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NV Sales Tax News

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Today I'll focus on a Nevada Specific Topic. Electronic Payment Required for Tax Payments of $10,000 and Over. Passage of Senate Bill 517 by the 2007 Nevada Legislature amends Chapter 353 of the NRS to require that, effective July 1, 2008, " all payments of money owed to a state agency for taxes, interest, penalties or any other obligations that, in the aggregate, amount to $10,000.00 or more must be made by any method of electronic transfer of money allowed by the state agency." Beginning July 1, 2008, all tax payments of $10,000.00...

QuickBooks Questions & Answers

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – Today I'm going to answer some listener questions. How are passwords like bubblegum? They're strongest when fresh The should be used by an individual, not a group If left laying around, they will create a sticky mess Security experts are strongly urging us to use more sophisticated passwords. The days of using your birthday or your child's middle name are over. Now, they tell us we should use passwords with at least 8 characters, with at least one number, one uppercase letter, and one lower case letter. Now on to some of the questions I've gotten from listeners. Of course, if you have any questions, don't hes...

Using QuickBooks Shortcut Commands In Payroll

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Did you know that there are short cut commands that you can use when processing payroll that save keystrokes and simply make payroll processing easier? There are and I'd like to share them with you today. Dates Next day + Previous day - Editing Edit transaction in selected register Ctrl + E Increase check or other form number by one + Decrease check or other form number by one - Help Display help content F+ 1 Activity Account list display Ctrl + A Copy transaction in register Ctrl + O Customer: Display job list Ctrl + J Delete check, invoice, ...

Customizing Forms in Quickbooks

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Did you know that you can change the default title of a form when you view it onscreen and when you print it? You can also change the way the title looks when the form is printed. For example, you can change the font, add a line or border around the title, and move the title to a different location. Today, I’m going to address changing the default title on forms, however once you get to the step where you open the Layout Designer, you’ll find that there are a lot of customizations you can make to the forms you use in QuickBooks. Here’s how: 1. Ope...

Using Accountant's Copy in QuickBooks 2008

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Today I want to answer a listener email about using the Accountant's Copy in QuickBooks 2008. I recently received an email from a listener who had purchased QuickBooks Premier 2008. He noted that the inside flap on the box under the Accountant section states, "Easily exchange & work with client's prior period accounting from all 2007 & 2008 editions." Additionally he quoted the Intuit website which advertises that the new 2008 "IMPROVED!" Accountant's Copy Allows you to exchange, open and adjust virtually al...

Using Class Tracking in QuickBooks

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Today I would like to talk about using Class Tracking in QuickBooks. In order to use class tracking, the first thing you have to do is turn that feature on. Go to the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences." From there, Click on "Accounting" and select the "Company Preferences" tab. Now click in the box next to "Use Class Tracking" to turn the feature on. Once you've done that click OK. Now every time you write a check, enter a bill, or record a deposit, you will see a "class" column. To...

W-2, 1099 Processing Deadlines

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“Quicklet” - A Podcast for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise Solutions, Point of Sale and Peachtree users featuring helpful information, tips, tricks and suggestions for bookkeepers, business owners, and consultants. Got a QuickBooks Mess? Call The QuickBooks Gal! Hi, I'm Jayne Miller, The QuickBooks Gal. Welcome to another in my series of “Quicklets” – informational podcasts about QuickBooks, Peachtree and related bookkeeping topics. Today I would like to talk one more time about W-2’s; 1099’s, Quarterly and Annual reports. I’d like to recap these processes and deadlines: January 31st Deadlines • State Unemployment Taxes & Forms should be completed, filed and liabilities paid by Jan 31st. • Local returns and liabilities are usually due on the last day of January; check your local regulations. • 941 4th Quarter 2007 report is due and should be postmarked by Jan 31, 2008. • 940 Annual FUTA return is due and should be postmarked by Jan 31, 2008. • W-2’s are due to be distribut...