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QuickBooks Enterprise: Full Service Plan What You Need To Know

8 Reasons to Get Your QuickBooks Enterprise Full Service Plan At Out Of The Box Technology, you will find enthusiastic advocates for everything QuickBooks.  We love to help set-up QuickBooks, clean up QuickBooks, teach QuickBooks, keep your books, etc.  When you purchase QuickBooks Enterprise, you automatically receive the Full Service Plan (FSP) for one year.  When you…

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QuickBooks Enterprise: Save Time in Warehouse Management

A new year is right around the corner. Now is the time to make key changes to your business to ensure you’ll use your time to the fullest, going forward.

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EMV – what you need to know

What is EMV? EMV is the global standard for smart card payments and refers to EMV refers to smart or chip cards that contain an embedded chip which provides stronger security features.

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QuickBooks Payroll That Feels Like a Million Bucks

How many steps does your Intuit QuickBooks payroll take? Right around . . . 35? From receiving and organizing timesheet data to calculating overtime and verifying deductions, rates and withholdings, 35 steps is what the average process adds up to thirty-five steps of pure . . . fun.  What if you could eliminate a whopping…

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Every employer should be aware of two components of SUTA: the annual wage base and the SUTA tax rate: Annual Wage Base: The annual wage base represents the maximum amount of wages subject to SUTA tax per employee for the year. For 2018, employers in California and Florida pay SUTA tax on the first $7,000 paid to each employee. Alaska, however, imposes SUTA tax on the first $39,500 paid to each worker. Once the annual wage base has been satisfied for an employee, the employer does not owe any more SUTA tax for that employee for the year. SUTA Tax Rate: These tax rates are based on varying factors, with the most common being whether the business is new, the employer’s industry (such as construction versus nonconstruction), and the amount of benefits claimed on the employer’s account. Generally, the more benefits claimed on the employer’s account, the higher the SUTA tax rate, which is why it’s crucial that you keep turnover at a minimum. Not Always Only an Employer-Paid Tax In most states, SUTA is an employer-paid tax. Three states — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Alaska — require withholding as well. If you have employees in any of these three states, you must withhold state unemployment tax from their wages at the state-mandated withholding rate and up to the maximum amount of wages allowed for the year.
Why QuickBooks Customers Choose ShipGear Shipping Software

ShipGear vs. QuickBooks Shipping Manager What You Need To Know

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Because taxpayers are legally responsible for what is on their returns (even if it was prepared by someone else), those who buy into such schemes can end up being penalized for filing false claims or receiving fraudulent refunds.
Infographic: Small Business Cyber Attacks

Vulnerable Software Apps Exposing Your Computer to Small Business Cyber Attacks.

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Time Tracking Accuracy w/ TSheets Means Always Ensuring Business Success!

The Portland business world today, like many other arenas, moves at lightening speed. Demands for your time and energy come from the left and right, never pausing for a breath, always tugging at your attention. Developing and growing a business is a financial and personal risk, and one that you have not taken lightly. So…

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Save On Taxes This Summer In 12 Ways

While you’re enjoying the summer respite, remember to remain vigilante about business and personal tax planning. Luckily, many of the following hot summer tax-planning tips enable taxpayers to save on taxes while combining business and pleasure.

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Small Business Accounting Tips

Opening a new business is stressful, especially if you’re not sure where to start when it comes to organizing your books. But don’t panic—we’ve got some small business accounting tips here. As a new business owner, you don’t necessarily have to hire a full-time CPA to manage your books. In fact, you can keep your…

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QuickBooks Enterprise Subscription Model – What You Need To Know For 2015 & Beyond

Intuit is changing to a QuickBooks Enterprise Subscription Model for 2015. Learn more and find out how you could be impacted by this change.

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How To Become A Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Before you get started, you will want to have a basic and fundamental understanding of bookkeeping. Although it is not a requirement, having some experience with QuickBooks will help.

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Important Tax Dates for Businesses Using Intuit QuickBooks Payroll

If you’re using Intuit Payroll Services and are filing taxes with QuickBooks, you’ll want to know about these important tax dates for filing 2014 taxes.

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