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QuickBooks Desktop Payroll – The Inside Scoop

Want to learn the inside scoop on QuickBooks Payroll solutions and how you can ensure you choose the right payroll product for your business? A few of our in-house certified ProAdvisor consultants have recent tenure within Intuit’s Payroll department, and they want to give you all the important details you need! As they say, planning and preparation are the best remedies for ambiguity!

Speaking of ambiguity, ambiguity can be beautiful – even labeled as a gateway to creativity in certain circumstances – but not in these. When you must commit to an investment required by your company, and the livelihoods of you and your employees depend upon its success, the less ambiguity the better! And we know exactly what is at stake, and how tough of a decision this is to make. We don’t need to remind you of what is on the line, and selecting the wrong solution can be a devastating blow to both your confidence and your business.

For this reason, we thought it best to leverage our knowledge from our internal certified ProAdvisor consultants, and give you the inside scoop on QuickBooks Payroll. So whisk away the ambiguity, strike down your reservations, and proceed confidently with your right-fit QuickBooks Payroll solution!

QuickBooks Support: Choose a QuickBooks Solution Provider!

Every QuickBooks user has experienced a situation where support is required to identify a solution for a technical issue or have a question answered. When this happens, the initial courses of action that typically come to QuickBooks users’ minds are 1) requesting support in-product, or 2) calling 1-800-4INTUIT (1-800-446-8848). And, let’s face it, Intuit Technical Support is more than adequate to meet the needs of users who are experiencing technical difficulties or need questions answered. However, when users’ requirements are more complex and necessitate help from highly skilled professionals with industry accounting experience, where do users go for support?

When your QuickBooks needs are too complex for Intuit to take on, such as requesting a custom-built report, conducting an optimization analyses of critical workflows, or inquiring about QuickBooks training, you may feel like there is nowhere to turn. There is much ambiguity around what your best next steps might be, which doesn’t help the situation. Well, we’re here to tell you that there are a few different options available for these users, and we highly recommend one of those options: Contact an official Intuit QuickBooks Solution Provider (QSP).

In this article, the few options you have available to you will be analyzed and the pros and cons of each option will be outlined, followed by an explanation of our recommendation. It’s important to know that there are solutions out there, and with the right resources: if you can dream it, you can achieve it!

QuickBooks Online in 2021 – The Year in Review

QuickBooks Online in 2021 has truly poised itself to be an enormously beneficial alternative to QuickBooks Desktop in the year 2021. With so many competitive features added since its inception, especially in this last year, QuickBooks Online is quickly dominating the small-to-medium business cloud accounting space. As this year comes to a close, businesses prepare for year-end. With 2022 growth plans being finalized and soon to be executed, many businesses are pondering this complex question:

Should we convert or migrate to QuickBooks Online?

For this reason, an informative article analyzing QuickBooks Online was deemed necessary in our mission to right-fit clients to optimal QuickBooks solutions. This article will provide you with all of the important advancements made within QuickBooks Online in the last year, and how you can leverage support to ensure you are on the best product for your business.

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Last Chance to Buy Pro & Premier Non-subscription Licenses

If you do not know what is happening with QuickBooks Desktop Pro and QuickBooks Desktop Premier, and/or you love saving money, then you need to read this article! This is your last chance to buy pro & premier without a Plus subscription. And Out of the Box Technology is going to tell you all about it, and how we can help you avoid the Plus subscription for up to 3 additional years!

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Year-End Guide & Checklists for 2022

Year-end is already upon us, so get your guide and checklists ready! Can you believe it? And along with year-end comes thoughts of financial preparation, time management, and more stress. Many of our clients have voiced to us, while year-end is important, there are still many other important duties to be fulfilled. So, it is not uncommon for businesses to leave year-end preparations on the back burner until it becomes an absolute necessity.

Successful and efficient year-end preparations require routine execution of daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance. If you are unsure of what these maintenance tasks are, consider opting for our QuickBooks Health Check! In addition to checking your overall QuickBooks health, let one of our experts perform your year-end review to save you time and money.

If you are interested in being more prepared for next year, read on to view our recommended year-end guide and checklists.

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New Features in QuickBooks Desktop Plus 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As stated in our first article, "New Features in QuickBooks 2022," Intuit confirmed that the QuickBooks Desktop 2022 product line would only be available to purchase via subscription. In addition, Intuit informed us about some new features that will be included in QuickBooks Desktop 2022. Well, you spoke and we...

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What’s New in QuickBooks 2022?

In early September, Intuit released a statement confirming that the QuickBooks Desktop 2022 product line could only be purchased via subscription. Additionally, Intuit released details about the new features that will be included in QuickBooks Desktop 2022. While QuickBooks Desktop’s transition to the subscription model comes as a shock to some, most will appreciate the added benefits.

This article will discuss the new features in QuickBooks 2022 and provide you with more information regarding the added benefits brought on by the subscription model. At the end of this article, we provided links to our previous articles detailing historic version releases.

We encourage you to attend our webinar, which will have a lot more detailed information. Read on to learn more and sign up for our free webinar!

