Posted on March 25th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Running a small business, which includes a household (and keeping up with the administrative portion) can get unwieldy in a hurry. If you are starting out and looking for ways to file and organize your business receipts, here are some suggestions: First, be careful not to make this more difficult than it needs to be. [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Marie Gibson sent out this email to those who participated in her wonderful ShoeBox 101 Teleseminar (which is still available as a download). It has been just over a month since you participated in the ShoeBox-101 Teleseminar where you learned the basics of setting up your accounting system. It is now February, and I am [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
This question came in from one of the Life of E’s members (who is a Nevada resident and will also be in the ShoeBox 101) class and here’s the expert answer from Marie Gibson, the instructor for ShoeBox101 (being held and recorded on January 8, 2009: ——– Consumer Use Tax is another way for states [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Here’s a question that came in to me: Do you have any recommendations for business and personal bookkeeping programs? I am thinking of recommending Quicken to a client but have not used it in years. I wrote this response: …and what I use is QuickBooksPro. It does seem to be almost the ‘standard’ now for [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2007, by Meggin McIntosh
Question: What is your opinion on getting some Quickbooks training? Quickbooks Pro is new to me and I’m a little lost. I don’t want to start off making mistakes and I want to learn the right way. I was quoted $275 for a personalized 3 hour course in which the instructor will come to my [...]
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Posted on June 27th, 2007, by Meggin McIntosh
Question: For the type of business that most of us will be running (small, home-based) would you recommend using Quickbooks Simple Start or Quickbooks Pro? Billy Simms/posted 6/27/07 Answer: I recommend QuickBooks Pro. It takes some time to learn, but it’s highly sophisticated and one you learn it, it will grow with you. When I [...]
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