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tax information for tax year 2019 has been updated

Tax Season 2019 Filing Begins

January 28, 2019, marked the start of this year’s tax filing season, and it’s the first time taxpayers will be filing under the new tax reform laws, most of which became effective in 2018. Complicating matters is a newly revised Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, as well as the partial shutdown of the federal government. With more than 150 million individual tax returns expected to be filed for the 2018 tax year, here’s what individual taxpayers can expect:

tax information for tax year 2019 has been updated

7 Common Small Business Tax Myths

The complexity of the tax code generates a lot of folklore and misinformation that could lead to costly mistakes such as penalties for failing to file on time or, on the flip side, not taking advantage of deductions you are legally entitled to take and giving the IRS more money than you need to. With this in mind, let’s take a look at seven common small business tax myths.

new york sales tax vendor definition update

New York Sales Tax Vendor Definition Update Effective IMMEDIATELY!

From our friends at Avalara: The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced that due to the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court ruling last year, an existing provision in New York Sales Tax Law defining a sales tax vendor became immediately effective. Any business within this definition making taxable sales into the state is required to be registered as a New York State vendor and to collect & remit sales tax. This can impact your clients and they should know.

These days, some of us find ourselves updating multiple calendars. There's the Outlook calendar or other web-based solution for scheduling and task management. Or, maybe a smartphone app to track a "to-do" on the road with a paper calendar as backup. But where do you keep track of your everyday financial tasks? Including these in your scheduling calendars and/or task lists will make for very crowded screens, not to mention how inconvenient it can be to keep switching between applications. Consider adding one more tracking tool: the QuickBooks Calendar.

QuickBooks Calendar – How It Helps Your Business

These days, some of us find ourselves updating multiple calendars. There’s the Outlook calendar or other web-based solution for scheduling and task management. Or, maybe a smartphone app to track a “to-do” on the road with a paper calendar as backup. But where do you keep track of your everyday financial tasks? Including these in your scheduling calendars and/or task lists will make for very crowded screens, not to mention how inconvenient it can be to keep switching between applications. Consider adding one more tracking tool: the QuickBooks Calendar.

banking reconciliations in quickbooks desktop can be undone, as long as it finds previous reconciles having been completed. If not, then it will flag there weren't any previous reconciliations to be found. As always make a backup of your quickbooks company file before doing any reconciliation or unreconciliation.

How to undo a previous reconcile in QuickBooks Desktop (unreconcile)

Sometimes you’ll find that your balance in QuickBooks does not match your bank statement after a monthly reconciliation (you are doing your reconciliations monthly, right?) and that you need to undo your previous reconciliation to get to the bottom of things. Prior to undoing a reconcile, we recommend a backup AND printing out your previous reconciliation reports, just in case you need them for historical data. To print these reports, we want to open Banking>Reconcile>locate discrepancies>previous reports. We suggest printing out the detailed and the summary, as you might need both.

Part of locating missing transactions in QuickBooks is using reports in QuickBooks, mainly the audit trail - which shows the actions taken against transactions

What is an Elite QuickBooks Solution Provider?

The Intuit QuickBooks Solution Provider (QSP) program includes only the top business professionals, qualified in meeting their customers’ diverse needs. The program tiers providers into Member, Advanced, Strategic, Executive, and Elite levels – with Elite being the highest tier. Membership evaluation is based on capability requirements, along with achieving product and service goals.

[8] Best QuickBooks Add-Ons and Apps You Need To Try In 2019

There are plenty of QuickBooks apps to choose from to provide automation to the many tasks done manually in QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online. The depth of QuickBooks app integration can inevitably overwhelm – while you look for QuickBooks add ons & extensions to fill specific gaps encountered in recording transactions.  Each business will have specific operational needs, requiring specific apps. While acknowledging this, here are apps providing immediate impact for ANY business in 2019.

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Top [7] QuickBooks Add-ons and Apps You Need to Try in 2019

There are plenty of QuickBooks apps to choose from to provide automation to the many tasks done manually in QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online. The depth of QuickBooks app integration can inevitably overwhelm – while you look for QuickBooks add ons & extensions to fill specific gaps encountered in recording transactions.  Each business will have specific operational needs, requiring specific apps. While acknowledging this, here are apps providing immediate impact for ANY business in 2019.

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