To start customizing QuickBooks so it works best for you, open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. As you can see, the left vertical pane contains a list of Preference types. Click on any of these to change the option screens to the right. Always click the tabs labeled My Preferences and Company Preferences to make sure you see everything that’s displayed for each […]
QBO Custom Fields and Classes
Start from the Beginning with Custom Fields You can start working with custom fields and classes at any time. They’re most effective, though, when you build them in as you’re just starting to use QBO. Let’s look at custom fields first. When we refer to “fields,” we simply mean the rectangular boxes in records and […]
Anatomy of a QuickBooks Inventory Item
If you have an item-heavy business, you need QB tools to track your inventory. Activating Inventory-Tracking Before you get started creating item records and including them in transactions, you need to make sure that QuickBooks is set up to start tracking. Open the Edit menu and click Preferences. Click Items & Inventory in the left […]
QBO Recurring Transactions
Save time and ensure that repeat transactions are processed as scheduled–use recurring transactions. Here’s how it works. Step 1: Create a template, a type of model, for each recurring transaction. To do this, simply create the transaction you want to repeat. Say it’s an invoice for a service you provide monthly to a company or […]
QuickBooks End of Year Wrap-Up
Is your annual QuickBooks wrap-up on your end of year “todo” list? Here are some of the things we suggest you fit into your busy schedule sometime this month. Create and send year-end statements. As your customers wrap up 2016, too, it’s good to send statements for past-due accounts. In an ideal […]