What Are the Differences Between A/R Reports In a Multicurrency Environment?

In QuickBooks 2009 there are 6 reports to provide information about what customers or clients owe to a firm.  They are: A/R Aging Summary A/R Aging Detail Customer Balance Summary Customer Balance Detail Open Invoices Collections Report These reports are found on the Reports->Customers & Receivables menu selection.  Each report is intended to provide certain [...]

Why Are Items On Sales Orders Marked Closed Before Invoicing On a Partially Fulfilled Sales Order?

In QuickBooks 2009 for releases prior to R6, there was a bug (which has since been fixed) where undelivered items on a sales order that had previously been partially fulfilled had been incorrectly marked closed and could not be unchecked to be invoiced.  This bug is discussed in this Intuit knowledge base article. The bug [...]

Are There Restrictions On Making General Journal Entries To A/R and A/P Accounts?

Yes, there are a few restrictions on making General Journal Entries to Accounts Receivable (A/R) and Accounts Payable (A/P) accounts. Normally, the preferred way to change the balance in an A/R or A/P account is by recording transactions, such as customer invoices or vendor bills. However, sometimes it’s more convenient to make a General Journal Entry.  [...]

How Does an Accountant Work With Client Data In an Accountant’s Copy File?

The Accountant’s Copy file in QuickBooks is an easy way for a company to transfer data to a third-party, such as an accountant.  In an article on our blog, we’ve described how a company can easily transfer an Accountant’s Copy export file (.QBX) to us using Intuit’s secure servers.  This file could be delivered via [...]

What If a Client Working With an Accountant’s Copy Import File Receives a Message That the Import Failed?

Sometimes, a client working with an Accountant’s Copy import file (.qby) may encounter a problem when attempting to import an accountant’s changes. In QuickBooks 2009, the import process will successfully import those changes and transactions that can be made, leaving those changes or transactions that produced an error condition.  In earlier versions of QuickBooks, processing [...]

How Does a Client Import an Accountant’s Work From an Accountant’s Copy Import File?

To import an accountant’s work prepared in an Accountant’s Copy import file (.QBY), the first step is to receive and save the .QBY file on your computer.  Given the small size of most .QBY files, this file is normally transmitted via email. For background, use of an Accountant’s Copy in QuickBooks is an easy way [...]

How Does an Accountant Working With Client Data From an Accountant’s Copy File Return Completed Work To a Client?

The approach you use to return completed work to a client depends on which way you opted to work with the Accountant’s Copy export file (.QBX) file at the outset.  Intuit does not provide electronic communications to transmit completed work to a client however you chose to work with the file initially.  The simplest electronic [...]

How Can I Improve the Performance of QuickBooks?

QuickBooks is a complex program that processes a lot of data.  As data is added to a QuickBooks company file (.qbw), loading and processing times increase.  Within the program, slower processing is usually seen when performing tasks that involve the entire company file, such as running utilities or preparing reports.  Since QuickBooks is typically used [...]

How Do I Delete or Remove an Existing Loan From Loan Manager?

To delete or remove an existing loan from Loan Manager, follow these simple steps: Open Loan Manager from the Banking->Loan Manager menu in QuickBooks Highlight the loan you want to remove by clicking on it in the Loan List Click the Remove Loan… button Click Yes in the Remove Loan? window Here’s the main screen [...]

How Do I Record a Debt Refinancing Where I Use a New Loan To Pay Off Several Other Loans?

A common business situation is to use a new loan to repay one or more existing loans, possibly raising cash in the process.  This is commonly referred to as a refinancing. QuickBooks includes a Loan Manager which can be run from the Banking->Loan Manager menu selection.  It’s important to understand that Loan Manager is primarily [...]

When Setting Up POS for the First Time, How Do I Record the Cost of My Existing Inventory?

When setting up inventory in POS for the first time, POS will automatically enter an adjustment memo to update your inventory value when you enter a value in the Average Unit Cost or the On-Hand Quantity fields when adding a new item.  Before doing so, a message will pop up asking you to Continue or [...]