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Security upgrade needed for uninterrupted QuickBooks (desktop) services

Action required: Security upgrade needed for uninterrupted QuickBooks services Effective June 1, 2018, all services within QuickBooks Desktop will need to meet updated system requirements. These industry standard security requirements will provide greater security and stability with TLS 1.2, an internet security protocol. To learn more about TLS 1.2, click here. How does this impact you? […]

ACH fee increasing to $1 for QuickBooks desktop users on 9/1/17

ACH fee increasing to $1 for QuickBooks desktop users on 9/1/17. QuickBooks Online, GoPayment and Point of Sale customers are not impacted.

QuickBooks for Mac 2016 will be the last version for Mac

Intuit announced today that they will not be releasing a new version of QuickBooks Desktop for Mac. QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2016 will be the last version available and will be supported until May 31, 2019. This does not affect the 2018 Windows versions of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Premier.

QuickBooks 2017 scheduled to be released 9/19/16

QuickBooks 2017 is scheduled to be released 9/19/16. This version is mostly refinement of existing features, little things that make it more user friendly for day to day users. Depending on your usage, your mileage will vary on the enhancements. For those that use QuickBooks in multi-user mode, you will be delighted that some functionalities that used […]

Bugs in Custom Fields in QuickBooks 2015 R6

Check out Charlie Russell’s short article on the description of the bugs and their impact from the QuickBooks 2015 R6 release. http://www.sleeter.com/blog/2015/04/quickbooks-2015-r6-problems

Downloading an online bank statement opens the wrong version of QuickBooks

Source: http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/articles/SLN42439 You download an online bank statement (Web Connect file or .QBO) directly from a Financial Institution (FI) site, and the wrong version of QuickBooks opens. This may also occur when double-clicking a Web Connect file (.QBO) after it has been saved to your computer. Why this is happening With multiple versions of QuickBooks installed, electing to […]

Paypal issues Form 1099-K to sellers

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 6050W states that all US payment processors, including PayPal, are required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide information to the IRS about certain customers who receive payments for the sale of goods or services through PayPal. PayPal is required to report gross payments received for sellers who receive […]

QuickBooks: Marking payments for exclusion from Form 1099-MISC

Beginning with the 2011 tax year, the IRS requires you to exclude from Form 1099-MISC any payments you made by credit card, debit card, gift card, or third-party payment network such as PayPal. (These payments are being reported by the card issuers and third-party payment networks on Form 1099-K.) When you use check payments (in […]

Rolling Back QuickBooks 2014 to Release 5 (R5)

If you installed QuickBooks R6, and are having problems, you should be able to roll back to R5. You can call us to to do this or follow the steps below. Uninstall QuickBooks. You should do this with each machine that you have it installed on. Then, re-install with the proper version: Pro: http://dlm.download.intuit.com/akdlm/SBD/QuickBooks/2014/US_R5/QuickBooksPro2014.exe Premier: […]

Emailed forms may not seen by customers if you use the QuickBooks Email service

If you email forms from QuickBooks (Invoices, Sales Receipts, reports, etc.) using the QuickBooks Email service, your email may not be seen by the recipient. Just because you send form via email from QuickBooks, doesn’t mean that you are affected, as there are 3 ways to send forms from QuickBooks, but only one of them […]

QuickBooks 2014 Critical Fixes updates (ULIP) – Patch May Not Be Installed

QuickBooks 2014 Export to Excel has been a problem for some. Intuit issued a QuickBooks 2014 Critical Fixes updates (ULIP), but sometimes these patches may not be installed, here’s how to tell and how to make sure they install correctly. http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/Articles/INF23122

Patch available for trouble exporting to Excel from QuickBooks Enterprise

Patch available for trouble exporting to Excel from QuickBooks Enterprise http://dataservices.intuit.com/support/articles/sln83589

Unable to export to Excel after updating to QuickBooks 2014 R5

Unable to export to Excel after updating to QuickBooks 2014 R5 In QuickBooks 2014 R5, you are unable to export reports to Excel (such as a transaction journal or A/R aging report) or emailing reports as an Excel document. When clicking the export button (or email– Send Report as Excel), you will not see the export to Excel option appear like it […]