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Transition to QuickBooks Online with Your Data FAQ’s

You take time to mull over a potential transition to QuickBooks Online – weighing how much more it can benefit your business. After ultimately deciding to adopt QuickBooks Online, you wonder what is next.  The concerns are natural, especially if there are decades of history in your previous accounting software. However, our data specialists here at Out of the Box Technology will discuss this with you. They assess where you are currently; and where you want to end up – by the time you are brought into QuickBooks Online. This conversation is a first and critical step to a successful migration, as it ensures proper data conversion planning.

In this specific installment, we look at a transition of your data from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.

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All About QuickBooks Cloud Hosting

What is QuickBooks cloud hosting? What does QuickBooks cloud hosting do? And can QuickBooks cloud hosting really benefit me and my business?

You have likely heard about QuickBooks cloud hosting before. You may have even wondered if QuickBooks cloud hosting is a technology that your business could benefit from adopting. So many before you have pondered these very questions. Some of our clients decided that QuickBooks cloud hosting would be a great fit for their businesses, while others took a different route. Either way, our clients were informed with the RIGHT information at the RIGHT time and were able to make the BEST decision for their businesses.

So, to remove all the ambiguity about QuickBooks cloud hosting and provide you with some important knowledge, we decided to write this article. In this article, you will learn what QuickBooks cloud hosting is and what you can do with it. We will also discuss which features are most important and what to consider when shopping for a quality QuickBooks cloud hosting service. Lastly, we will go into detail about the QuickBooks cloud hosting service that we provide, and how our service compares to the competition in general.

Read on to learn more about QuickBooks cloud hosting. If you want to know more about QuickBooks cloud hosting, you’re really not going to want to miss out on this!

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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Diamond: What is it?

If you are currently operating on QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise and you don’t have the Diamond package, you really need to read this! This is because QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Diamond offers growing organizations an incredible opportunity to bundle products and services, and SAVE MONEY!!!

In this article, we’re going to discuss the features you can gain from the Diamond package. We’ll also showcase a success story of one of our clients who upgraded to Enterprise Diamond to maximize their savings and benefits.

Don’t miss out on this important information and don’t let this savings opportunity pass you by!

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Your First Hour with QuickBooks Online

This applies whether you’re just launching a business or you’re going online with an existing company. Take some time to get acquainted with QuickBooks Online. Your first hour with QuickBooks Online, or any web-based application for that matter, is probably spent exploring. Clicking buttons, links, and other navigation tools will help you to get the lay of the land.

QuickBooks Online should be no different. In fact, it’s even more important to take it slow when you’re using an accounting solution. If you start entering data without understanding how everything works together, you may make mistakes early on that will be difficult to undo down the road. Without further ado, let’s jump into your first hour with QuickBooks Online!

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3 Signs You Need to Upgrade to QuickBooks Online Advanced

Knowing the 3 signs you need to upgrade to QuickBooks Online Advanced (QBOA) is important. As you probably were aware, QBOA is Intuit’s most elite online accounting solution. It is a solution that is truly designed to take growing businesses to the next level. When properly integrated into a company’s infrastructure, QBOA delivers amazing results. QBOA works smarter with deeper insights, is organized for peace of mind, and completes tasks that matter faster.

However, knowing the signs to watch out for, that indicate the right time to upgrade, is not common knowledge. There is very little information available online that clearly states when one should upgrade. Plenty of salesmen will tell you that the time to upgrade is NOW, but that is not necessarily the case. Because of this gap in available information, we decided to write a helpful blog to shed some light.

Our experts suggest you ignore these blanket sales statements and focus on identifying the signs that indicate that you’re ready. Read on to learn more. Here are 3 signs you need to upgrade to QuickBooks Online Advanced!

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SEP IRA’s & Tax Savings – Did You Know?

SEP IRA’s and tax savings – did you know that there are tax savings strategies involved with Simplified Employee Pension Plans? Out of the Box Wealth Advisors knows it! But that’s no surprise to us over at Out of the Box Technology. No surprise because our sister company specializes in small business investment strategies and all things related to wealth maximization. Good to know, right? But not what this article is about.

SEP’s, short for Simplified Employee Pension Plans, are great tools because they benefit both employees AND employers. These plans are available to companies of any size, ideal for small business, and come with tax saving benefits.

In this article, our SmartVestor Pros at Out of the Box Wealth Advisors are going to explain what a SEP is. Additionally, they are going to discuss a few tax saving benefits involving SEP’s. This is valuable information for small business owners who want to maximize their wealth while reducing taxable income. More importantly, this is valuable information for small business owners who want to simultaneously provide more wealth for their employees.

Read on to learn more about SEP IRA’s, tax savings, and how small business owners can take advantage of this win/win retirement strategy.

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Why Consider Switching to QuickBooks Online

So, you want to know why you should consider switching to QuickBooks Online? Choosing an accounting solution can be a very complex process for any business. There are many factors to consider when determining which accounting solution will be a best-fit. Equally, some of these decision points are obvious, and others you wouldn’t even think to examine. Nonetheless, failing to assess these elements in your determination may result in a sizeable commitment without reaping maximum benefit. You can also find yourself overpaying for features that you do not need. Therefore, before you consider switching to QuickBooks Online, make sure you review the feedback from our expert ProAdvisors

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