You’re accustomed to money going in a certain direction, but sometimes you have to pay your customers. Here’s how it’s done. QuickBooks is very good at helping you get paid by your customers. It comes equipped with customizable invoice templates for billing customers and sales receipts for recording instant sales.
Receive Payments the Right Way in QuickBooks: Your Options How you record a customer payment in QuickBooks depends on why and how you received it. One of the reasons we like QuickBooks is because it uses language and processes that are familiar to small businesspeople. Instead of using the term
How Do You Track Jobs in QuickBooks? Part 2 In this second of a two-part series, we’ll explore how you use the job-related records you’ve created. Last month, we showed you how to start building a foundation for tracking jobs in QuickBooks. We explained that you can use the software’s
How Do You Track Jobs in QuickBooks? Part 1 If your business divides some of its work into specific jobs and you’re not tracking them individually, you’re missing out on valuable insight. Job-costing is not just for contractors. That’s probably the most common understanding of this concept in QuickBooks, but
How to Apply Finance Charges in QuickBooks You may hate to have to do it, but assessing finance charges for late payments may improve your overall cash flow. There are a myriad of ways to bring in customer payments faster and improve your cash flow. You can: Get a merchant
Estimates can be effective sales tools – if they look professional and offer attractive prices. Here’s how to create them using QuickBooks. You don’t need to be a car repair shop or an HVAC technician to present prospects and customers with estimates. In fact, there may be many times when
Paying Bills in QuickBooks: The Basics The time-consuming part’s over once you’ve entered bills in QuickBooks. Here’s how to pay them. Last month, we explained that the process of paying bills in QuickBooks requires two separate sets of actions. We went over what’s required to enter bills and to set
Nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans pay executives at some time in the future for services to be currently performed. If you participate in such a plan, or your business offers one as an employee benefit, it’s critical for everyone involved to abide by the applicable tax rules. Of course, in
How to Enter Bills in QuickBooks It’s not as much fun as creating invoices, but the bills must be paid. Here’s how QuickBooks helps. We’re in a bit of a transitional period with business bill-paying. Some paper bills still come via the U.S. Mail, however you may also be getting
Maybe QuickBooks does everything you need. But if you outgrow parts of it, don’t worry, you’ll have options. What do you do when an application you’re using stops meeting your growing needs in a specific area? You can: a.) find a workaround, b.) switch to different software, or, c.) resign
