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Quickbooks Desktop: Payroll Update

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Quickbooks Desktop: Payroll Compliance Update As of the beginning of 2019, Intuit has released a new payroll update (21901), including revised tax tables. This effects both standard and enhanced customers.  According to intuit.com, here's how to check you have the latest update in your system: To confirm that you have received the update, open QuickBooks and choose  Employees; Get Payroll Updates . If you don't see a message that says,  "You are using tax table version: 21901," click  Update .  Get complete instructions. To turn on the  automatic updates  feature in QuickBooks so that you automatically receive payroll updates when they are released, choose  Help > Update QuickBooks . On the  Options  tab, select  Yes  for Automatic Update and check the  Mark All  box to ensure that you receive all updates. If you receive disk deliveries:  The next disk delivery is scheduled for ea...

Expensive Easter? How NOT to Break the Bank This Holiday

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There's no doubt that holidays such as Christmas can put a hole in our wallets, but Easter? According to the National Retail Federation , American's who have decided to celebrate Easter this year are spending on average $152. This sets and new record and is up 4% from last year. Not in the mood to drop almost 200 dollars this weekend? Here's some things you may want to avoid to not break the bank, or your holiday spirits this Spring. #1 Food Over 87% of Americans celebrating Easter spend a majority of their budget on food. Much of this goes to the classic Easter dinner. Combined $5.8 billion nationally will be spend on food for the home for Easter 2017 . In  order to save some money on feeding your loved ones, it may be cheaper to hold a brunch instead. On average, breakfast/lunch foods do not hurt your wallet as much as a full blown dinner would. Make sure when shopping for ingredients, that you make a list and keep to it. Don't let your kids influence ...

Does Your Wallet Contain More Than you Think?

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What's in Your Wallet? That $1 may be worth more than you think We all know gold, antique coins can be traded in for more than their initial worth, but did you know about dollar bills? You could trade in those one dollar bills, that you may already have in your possession, for hundreds or thousands of dollars! Recently, CoolSerialNumbers.com has come out with a list of rare, patterned serial numbers printed on dollar bills that collectors are on the look out for and are willing to pay you for.  These include:  At least seven like numbers in a row, or even in no particular order Numbers that repeat over and over (For example, 23232323) Double Quads, which is four like numbers followed by another batch of another four like numbers Radar Repeaters, which are like numbers grouped in twos (For example, 11001100) Trailing zeros, which are any combinations that end in 00 There are also other unique serial numbers, mor...