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Creating a Purchase Order in QuickBooks
A purchase order serves a simple purpose: It tells some vendor that you want to purchase some item. In fact, a purchase order is a contract to purchase. [more…]
What Is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)?
Limited liability companies (LLCs) have been generating a lot of buzz in the news lately — and for good reason: where the corporation fails, the LLC prevails. [more…]
Recording a Sales Receipt with QuickBooks Simple Start
You record a sales receipt when a customer pays you in full for the goods or services at the point of sale. Sales receipts work similarly to regular invoiced sales [more…]
How to Succeed in Your Home-Based Business
Although no one can guarantee that your home-based business will bring you the fame and fortune you hope it will, if you work hard, price your products and services right, and keep your customers satisfied [more…]
Obtaining a Liquor License for Your Bar
Every bar that serves liquor must have a license to do so. Different agencies regulate the process in different states. Make sure you start the process of getting your license early in the timeline of [more…]
Planning Your Basic Bar Drink Menu
Most bars are fully stocked bars, so patrons can order their favorite cocktails, such as a gin and tonic, Crown and Coke, or margarita. But many bar owners create specialized drink menus to steer patrons [more…]
QuickBooks Simple Start: Backing Up, the Quick and Dirty Way
You're busy. You don't have time to fool around. You just want to do a passable job of backing up, and you've decided how often you plan to do it. Sound like your situation? Then follow these steps: [more…]
Setting Up a Customer List in QuickBooks
In QuickBooks, a Customer List keeps track of all your customers and your customer information. For example, the Customer List keeps track of billing addresses and shipping addresses for customers. Follow [more…]
Fixing Invoice Mistakes with QuickBooks 2005
You use the QuickBooks invoice form to bill customers for the goods that you sell. No one is perfect, so you don't need to get worked up over mistakes that you make while entering information in invoices [more…]
Creating a Job Estimate with QuickBooks 2005
QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier have a feature that's very interesting for businesses that do jobs or projects for their customers: contractors, consultants, engineers, architects, and so on. QuickBooks [more…]
Handling Payroll with QuickBooks 2003
If you want to use QuickBooks for payroll because you want to save money, aren't scared of a little paperwork, or maybe want the extra flexibility that comes with doing it yourself, you need to sign up [more…]
Running through the Setup Interview for QuickBooks Simple Start
After you know what entity form your business will use and have the QuickBooks Simple Start software installed, you're ready to set up the QuickBooks data file. The data file is the container that QuickBooks [more…]
Making a Checking Account Deposit with QuickBooks 2005
You can't write checks unless you deposit some money in your checking account. You didn't know that? Well, the next time you're taking your exercise in the prison yard, give it some serious thought. From [more…]
Small Business Ownership: How and When to Write Formal Contracts
Business contracts outline important agreements you (or your business) enter into with others. If you own a small business, you should familiarize yourself with writing a good agreement, or contract. Sure [more…]
Developing a Personal Code of Ethics for Consulting
Ethics are important for anyone in business. They're particularly important to consultants because of the high level of trust that organizations grant them and because of the access that many consultants [more…]
Using Audit Trails in QuickBooks
If you decide to allow multiple users access to the QuickBooks data file, you may want to turn on the QuickBooks Audit Trail feature. The Audit Trail feature lets you keep a record of who makes what changes [more…]
Batch-Printing Invoices with Quickbooks 2006
If you want to print invoices in a batch in QuickBooks 2006, you need to mark the To Be Printed check box that appears in the lower-left corner of the Create Invoices window. This check mark tells QuickBooks [more…]
Recording Your Bills with QuickBooks 2003
When a bill comes in, the first thing to do is record it. You can record bills through the Enter Bills window or the Accounts Payable register. If you plan to track bills by expense and item, you need [more…]
Avoiding Dreadful Marketing Ideas
The following marketing landmines masquerade as quick fixes. When the business chips are down, each of these worst ideas pops up to look like a good solution. Don't be fooled. Make sure every new idea [more…]
Keeping Track of Customer Payments in QuickBooks 2003
If your customers don't always pay you up-front for their purchases, you need to record another type of payment — the ones that customers make to pay off or pay down what you've invoiced them. To record [more…]
Understanding Zoning, Licensing, and Permits
No matter which governments — federal, state, or local — have jurisdiction in your particular place of business, you can bet that they all have something to say about how, when, and where you can — and [more…]
The Birth of the Limited Liability Company (LLC)
The limited liability company (LLC) didn't come out of nowhere. Business entities with the same characteristics as LLCs have been around for many years. The origin of LLCs can be traced back to the Germans [more…]
Installing QuickBooks 2003 in Ten Easy Steps
If you haven't already installed QuickBooks, get it over with right now:
1. Turn on the PC.
Find and flip on the computer's power switch.
If you're installing QuickBooks on a computer running Windows NT, [more…]
Producing Radio Ads to Promote Your Business
In 30 or 60 seconds, a good radio ad grabs attention, involves a listener, sounds believable, creates a mental picture, spins a story, calls for action, and manages to keep the product on center stage [more…]
Retrieving QuickBooks 2006 Data You've Backed Up
What happens if you lose all your QuickBooks 2006 data? Okay, you might have one or two problems, but you can probably blame PC gremlins for those. If the disaster that caused you to lose your data also [more…]
