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Cloud Computing and Supporting S mall B usinesses U sing QuickBooks Online

Cloud Computing and Supporting S mall B usinesses U sing QuickBooks Online. Brought to you by:. Tweet or post: I love #QuickBooksOnline!. Presenter: MB Raimondi, CPA.CITP. Certified QuickBooks Advanced ProAdvisor Certified in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions

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Cloud Computing and Supporting S mall B usinesses U sing QuickBooks Online

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  1. Cloud Computing and Supporting Small Businesses Using QuickBooks Online Brought to you by: Tweet or post: I love #QuickBooksOnline!

  2. Presenter: MB Raimondi, CPA.CITP • Certified QuickBooks Advanced ProAdvisor • Certified in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions • Certified in QuickBooks Point of Sale • Certified in QuickBooks Online • 13+ Years teaching QuickBooks nationally to end users and accountants/consultants • Charter Member, Intuit Trainer/Writer Network (TWN) • CITP (Certified Information-Technology Professional) • MS, Taxation • Sleeter Group Certified Consultant • Member/Instructor, National Advisor Network (NAN) • Co-Leader of Greater Fairfield Cy Chapter of NAN • Intuit Premier Reseller Trumbull, CT www.mbraimondicpa.com

  3. What we’ll cover in this course • Basic facts and benefits of using QuickBooks Online • What type of client would be a good fit for QBO, and what subscription options are available • QuickBooks Online key features and how to use them • General Overview of QuickBooks Online Accountant • Client List & Accountant Center • Learn about key QBOA time-saving tools: • Bank reconciliation corrections • Make corrections in batch • Enter and view adjustments

  4. Learning Objectives By attending this course, you’ll be able to: • Identify the differences between QuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials and Plus subscription plans and the types of clients each supports • List the important QBO features and benefits • Determine how QuickBooks Online Accountant can benefit your practice • Identify the timesaving tools and features available exclusively in QuickBooks Online Accountant • Manage your QuickBooks Online clients using QuickBooks Online Accountant • Troubleshoot and correct your QuickBooks Online client’s reconciliation errors

  5. Introduction to QuickBooks Online

  6. Why QuickBooks Online? • Web-based • One of the fastest-growing small business accounting solutions • Rapidly gaining in popularity • Great opportunity for bookkeepers and accountants to increase your client base

  7. Benefits to the Accounting Professional • Always-on connection to your client data • Easy setup • Accountant’s User login • Supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari (for Mac users) • Mobile support for Blackberry, iPhone and Android

  8. Benefits to Your Clients • Affordable & convenient • Top notch security • Mobile access allows client to: • Add and edit customers, vendors, and employees • Create and email invoices • View Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss reports • Access vendor, customer, and employee lists • View Bank account and credit card balances • Understand who owes you money and to whom you owe money • QuickBooks Online contact information, which works with your phone to make calls, create emails, and even look up addresses using Google Maps TM

  9. Types of Businesses Using QuickBooks Online Contractors • Estimates, labor material and time pass thru job costing, delayed billing • Access from multiple locations – i.e. truck – can have remote bookkeeper Wholesalers • Ease of use and web-based access, now tracks Standard FIFO inventory cost! • Create Purchase Orders Retailers • Merchant Account Service integration, auto credit card billing • Shipping and tracking number, collects sales tax, customer messaging Consultants • Online banking feature makes it easy to add expenses • Able to add customer, create and send invoice from mobile device Non Profits • Class or Location tracking can be used for fund accounting

  10. Recommend the Right Version of QuickBooks Online

  11. Simple Start, Essentials or Plus • Just Getting Started • QuickBooks Online Simple Start • Up & Running • QuickBooks Online Essentials • Established & Expanding • QuickBooks Online Plus

  12. QuickBooks Online Simple Start For those clients who are just getting started or have basic accounting needs, it includes these features: • Import customer data from Excel • Create and manage invoices • Track sales and expenses • 20 business reports • Connect 1 Bank Account • Allows for 1 user • $12.95 (No Payroll add on available)

  13. QuickBooks Online Essentials For clients who are up and running and need additional features. QuickBooks Online Essentials includes all the features: • Automated Invoicing • Create Estimates • Full accounts payable • 40 business reports • Unlimited Online banking • Allows for 3 users • $26.95/month ($52.76/month with payroll)

  14. QuickBooks Online Plus QuickBooks Online Plus is for clients who are established and expanding their business, with new capabilities for inventory, reporting and a new user experience. QuickBooks Online Plus includes all the features of QuickBooks Online Essentials plus these additional features: • Create and send purchase order • FIFO based Inventory tracking • Class tracking • Prepare and print 1099s • Sales tax tracking • Prepare 1099s • Class & Location Tracking • Budgeting and planning • 65+ business reports • Allows for 5 users • $39.95/month ($63.16/month with payroll)

  15. Questions?

  16. Features to Help SaveTime & Money

  17. Income List Not just a list of Sales Receipts or Invoices A tool or “Command Center” to track customer transactions: Estimates, Invoices and take action on those transactions.

