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Are you familiar with the new overtime rule? In just a few days, the requirements for paid overtime will be changing and could potentially have a large impact on you and your business. Check out the short and simple clip below for a summary on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFJaDm720FU#action=share For more information:  Visit the full article provided by the United States Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/featured/overtime If you have any questions/concerns about this new law, feel free to contact us! Got a Quickbooks mess? Call the Quickbooks Gal!

Good News! Quickbooks is teaming up with PayPal By the end of 2016, small businesses can now send invoices and accept payment through QuickBooks and PayPal. Yet another way to get paid quicker and easier! If you are a QuickBook user, you will be able to send your customers an invoice through QuickBooks Online and have PayPal be an option for payment.  Nearly 188 Million people use PayPal. so this update can result in more convenience for you and your customers! How reliable is this? PayPal when working with Quickbooks will automatically carry over it's pre-existing data. Also, this past year,  Australia implemented PayPal into their Quickbooks and thousands of small businesses found they got paid on average two times faster! Here are some other features that you may benefit from:  Import PayPal payments and fees into QuickBooks. When a customer pays with PayPal, the invoice will automatically be marked as paid.   Securely download o...

Calling all Californians....HAVE YOU HEARD? As of January 1st of 2017, California's Sales and Use Tax will DECREASE! Check it out: You don't see taxes lowering every day! For more information feel free to see the link below:    http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/ prop30.htm Have a QuickBooks Mess? Call the QuickBooks Gal!  We help with bookkeeping, payroll and more!

Invoice Over payments? Here's How to Process Them If you are a constant user of Quickbook payments, here are some tips on how to accept invoice over payments you may have sent your clients. This action lets your customers pay an amount great than an invoice total, a hassle free way for them to make payments on outstanding balances or give you a nice tip! Here's How: 1.  Send an invoice to your customer. Create > Invoice >Save and send > Send and close. 2.  Your customer receives the invoice in an email and clicks the View invoice button. 3. Customer clicks "Pay now" 4. Customer reviews and edits payment, clicks next 5. Customer sends payment 6. You will get a notification! Click to process. Apply it: You can apply the over payment credit in a few ways: Apply the credit to an existing invoice for your customer. Apply the credit to a new invoice you want to send to your customer. A...

Your Quickbook Reports are Updating! In the weeks to come, you will be seeing some updates and improvements to your reports: • More options for professional-looking reports that can easily be shared and printed. • Customizing reports will be  easier than ever, especially with more new options. • 10 new ready-to-use reports, with more to come. Don't worry, you can still use any custom reports you've previously made . First off,   to access these improvements....   Click Reports in the left navbar, followed by the name of a report (like Profit & Loss). If you don't see that, click Gear; QuickBooks Labs and to turn on the Redesigned Reports. Now,  you can explore the new features such as Change the common options at the top of the page, as well as c hange other report options Add notes Expand/collapse sub-items Edit header to  show a logo &   change the report title and subtitle Print, email or save report as PDF & many more! ...

Are you prepared for the new 2017 filing deadline for W-2/W-3 and 1099/1096? 1099/1096 and W-2/W-3 forms are now Due by January 31 st . Both paper and electronic 2016 tax year forms are due by January 31, 2017. Where you file is still the same, 1099 goes to the IRS and W-2 and W-3 goes to SSA. The Social Security Administration and IRS expect to streamline and quality control the process of matching forms to prior tax returns sooner, thereby more effectively reducing identity theft or false refund claims. Are you ready?  Hint:   October is a great time to start collecting Subcontractor W-9’s and updating Employee W-4 information updates so you will be ready on January 1 st to take charge and comply with the  new 2017 filing requirements. For more information on the new deadline or need help to meet the new deadline contact The QuickBooks Gal! The QuickBooks Gal now has online booking! Visit our website at www.qbgal.com to schedule your ...

QuickBooks Online now has an app for Mac users! And it's free! Just download the new QuickBooks Online App from your App Store on your Mac! The app will show up on your desktop, so all it takes is one click and you have access to your books! You can stay signed in, have an easier navigating system and the pages load faster! You can even have multiple windows open! Just drag and drop windows, this way you can see your Sales Transaction list as well as Open Invoices, or even the check form and the bank register! There is even a Quick View Quick View helps you be up to date on what is going on in your business, straight from your desktop! New to QuickBooks Online? There is so much you can do with QuickBooks Online  You can create invoices, accept payments, you can even take photos of your receipts and upload them to QuickBooks! Have Point of Sale or thinking about getting Point of Sale? If you have a Point of Sale system, iPad by Revel or Deskt...