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A Best Practice Review: Enter a bill or just write a check

By Ben Szweda on January 28, 2021
I recommend doing both. First enter a bill and then write a check to pay the bill. As with many things in QuickBooks you can accomplish the same task a variety of ways. There is a best practice though, and per usual, it calls for using QuickBooks as it was designed – one form at […]
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Avoid Bank Fees

By Ben Szweda on January 27, 2021
Avoid Bank Fees: Tips to avoid fees on credit cards and bank accounts With all the clients I have I see many different bank and credit card accounts from international banks, local credit unions and everything in between. Some have really customer friendly policies, but I see some clients getting charged fees left and right […]
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Recording Payroll Expenses

By dustin on January 27, 2021
There are minimum requirements when recording payroll expenses and then there are extras that you might consider including for improved reporting. If your payroll software doesn’t automatically import an entry into your accounting software every time you run payroll, you might want to consider my favorite payroll provider that does this for free.  In the meantime, keep […]
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Self-employed Retirement Options

By Ben Szweda on January 27, 2021
There are many pros to being a small business owner and working for oneself from having a variety of clients to a flexible work schedule. One con however is missing out on an employer-sponsored 401K plan, not to mention the match that many employers offer within their plans. Whether self-employed, an employee or both, generally […]
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W4 and Federal Tax Withholding in 2021

By Ben Szweda on January 21, 2021
The IRS has released its long-awaited changes to Form W-4. This will affect both accounting and human resource professionals as well as all employees needing to make changes to their tax withholding and those taking new jobs in 2021.   View the new IRS w4 form here.  You don’t have to have all your employees fill […]
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Excel Tips for Accounting: Grouping Rows and Columns

By Ben Szweda on January 21, 2021
The collapse button on reports in QuickBooks is great. Pull up a P&L with sub-line items and with one click they all collapse. When you export the P&L into Excel however that collapse button does not export with your data. Not to worry, there is a neat workaround in Excel. To group a series of […]
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