Sometimes things just don’t go well—files get messed up, computers crash. But don’t worry—it’s easy to get QuickBooks going again. Setting up backup for your company file The first thing you’ve got to do is set up your backup preferences. Here’s … [Read more...]
About Liz Hamill Scott
Liz Hamill Scott is the newest member of the QuickBooks for Mac team, but she's no stranger to QuickBooks. For the last few years, Liz has used QuickBooks for Mac to track the many expenses she incurs as a travel, food, and lifestyle writer. The author of The Imperfect Traveler's Guide to Traveling With Pain, five Moon Handbook travel guides to California and numerous magazine, newspaper, and blog articles, Liz loves advocating for travelers with hidden disabilities and takes the business of being a sole proprietor seriously. You can find Liz on the web at travelswithpain.com. See all of Liz's articles
Batch Invoicing: Speed Up Your Billing – Coming Soon!
September 25, 2012 by
Do you ever need to bill a bunch of customers for exactly the same products and services, all at the same time? With batch invoicing, you can create an invoice once, then send it out to a group of customers—even if they've got different tax … [Read more...]
QuickBooks for Mac 2013 User’s Guide
August 24, 2012 by
The QuickBooks for Mac 2013 User's Guide, Version 2 is here! We've added info about how to use our new-and-improved Reconcile feature, plus instructions on backing up and restoring backed up company files. To download Version 2, click the link … [Read more...]
QuickBooks and your business: Farm, ranch, or other agriculture business
April 2, 2012 by
[Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles we'll be publishing about using QuickBooks for Mac for specific types of businesses. Stay tuned for more articles in this series. - Shelly King, Managing Editor] When you spend your days … [Read more...]
What’s in Your Check Number Field?
January 23, 2012 by
I bet you already know that QuickBooks for Mac records most of the bills you enter and pay as “checks,” regardless of whether we’re actually writing out checks, paying a contractor with PayPal, whipping out your debit card, or forking over a fistful … [Read more...]
Managing the changes for 1099s in QuickBooks 2009 and earlier: Part 2
January 4, 2012 by
Managing the changes for 1099s in QuickBooks 2009 and earlier Did you pay some of your 1099 vendors with a mix of checks, credit card, electronic funds transfer, debit card, PayPal, and direct deposits--that is, both reportable and … [Read more...]
WebConnect vs. DirectConnect
December 28, 2011 by
QuickBooks for Mac offers two ways to hook up your accounting to your accounts—WebConnect and DirectConnect. Whichever of these you choose, you’ll save tons of time because you won’t be entering all those transactions by hand. You'll be downloading … [Read more...]
Managing the 2011 tax year 1099 changes manually in QuickBooks
December 15, 2011 by
For tax year 2011 the IRS has changed the 1099-MISC reporting requirements. We've got a manual process that will help you sort out what you need to report, what you don't need to report, and how to make sure that the right amounts get onto the … [Read more...]
Account registers: Save time, see everything
December 14, 2010 by
As a freelance writer, I thought my accounting would be simple. After all, I’m a service provider—an editor calls, I write a story, the editor pays me. I don’t really need to fool with account registers, right? Wrong. My account registers are some … [Read more...]
Tax Time: Working with Forms 1099 and 1096
November 29, 2010 by
When tax time looms large, it’s easy to freak out—suddenly you remember that on top of all the other tasks you must complete, you need to print and send out 1099-MISC forms for all your contract service vendors. Form 1099s need to go in to the IRS, … [Read more...]
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