a fundamental cornerstone of this. But what characteristics should such a website possess? <Read more>

Patricia Carson
Carson & Crew
618 Blossom Hill Rd. Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95123
phone: 408-284-1000
fax: 408-284-4224
email: pat@carsoncrew.com
website: www.carsoncrew.com

Carson & Crew, established in 1977, works with small businesses to ease the bookkeeping burden and make the accounting software respond to your business needs. Pat has a BA in Accounting and is a QuickBooks Certified Pro Advisor. She has extensive experience in converting other accounting programs and data to QuickBooks. Her practice covers the south Bay Area, currently with a staff of three. They specialize in on-site and outsourced bookkeeping, web accounting, one-on-one training and consultation.

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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.

The Sleeter Group newsletter editors are seeking content from QuickBooks professionals who would like to be published on The Sleeter Group Web site and in The Sleeter Group Newsletter. Do you have some great tips, tricks, workarounds that QuickBooks end users, or QuickBooks consultants would be interested in? If you do, submit an article for our review. If we feel it meets the criteria we are looking for, we will publish it. This is a fantastic way to demonstrate your expertise and meet new clients. So if you are interested, please let us know. You do not need to be a Sleeter Group Consultant to submit your article. Please send us the following information to webmaster@sleeter.com:

Your name
Your email
Your phone number
A brief description of what the article discusses
The actual text of the article itself

We will review your submission and contact you regarding publishing.