by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting, Business, Employment Law, Tax
It’s Going Down for Real – Sales/Use Tax That Is! That’s right. You heard it here! Sales and Use tax is going DOWN! What? The statewide sales and use tax rate in California is decreasing effective 1/1/17 by 0.25% (down from 7.50% to 7.25%). Be...
by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting
We’ll be ringing in the New Year soon. Will you have wrapped up your 2015 finances by then? There’s something very satisfying about turning our calendars to January. It always feels like a fresh start. We resolve to develop new, better ways of using our work and...
by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting
Preserve your relationships with customers, vendors, and others by setting up reminders in QuickBooks. How many calendars do you maintain? Many businesspeople have more than one. Maybe you use a web-based or desktop application like Google Calendar or Outlook for...
by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting
If you sell services to your customers, you’ll need to understand how to use QuickBooks’ time-tracking features. Small businesses that sell products have to do a constant balancing act. Keep too much inventory on hand, and you’re sitting on potential...
by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting
Getting paid by your customers in a timely fashion is one of the biggest challenges of being a business owner. QuickBooks can help in several ways. You’re meeting your sales goals. Keeping inventory balanced. Making sure that every billable hour gets invoiced....
by Genevieve Maiorana | Accounting
It’s probably one of your favorite QuickBooks activities. Be sure you understand the mechanics of recording payments. There are numerous ways to prioritize your workday. Do the most difficult things first. Get important phone calls out of the way. Respond to...
