QB QuickTips

Need a cash boost for your business?

Start requiring prepayments or retainers for your new service projects or product orders!

In this QuickBooks video training lesson, you’ll not only learn how totrack these kinds of transactions two different ways, but you’ll also learn why this is a smart choice to start collecting up-front money in your business. It’s truly a win-win situation for you and your customers!

What about you?

Share your experiences and suggestions for starting a “pay-up-front” policy. Just leave a comment right here on the blog.

~Gabrielle

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QuickTip Resource

The cash-boosting advice in this episode of QB QuickTip is just one of the 25 cash maximization strategies contained in my special report, Cash Flow Kick-Start. If you want to kick up your cash flow for this year, and build a sustainable system to grow your business in the process, then you’ll want to check it out at ==> www.CashFlowKickStart.com

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As if we didn’t have enough taxes to keep up with!

Yep, Use Tax is a little-known tax that many small businesses need to put on their radar. Most states and some city governments are putting plans in place to “cracking down” on unpaid Use Tax, and they are starting by hitting businesses hard.

In this week’s video lesson you’ll not only learn about what Use Tax is, but how to protect yourself from getting a nasty back tax bill that could even include penalties and/or an audit.

The old saying fits here: Fore warned is fore armed.

Do you do business on the Internet? If so, you are also a target for Use Tax. The state governments are even working together as you read this to find a way to capture the lost revenue from Internet sales. So keep an eye on your state’s tax laws during the coming year.

Share your thoughts, questions, comments, experience (outrage), or tips below on the topic of Use Tax.

I’m always glad to hear from you….even if it is to grumble.

~Gabrielle

If you have customers who pay you by check, sooner or later you will need to deal with one that bounces.

I see lots of QuickBooks users get tangled up with recording these tricky transactions. But it doesn’t have to be all that difficult…when you know the 5 simple steps I’ll show you in this week’s lesson.

You’ll want to bookmark this video for future reference. It will save you hours of frustration when you need it, which hopefully won’t be too often.

In a future lesson we’ll learn how to gracefully handle this situation If you ever find yourself on the other end of the rubber check – when YOU are the one with insufficient funds.

In the meantime, be sure to leave your questions and comments right here on the blog. Just click on the Comment link below my name. I’d love to hear from YOU!

~Gabrielle

The first QB QuickTip is about one of the most common situations in EVERY small business! That’s when personal funds and business funds collide.

In this case, it is when the owner pays for a business expense out of his or her own pocket and then it needs to be captured by the business. And assuming that the owner is NOT just going to leave his personal funds in the business, today we’ll show how you can….

1. Easily track any business expenses paid out of pocket

2. How you can get the money back (if you are the owner who is shelling out the money)

Click the > button at bottom left to play the video

Want to see it in more detail? —–> Big Screen Video

I welcome your comments and suggestions.

As I experiment with the video technology, the visual quality of the videos will be refined and improved, and of course, your feedback is welcome both regarding content and delivery!

~Gabrielle