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QuickBooks: Online Backups

Whether you are looking to backup just your QuickBooks file, all your documents or your whole computer, options are many, but online backup solutions need to be in your repertoire. Online backup services are now mainstream…

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QuickBooks Online: A Bad Week For Intuit

Between March 22, 2011 and March 25, many of Intuit’s online services, including QuickBooks Online, some payment services and payroll systems were down for pretty much 3 business days, paralyzing a large number of small businesses. As you may…

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QuickBooks Accountant Copy: Don’t Bother

The QuickBooks Accountant Copy is a great concept on paper, but a hindrance in real life. Nowadays, there are much more elegant and efficient ways to coordinate your work with your CPA, tax adviser or bookkeeper. If your CPA asks you for an Accountant Copy, I recommend…

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Intuit’s 401k – An In

Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, recently entered the 401k market and is getting some good traction. Why is it worth noting? After all, there are hundreds of 401k providers out there and most are investment institutions with much better financial pedigrees…

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How to Select a Scanner for Document Management

Scanners have two broad applications: scanning documents and scanning pictures. This being a bookkeeping blog, the focus will be on document management. Paperless is the word of the day and scanners are becoming an increasingly important tool in most businesses…

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Migrating between QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Enterprise

With QuickBooks, there are three distinct concepts of “upgrades”:
Moving up to a more powerful version of QuickBooks, e.g. going from QuickBooks Pro to QuickBooks Premier.
Staying within the same version of QuickBooks, but upgrading to the latest year’s software, e.g. going from QuickBooks Pro…

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ProLedge Bookkeeping Services Expand into the Houston Market

ProLedge, the largest bookkeeping services firm in Austin, TX entered the Houston market in late 2010. They now offer bookkeeping services with local Houston bookkeepers and cover the whole Houston Metro Area. Patrick Bonnaure, founder and CEO of ProLedge Bookkeeping Services stated: “Our roots are in Austin…

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