Blog - Bookkeeping

The 5 Most Common QuickBooks Blunders … and solutions you can understand This is the fifth entry in a series of five.   I have worked with over one hundred QuickBooks using businesses and individuals over the past two years.  Many QuickBooks users are doing themselves a disservice by continuing to use the system in ways that are causing more problems than not.  Here are the issues that I see on a regular basis, and painless approaches to ridding oneself of being ordinary. Payroll processing & entry. Many small business decision makers attempt to save a few bucks by keeping payroll in-house. This is Most Common QuickBooks Blunder #5, but it is by far the most costly error of the...

The 5 Most Common QuickBooks Blunders … and solutions you can understand This is the fourth entry in a series of five.     I have worked with over one hundred QuickBooks using businesses and individuals over the past two years.  Many QuickBooks users are doing themselves a disservice by continuing to use the system in ways that are causing more problems than not.  Here are the issues that I see on a regular basis, and painless approaches to ridding oneself of being ordinary. Customized invoicing made easy… and sending made green. How bland is the invoice that you send out to your customers? Professionalizing your invoice template is necessary, and as simple as you can imagine. Why is it...

The 5 Most Common QuickBooks Blunders … and solutions you can understand This is the third entry in series of five. I have worked with over one hundred QuickBooks using businesses and individuals over the past two years.  Many QuickBooks users are doing themselves a disservice by continuing to use the system in ways that are causing more problems than not.  Here are the issues that I see on a regular basis, and painless approaches to ridding oneself of being ordinary. Reconciling in the register. I’m always amazed at how many users of QuickBooks I come across who insist on manually placing the checkmarks in the bank account register when a transaction clears the bank. Do they not see the...

The 5 Most Common QuickBooks Blunders … and solutions you can understand This is the second entry in a series of five.   I have worked with over one hundred QuickBooks using businesses and individuals over the past two years.  Many QuickBooks users are doing themselves a disservice by continuing to use the system in ways that are causing more problems than not.  Here are the issues that I see on a regular basis, and painless approaches to ridding oneself of being ordinary.   Failing to input deposits appropriately. Do you like to “Record Deposits” rather than “Receive Payments” when a customer pays an invoice? If so, you’ve probably noticed that one or more of the following is true of your...

The 5 Most Common QuickBooks Blunders … and solutions you can understand This is the first entry in a series of five.   I have worked with over one hundred QuickBooks using businesses and individuals over the past two years.  Many QuickBooks users are doing themselves a disservice by continuing to use the system in ways that are causing more problems than not.  Here are the issues that I see on a regular basis, and painless approaches to ridding oneself of being ordinary.   Treating a credit card statement as one big transaction. The average bookkeeper waits for that credit card statement to come in the mail, then goes to “Write Checks” or “Enter Bills”, and itemizes the entire statement...

Welcome to QuickBloggers, the official blog of QuickSolvers, Inc. My name is Kevin Harris. A little over two years ago, out of work and looking to do something big, I put an ad on Craigslist which marketed my skills as a QuickBooks expert and freelance business consultant. Inquiries started coming in, clients followed, and a few months later I, along with my trusted group of “experts” (my wife Dori, our very good friends Mark & Jill, and my cousin-in-law Timm), developed the brand QuickSolvers. Actually we developed another brand originally, however a cease and desist letter from a staffing firm on the east coast put a quick end to that. In the time since I posted that first ad, QuickSolvers...