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Do You Qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit?

Supporting a family can be difficult, not to mention expensive.  Working families  whose income is fairly low need all the help they can get with their income taxes.   The…

April 30, 2015

Using Statements in QuickBooks: The Basics

One of the more enjoyable parts of your job is probably sending invoices to your customers to bill for products and/or services-second only to recording payments received. Thanks to the…

April 30, 2015

Are Your Social Security Payments Taxable?

Do you receive social security benefits?  Maybe you have retired and are receive payments after working hard all your life.  Maybe you are disabled and receive payments as a result…

April 30, 2015

Creating Item Records in QuickBooks

Whether you’re selling one-of-a-kind items or stocking dozens of the same kinds of products, you need to create records for each. When it comes time to create invoices or sales…

April 30, 2015

Make Your Preferences Known in QuickBooks

There are some features that all small businesses need in their accounting software. Everyone needs a Chart of Accounts and a good set of report templates. There must be tools…

April 30, 2015

Memorizing Transactions in QuickBooks: Why? How?

One of the reasons you started using accounting software, among many others, was to save time. And QuickBooks has complied. Once you create a record for a customer, vendor, item,…

April 30, 2015

What You Need to Know About Estimated Taxes

There are numerous advantages to being self-employed. The top benefit that most full-time, must-report-to-the-office employees most envy the most is your ability to establish your own work schedule. You don’t…

April 30, 2015