Welcome Your Employees to QuickBooks ViewMyPaycheck2

Welcome Your Employees to QuickBooks ViewMyPaycheck2 http://static.onlinepayroll.intuit.com/LearnMore/PDF/ViewMyPaycheck.pdf

QuickBooks ViewMyPaycheck users must convert to version 2 by 03/31/13

QuickBooks ViewMyPaycheck users must convert to version 2 by 03/31/13. Here’s how: Already using ViewMyPaycheck (Version 1)? Thanks for being a loyal ViewMyPaycheck customer! We’ve made lots of great improvements in ViewMyPaycheck 2 based on suggestions from customers just like you. So check out some of the features, take it for a test drive (opens in a new […]

QuickBooks Attached Documents Feature

The QuickBooks Attached Documents Feature seems to be handy, as it allows you to attach document(s) scanned or already on your computer to a transaction in QuickBooks. It’s now a part of QuickBooks without needing a subscription, the files are stored locally where the company file is stored, in a sub-folder named Attach. You can drop […]

Recommended (Default) Location to Store QuickBooks Company Files

Recommended (Default) Location to Store Company Files To store your company files, you can use the recommended (default) location or choose another location. We recommend that you do not store your company files in the Program Files folder. Note: To accommodate the Windows 8, 7 and Vista operating systems that limits the use of the Program Files […]

How to login to your Intuit QuickBooks Account

How to login to your Intuit QuickBooks Account You think that this would be straight forward to login, download your software, or manage your account settings but it really isn’t if you just try to go to the main site intuit.com, instead go to: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/commerce/account/secure/login.jsp#

QuickBooks Tools

Common and most used support tools for resolving problems with QuickBooks can be found here: http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/articles/inf23986

QuickBooks 2013 R8 Released To Fix R7 Issues

QuickBooks 2013 R8 Released To Fix R7 Issues (we hope). If you are affected by 3rd party add-ons not working, this is probably your best option, if not, we recommend waiting a couple of weeks to see how other users are affected by this release. Read this article if you are thinking about installing. http://www.sleeter.com/blog/2013/07/quickbooks-2013-r8-released/?goback=%2Egde_1910499_member_254587420

QuickBooks Payroll Fees Changing for New Customers

Upcoming changes to the Intuit Payroll product line will apply to NEW small business payroll customers only, beginning July 22, 2013. Small business customers with existing payroll subscriptions will not be affected. The changes do not affect QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll for Accounting Professionals.  What’s Changing? Simplified product offerings that easily help clients choose the right payroll service […]

QuickBooks Attached Documents Online Storage Discontinued

After July 31, 2013, you will no longer be able to access documents you’ve stored online using QuickBooks Attached Documents.Why is QuickBooks Attached Documents being discontinued? Intuit is committed to developing easy, straightforward financial tools that help you today and grow with you tomorrow. But it’s a balancing act – making QuickBooks better and easier […]

QuickBooks Product Refunds

Return your QuickBooks product Most QuickBooks products have an unconditional 60-day money-back satisfaction guarantee. This policy does not apply to Intuit resource guides, education/lab packs, and bulk software orders. To receive a full refund of your purchase price, you must return the product to Intuit within 60 days of purchase. Once the product falls outside of the […]

QuickBooks Pro/Premier 2013 Release 7 Still has problems with 3rd party apps

QuickBooks Pro/Premier 2013 Release 7 Still has problems with 3rd party apps. Initially, on 06/04/13 when Intuit released R7 as a manual update, it broke many 3rd party add-on apps. A critical patch to the release with made available but only if you have auto-updates enabled (Help > Update QB > Options tab > Automatic […]

Re-sort QuickBooks lists when names or items are out of order or missing.

 Possible Symptoms: A list appears out of order Some of your list elements are missing New entries appear at the top of your list Reports appear out of order You aren’t able to do things like turn on account numbers Highlighting a customer, vendor or employee displays no transactions Name filter drop-down auto-fill not working […]