Each time I reconcile a client’s bank or credit account, there are inevitably going to be transactions where I am not sure where to book them. Some examples of transactions where a bookkeeper may be unsure where to book them are: Amazon, Walmart, Target, Other E-Commerce purchases: Lots of different types of items can be
Read MoreOpen Quickbooks desktop and click on the Lists menu and select Payroll Item List. Note: If payroll is not turned on in your Quickbooks file, then you will not see the Payroll Item List selection. You will need to create a new payroll item for the employee deduction portion of an employee’s health insurance plan,
Read MoreOpen Quickbooks desktop and click on the Lists menu and select Payroll Item List. Note: If payroll is not turned on in your Quickbooks file, then you will not see the Payroll Item List selection. You will need to create a new payroll item for the employer contribution match portion of an employee’s Health Savings
Read MoreOffering Health Insurance benefits through your company payroll can be an attractive benefit to obtain and retain employees, however the bookkeeping for BOTH health insurance paycheck deductions and company contributions is something that has to be monitored quite continuously, even if your do not alter any wages during the year. This is because the cost
Read MoreNote: This article assumes you do NOT have the “Automatically apply bill payments” setting turned on in your QuickBooks company settings. If one of your vendors currently has a credit (negative) balance in your books, then let’s create a new bill and then apply this open credit balance to it: Find your vendor (with the
Read MoreThere are different ways of viewing a report in QuickBooks Online that will show open vendor liability and credit balances. Please note: Your QuickBooks Online subscription may prevent you from having access to certain reports. So let’s begin: Go To>Reports>Reports Scroll down to the section under “What you owe” Click on Unpaid Bills Note: when
Read MoreThis article addresses the bookkeeping maintenance of a typical cash loan, mortgage or line of credit account. It does NOT address the maintenance of credit card accounts. Updating and reconciling a loan account is just as important as maintaining your bank and credit card accounts in your bookkeeping records. I say this because so many
Read MoreThere are different ways of handling the issue of writing off open Accounts Receivables due to customers not paying you for whatever reasons. This issue can also be resolved differently if you are an accrual or cash basis tax filer and also if the Accounts Receivables to be written off (to a Bad Debt Expense
Read MoreWhen you process an overall company health financial statement such as the Profit & Loss or a Balance Sheet, you may find inaccurate balances due to the fact that your Accounts Receivables and Payables need attention. In my experience, it can be quite common to see a business owner disregard the value of each detailed
Read MoreHere are instructions to receive a customer overpayment then issue a check refund for the resulting credit balance using QuickBooks Desktop. Note: This is not the same as creating a credit memo. Menu: Go to Customers>Receive Payments. Choose the customer in the “Received From” field. Fill in the Payment Amount. Be sure to choose an
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