With the vast choice of software solutions available, this sounds counter-intuitive but in both cases Excel is the best answer.
Accounting in the Cloud – Cumulus Numbers
Coming at us all full-speed, like an unstoppable train are more cloud-based accounting packages than you can shake a stick at. It’s challenging. It’s disruptive. And it should be beneficial, but where are we at the moment?
Profits, cashflow and getting paid – plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose
This blog could have been written at any time in the history of commerce. If Gutenburg had published it he may not have been made bankrupt!
Is my accounting any good?
Towards the end of this burst of activity the accounting processes should be working on “autopilot” and everyone can concentrate again on delivering the profit and achieving growth potential of the business.
Create a useful QuickBooks Aged Debtors Report – QuickBooks training video (2min)
A useful Aged Debtors report is one that’s in top-down order (not alphabetical), highlights negative balances for attention and is readily available for you every day.
Display negative numbers in red and in brackets – QuickBooks training video (2min)
Negative numbers – a cost where income should be, a creditor where a debtor should be – need to stand out in your management reports. Here’s how.
Grow your business – what about new products or services?
They did it in Apollo 13 – so it can’t be rocket science, can it!
Now get out of that – business, cycle
You run a cycling shop, part of a chain (no pun intended), and on a Sunday lunchtime a guy drags his bike in with a puncture, asking whether your shop can replace the inner tube so he can get on his way.
QuickBooks not fitting your business like a glove? Help is at hand!
Thousands of businesses are already QuickBooks users but may not be getting the most out of it, yet a short QuickBooks training session – building on your existing level of knowledge – should get your business and QuickBooks totally in tune with each other.
Buying and depreciating fixed assets – QuickBooks training video (6min)
In this Very QuickBooks tutorial we look at accounting for the acquisition and depreciation of fixed assets in QuickBooks and how memorised transactions can save you hours of work.