Even if you’ve been using QuickBooks Online for a long time, it’s good to step back and evaluate your actions. Reconcile accounts regularly. One of QuickBooks Online’s (QBO) most useful features is its ability to connect to your financial institution’s websites and download cleared transactions. QBO also offers tools to help you keep your accounts […]
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What Is Reasonable Compensation?
For small businesses formed as an S Corporation and with plenty of profits, reasonable compensation is a term you may want to be familiar with. Many small businesses have organized as an S Corporation form of entity. In many cases, the S Corp election allows a business owner to save money on self-employment taxes, especially […]
Check Writing in QuickBooks Desktop
Online banking may get all the headlines, but many small businesses still prefer paper checks. Once you’ve recorded a bill in Enter Bills, you need to visit the Pay Bills screen to dispatch a check. The image above shows the bottom of that screen. Other examples here include: Issuing paychecks (click the Pay Employees icon), Submitting payroll […]
Five Ways to Streamline Your Payroll Process
For business owners with employers, payroll is a necessary task that can slow your day and tie you down if you let it. If you’re looking for a way to make payroll less time-consuming, here are five ideas you can put to good use: Employee Onboarding If you hire a lot, empower your new hires […]
Receiving Payments in QuickBooks Online (QBO)
It’s one of our favorite activities in QuickBooks Online: recording money that comes in. Are you doing it right? Receive payment on an invoice When payment comes in on an invoice, you can get to the right screens in any of several ways. Click the + (plus) sign in the upper right corner. Under Customers, […]