Product Registration Tip

I have not been a huge fan of the  QuickBooks® registration process ever since version 10, when it became necessary to use an Intuit log in to register the product.  As Intuit Solution Providers we are able to order product for our clients and have it pre-registered, which means we get the validation codes with […]

Custom Reporting And QuickBooks® Enterprise 2011

We are very excited about one of the new features in QuickBooks® Enterprise 2011!  We haven’t really seen anything written about it yet so we thought we might as well take the opportunity to do so.  The Intuit Press Release “ QuickBooks® 2011 Saves Small Businesses Time in the Back Office” mentions most of the new […]

Credit Card Security Standards And QuickBooks®

If you process or store credit card information within your QuickBooks® file you must have secure passwords for your users.  This is to ensure that you are in compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS). QuickBooks® facilitates this compliance; however, there are additional steps outside of QuickBooks® you and your business will need to […]

Intuit GoPayment

There is a great tool for businesses that have sales or service people out in the field and need to take payments; it’s called Intuit GoPayment.  This tool allows anyone with a subscription to process all major credit card payments right from their web enabled mobile phone.  There is even an optional blue-tooth credit card […]

QuickBooks® – Pay For Items When You Order Them

We recently converted one of our clients from a different accounting system; where things are done quite a bit different than they are in QuickBooks®.  Once we got them up and running, they went off on their merry way.  It wasn’t long however, before we realized that we need to spend a little time on training.  […]

Auto Numbering In Fishbowl

There are times when auto numbering is a very convenient thing to have, but there are other times when it creates trouble that we really don’t need. One of these times is when we have two departments that utilize different numbering schemes for their sales orders. One department is happily moving along entering sales orders […]

Multiple List Entries, I See A Future For It!

A data migration issue was brought to our attention one day last week. We were bringing data from Macola over to QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10. All seemed well after verification, however, we realized something was amiss. When setting up the Vendor in QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10, you MUST put the Company Name on line one of the […]