Have you ever seen a screen like this?
I hope not!
But if you ever do find yourself unable to open your company, or it fails when you try to do certain operations in QuickBooks, there are three possibilities for recovery:
1. Restore your last good backup. Hopefully you have one that is pretty current.
Just make sure that [...]
Last Friday, QuickBooks Online was offline for about a half day. There was quite a bit of Twitter traffic about it — people were frustrated who needed to access their books and couldn’t.
That is the downside of cloud computing: When there’s a problem with the cloud, everybody gets rained on. (Sorry, couldn’t resist that one.)
So [...]
This error showed up over the weekend. It is associated with an update that came out in AVG’s anti-virus software. This update, 271.1.1/2832 (AVG v9.0.814) falsely detects QuickBooks as being infected with a virus.
The workaround to the problem is to set up an AVG exception so that the QuickBooks folder is not scanned.
Details are on [...]
It’s tempting to let the cost of something in the past determine the choices we make in the present. But smart small businesses will make choices based on their current goals instead.
With the 2010 version, QuickBooks added a new feature called the Company Snapshot. It gives you a consolidated screen of most-important information about your company’s finances.
There are bar graphs, pie charts, and key lists of accounts. Most of them are related to income/expense trends, comparative figures for current/last year, and most important A/R and A/P accounts. [...]
QuickBooks 2010 introduced something new: a suite of optional products/services that integrate into QuickBooks. There have been 3rd party solutions available for QuickBooks for years, but the difference here is that these new products/services live on the web.
They are accessible directly within the QuickBooks application, by clicking on the App Center button. You’ll see the [...]
Thinking about upgrading either your version of Windows, or your version of QuickBooks? Make sure they are compatible.
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Nice of some companies to help us taxpayers out on April 15!
Starbucks – free coffee
Cinnabon – free cupcake bites
PF Changs – 15% off
Taco Del Mar – free taco
Maggie Moo’s – ice cream pizza sample
Have you heard of other Tax Day specials?
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I interviewed Allison Semancik, a marketing consultant in Miami, and asked her questions about marketing principles for CPAs and other professionals. This entry is the last in the series.
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Me: Email seems pretty low-tech these days, but studies indicate it still dominates business-to-business communications. Any ideas about how accountants and other professionals can do more [...]
I interviewed Allison Semancik, a marketing consultant in Miami, and asked her questions about marketing principles for CPAs and other professionals. This entry is the 3rd in the series.
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Me: What do you think some reasonable goals would be for accounting or other professionals who have a presence in social media? How would you recognize [...]
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