Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Im suppose to be working with quickbooks in about a week and a half..and i have an idea of what its about. I got learning CDs and books but im confused about a lot. Does anyone else here use Quickbooks? I just wanted to get my frustration out lol
Originally Posted By DVC_dad If you don't have any accounting experience or education it's gonna be a very difficult road. IMHO it is made by a company called "Intuit"...but there is nothing intuitive about it. How about getting Quicken Home and Business to keep your checking register, and paying your employees, and sending eveything to a CPA once a month. Is that an option?
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Nope. He apparently needs QuickBooks, and i have to help him with it. It for his business and if I can do this, its a big job opportunity for me...making a lot more than what im making now!!!
Originally Posted By Labuda I don't use it, but just want to wish you the best of luck, Brianna! You're a smart young lady, I know you'll figure it out!
Originally Posted By velo I use QB everyday. It is a good, low-cost solution to computerized accounting for small businesses. I don't believe that Quicken can do payroll, and QB does (altho there is a yrly fee - it provides you with tax updates). I will say that the manual tht comes with QB has gotten better in answering any questions you might have. Prior to the 2006 version it was useless, IMHO. I recommend you read thru the manual and make sure you understand what's being said. Are you supposed to set up the system? Because unless you do have some accounting in your background it might be better to have some help setting it up (it's very important to know what a chart of accounts is, what a P&L is and what a balance sheet and Trial balance are). It's a pretty forgiving software but it's really important to know basic concepts of accounting in any case. That said, I still have my hair-pulling moments with it, lol (I still don't think it was written by accountants). But that happens with any software.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I feel your pain. I do accounting and I now use Quickbooks Accountant Version. I used a program called One-Write Plus for 13 years and loved it. I have had a few issues with QB and I have wanted to pull out my hair or break something quite a few times!
Originally Posted By velo I've never used One-Write, altho I know people who have and they loved it. I've used MAS90, SBT, Champion, and PeachTree. SBT was my fav but that was back in the DOS days- I haven't worked on the Windows version.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<I don't believe that Quicken can do payroll>>> Quicken for Home and Business CAN do payroll and does it quite well, youust have to add the download called Quick Pay. In fact the module for payroll is very simliar to QuickPay, with the exception that Quick Pay is much more simple. Same thing, you buy an annual subscription to the fed and state tax tables. Anyway, I have used both, and have in the end chosen Quicken Home and Bizz, plus a CPA service. I will admit, I have not used the latest version of QB, but I can't imagine it has changed that much in the last 4 years or so. Also, I am somewhat lazy, and it's just easier to upload everything to my accountant at the end of each month.
Originally Posted By velo well, I am the accountant (not a CPA tho) so I'd be uploading everything to myself, lol. I work for a mid-size business and so the Pro Version works better for us. They have made some improvements over the older versions, however I'm still wishing for better reports. It IS nice that computerized payroll can be so in-house now vs. years ago.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Not an accountant, but ive been doing a ton of research trying to figure out what everything is. i got the official learning program from intuit and also the guide for dummies. And of course, LP so I can rant about how much I hate it lol. Yes I am setting it upo for someone and probably maintaining it as well as secretarial duties. Thanks for the nice thoughts Labuda Thanks for believing in me cuz this is looking harder and harder lol Actuakly no, its starting to look quite easy with this learning program...only having problems determining what to do about start dates!
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 <<well, I am the accountant (not a CPA tho) so I'd be uploading everything to myself, lol.>> Ditto. I do accounting for over 30 companies. I do like QB payroll service, for the most part. Their reports do leave alot to be desired though IMO.
Originally Posted By avromark I find it funny, I had Quicken pre-installed on my computer, took accounting (Using Simply Accounting) yet I use Money myself (an outdated version i've been using for ages). Guess i'm behind the times. I just realized that the percentage of my pay that goes towards media (games/movies/tv series/books) is more then the "average" person in my riding (political boundary) makes. Oopsy? Guess that's why I need 2 jobs huh?
Originally Posted By avromark Work in an 'ospital and work by a bunch of equipment that's sized somewhere between 1U and 4U. What do you do? I used to process loans, i've sold Kitchen Appliances, I've been a hockey official, i've worked at a Retail Design boutique, done account management, took groceries out for people... You?
Originally Posted By beamerdog I use quickbooks for the business trust fund only. It doesn't have to do too much, so it's pretty easy for me.
