Spring is a good time to clean up and slim down QuickBooks and its data. Depending on your location, you’re probably starting to see early signs of spring. The nicer weather and signs of new life seem to make people want to spruce up their surroundings. Now would be a good time, too, to clean up your accounting environment. Some of your screens may be unnecessarily cluttered. … [Read more...] about Does This Icon Make Me Look Fat?
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February 2013 Business Due Dates
February 11 - Non-Payroll Taxes File Form 945 to report income tax withheld for 2012 on all non-payroll items. This due date applies only if you deposited the tax for the year in full and on time. February 11 - Social Security, Medicare and Withheld Income Tax File Form 941 for the fourth quarter of 2012. This due date applies only if you deposited the tax for the quarter in … [Read more...] about February 2013 Business Due Dates
Use QuickBooks’ Tools — and Common Sense Procedures — To Prevent Financial Fraud
You work hard for your money. Strong internal controls can keep it from disappearing unnecessarily. You trust your employees or you wouldn’t have hired them. That’s what everyone says as they watch a valued staff member being hauled off in handcuffs. But I trusted him. Whether your accounting tasks are done on one PC or you have multiple users working on different screens, … [Read more...] about Use QuickBooks’ Tools — and Common Sense Procedures — To Prevent Financial Fraud
January 2013 Business Due Dates
January 15 - Employer’s Monthly Deposit Due If you are an employer and the monthly deposit rules apply, January 15 is the due date for you to make your deposit of Social Security, Medicare and withheld income tax for December 2012. This is also the due date for the nonpayroll withholding deposit for December 2012 if the monthly deposit rule applies. employment tax deposits … [Read more...] about January 2013 Business Due Dates
Is 2013 The Year You Finally Go Mobile With Financial Data?
Using QuickBooks Mobile, you’ll improve business relations, put out fires before they start and unchain yourself from your office computer. There are only a few reasons why you wouldn’t be using QuickBooks Mobile on your smartphone. Maybe you don’t have a smartphone. Or when you’re out of the office, you don’t want to be available for accounting work. Or you might not … [Read more...] about Is 2013 The Year You Finally Go Mobile With Financial Data?