Starting with a new bookkeeping client can be an exciting opportunity, but what happens when their books are a mixed mess of personal and business transactions? It becomes crucial to implement effective strategies to untangle the comingling mess and establish proper bookkeeping practices. When that happens to you, here are my tips for taking on a messy comingling cleanup in QuickBooks Online.
It’s not news that QuickBooks is widely used among small business owners. When I started my business, I realized my limited knowledge of QuickBooks put me at a disadvantage. To grow, I needed to understand what was important to my clients. That was QuickBooks. Today, I’ll discuss the valuable resources provided by Intuit that are beneficial whether you’re new to bookkeeping or experienced. Keep reading or watch to learn more about the Free QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification: how I used it to grow my bookkeeping business.
Are you feeling unsure about how to fill out Forms 1099-NEC and W-9? When the time of the year rolls around to prepare these forms, you might struggle to remember how exactly to go about it. In this article, I’ll explain how to fill out Forms 1099-NEC and W-9.
Handling your own books may be the only option when you first open your online store, but as you grow, you need to free up your time and get help with more complex bookkeeping and accounting issues. So, how do you know it’s time to seek help from an expert? Keep reading to learn 5 signs to help you determine when it is time to hire an e-commerce accountant.
I love helping e-commerce sellers tackle some of their biggest bookkeeping questions and challenges with QuickBooks Online. One of the basics that Shopify sellers need to know is how to record Shopify sales in QuickBooks Online. This can be tricky, as there are a lot of moving pieces, and you have to know where to get the information you need to enter into QBO. In this blog post, I’m going to demonstrate how to record your Shopify sales in QuickBooks Online using a manual journal entry method.
As an Amazon seller, should you do your own Amazon bookkeeping? I’ve heard this question from many sellers and today I’m going to share my thoughts as a bookkeeping expert, CPA, and e-commerce specialist. Do you have what it takes to do your own bookkeeping and is it the best path for you? Take a look at the 7 crucial considerations for DIY Amazon bookkeeping, to help you determine just that.
When it comes to tracking Amazon inventory in QuickBooks Online, what are the do’s and don’ts? Well, my short answer is that you do want to track the inventory costs in QuickBooks Online, but you don’t want to track all of the details of inventory in QuickBooks Online. Keep reading to find out why that is not recommended and to learn what you should do instead.
A common struggle for e-commerce sellers using Amazon and/or Shopify lies in how to get the information from your Amazon and/or Shopify account into QuickBooks Online. Streamlining your numbers and getting them into your financial software with an app integration can save you a TON of time and effort. In this blog post, I want to share my recommended tool for seamlessly integrating QuickBooks Online with Amazon and Shopify - A2X.
If you're an online seller, there may be several options when it comes to tracking your inventory. But, should you track your Shopify inventory in QuickBooks Online? The answer is... well... it depends.
Accounting for online sellers is unique. Finding a good Amazon and Shopify accountant who understands those unique needs can be challenging. It is important to know the right questions to ask when interviewing accountants to handle the financials for your e-commerce business. I’ve come up with a comprehensive list of questions to help you in finding an e-commerce accountant who understands Amazon and Shopify.
If you're an online seller or if you're an accountant working with online sellers, doing the bookkeeping can be challenging (to say the least). In my experience, recording sales from Amazon is especially challenging because Amazon does things a little bit different. In this blog post, I will talk you through some of these challenges, and then give you some options for recording Amazon sales in QuickBooks Online.
Hi everyone. As some of you may know, I have spent the past couple of years building a library of 80+ free QuickBooks Online tutorials. I noticed that most of my tutorials related to entering income in QuickBooks or cover how to enter invoices. What about those of you who don’t invoice customers? Don’t worry – I didn’t forget you all. In fact, I’m going to share with you my secret method for how to record daily sales in QuickBooks Online.
By following my 5 step monthly bookkeeping system, you'll be able to have much more success doing your own books, because you'll actually know what you're supposed to be doing
Today I am talking about the new Intuit service called Live Bookkeeping. What is Live Bookkeeping? The Live Bookkeeping service is a relatively new offering that Intuit Corporation is offering
So, you're looking to free yourself up so you can grow your business? I can totally understand and feel your pain! I have had to do that in the past