  18. Income List Deal with transactions in batch – print or email multiple estimates or invoices at one time

  19. Downloaded Transactions Replaces old (Painful) Online Banking feature Much cleaner interface and gets rid of “Full Automation” (very messy)

  20. Downloaded Transactions User can choose to see transactions from one account at at time or from all of them at once User can choose to match or add, and split the transaction between accounts Location & Class tracking can be assigned as well

  21. Inventory Tracking QuickBooks Online can now track quantity, purchase costs, sales revenue and cost of goods sold for inventory items • Basic inventory tracking • No inventory assembly support • FIFO inventory valuation

  22. Purchase Orders Purchase Orders are also available in QuickBooks Online • Add PO items to vendor bills • Create and send directly from QuickBooks Online • Use for products and services

  23. Location and Class Tracking • QuickBooks Online allows you and your clients to track using Location Tracking as well as Class Tracking. • Both class tracking and location tracking let you track income and expenses for separate parts of your business. • You can use either one or both of together.

  24. Payroll Three accurate online payroll options for Accountants and Clients

  25. DemonstrationMoney & Time Saving Features

  26. Questions?

  27. QuickBooks Online Accountant

  28. What is QuickBooks Online Accountant? • QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA) is a web-based accounting solution offered by Intuit • QuickBooks Online Accountant enables accountants and bookkeepers to increase billable time and perform essential tasks faster

  29. What Does It Do? • Cross Workflow Tools: • Client List • Accountant Center

  30. Signing up for QBOA • If you are a ProAdvisor, sign up from your Software & Discounts page on website • QBO Certification is now live for ProAdvisors too!

  31. Signing up for QBOA • Go to accountants.intuit.com and sign up • Get invited by your QBO client

  32. QBOA Sign-In QBOA.INTUIT.COM

  33. Managing Clients w/QBOA - Client List • Organized Client List • Free to client to add the accountant user • Accountant should use the same user id for QBOA as they use to access their QBO client files • Quick Access to all QBO clients Client List – QBOA “Dashboard”

  34. Create New Company

  35. Accountant Center Quick Tour

  36. Demonstration Client List & Accountant Center

  37. Troubleshoot & Correct QBO Client Reconciliation Errors

  38. Troubleshoot & Correct QBO Client Reconciliation Errors • Identify when Auto Adjustment has been used • Quickly see when a client has forced a bank rec • Link directly to Auto Adjustment Transactions • Easy view when clicking Bank Reconciliation Screen – column in Bank Rec History More Organized and Save Steps

  39. Troubleshoot & Correct QBO Client Reconciliation Errors • Identify months with changes to previously cleared transactions • Quickly see which months have transactions that were edited after being reconciled • Cumulative total of all changes • Quickly see which transactions have been changed • Link directly to a list of changed Transactions • See what was changed • Easy view when clicking Bank Reconciliation Screen – column in Bank Rec History More Organized and Save Steps

  40. Troubleshoot & Correct QBO Client Reconciliation Errors • Undo Bank Reconciliations • No transactions are deleted • Undo directly from the Reconcile Screen/Rec History • Ability to undo multiple months at once, rather than one at a time More Organized and Save Steps

  41. Demonstration • Troubleshoot & Correct QBO Client Reconciliation Errors

  42. Key time-saving tools

  43. Write Off & Reclassify in Batch • You no longer have to locate and write off invoices on a transaction-by-transaction basis. • Automatically posts to customer credit “Bad Debt” account (name and type detail) and applies to invoice More Organized and Save Steps

  44. Write Off & Reclassify in Batch • Quickly correct mis-postings for NON ITEM based transactions • Item Based transactions show up so you can identify issues; these need to be fixed manually • Reclassify to any Income Statement or Balance Sheet account More Organized and Save Steps

  45. Voided/Deleted Transaction Report • Built off of the QBO Activity Log, the Voided/Deleted Transactions reportshows transactions that have been voided or deleted in the selected period. • Another way to see if transactions have changed after they’ve been cleared • No need to access the bank rec screen – this report is available directly from the Accountant Center More Organized and Save Steps

  46. Demonstration • Write off & Reclassify in Batch

  47. Making Adjustments in QBOA • Adjusting Journal Entries • Only available in QBOA, not QBO New Insights and Save Steps

  48. Making Adjustments in QBOA • Adjusted Trial Balance Report • Set Period Dates and open Adjusted Trial Balance directly from Accountant Center • QBOA Only report • Adjustments columns pulls only from JEs marked “Adjusting” Save Steps and Improve Efficiency

  49. Demonstration • Making Adjustments in QBOA

  50. Working with QBO Clients • Grow Your Practice • Evaluate each client’s needs and determine which QuickBooks is best • QBOA provides tools for all types of accounting professionals – day to day bookkeeping, periodic review, annual returns or anything in between • Always on access; no computer time to arrange • Ever evolving: generally new features and tools released every 6-8 weeks Increase offerings and grow client base

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