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Changing over to Peachtree From Quickbooks
posted by Happy Business Guy @ 10:33 PM
Friday, June 18, 2010
Changing over to Peachtree accounting software is very easy to do. Their is a convert program with the peachtree programs that allows you to move things. Why not start using peachtree out of the box vs using quickbooks. WHY? Peachtree has FIFO and LIFO, and will give you the accurate numbers for what you have made for the year off of that product.
Quickbooks will give you an Average number. You hate lairs right? Well so do we with an accounting program that will give you the wrong information. When using the peachtree business checks, is easy and you’ll have four templates to select from and use. Not sure what to use. Just print some dummy checks to see what style you like for your business.
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When I first opened my restaurant 13 years ago, I was in it for one thing: the food. I realized that running a business would require a variety of skills and logical thinking, but I wanted my main focus to be on the quality of the cuisine I prepared for my patrons. After a few months however, it became apparent that I would have to spend just as much— if not more—time on the business side as the cooking side.
Over the years, I have implemented a variety of tools to help streamline the business processes and eliminate the time I spend on administrative duties. One of the most indispensable of these instruments is my accounting software. Instead of keeping a large ledger with all of my business transactions, the software does most of the work for me and even helps manage the payroll.
Are you pushing the limits of your current accounting solution?
posted by Odd Ball @ 10:27 PM
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Are you pushing the limits of your current accounting solution?
Then Sage Peachtree Quantum is for you. It’s designed specifically for mid-sized companies with up to 250 employees and is available at a lower cost than most competitor solutions.
Sage Peachtree Quantum provides user-friendly tools with robust functionality, including:
- Project tracking
- Comparative budgets
- Easy access to lists
- Synchronization with ACT! by Sage and Microsoft® Outlook®1
- Crystal Reports® 2008
- Payroll2
- Integration with UPS® shipping3
- Electronic bill payment
- Online bank reconciliation4
- Integration with Microsoft Excel® and Word for easy communications5
Gold hits 5-month high above $1200
By Blake Ellis, staff reporterMay 6, 2010: 3:46 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Gold surged past the psychologically significant $1,200 mark on Thursday as stock markets plummeted and investors sought a safe haven.
What prices are doing: Gold for June delivery settled up $22.30, or nearly 2%, at $1,197.30 an ounce but climbed above $1,200 after its settlement, hitting the highest level since Dec. 4.
What’s moving the market: Investors flocked to safer investments like gold on Thursday as concerns about Greece’s debt persisted and markets tumbled.
The Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points in afternoon trading Thursday. Before this drop, stocks were all lower as investors worried that Greece’s debt problems could spread to other euro zone countries.
“You have strong investment demand for gold as a safe haven to hedge against what has been happening in Greece and other European countries,” said Carlos Sanchez, a precious metals analyst at CPM Group.
Sanchez said Greece’s problems have caused a ripple effect in the markets, and that gold has been climbing as stocks fall and the dollar heads higher.
“If this break above $1,200 holds, we may see follow-through buying and may see prices pushed toward last year’s high of $1,230 because of such high investment demand,” he said. Business checks are used to help with buying Gold across the nation.
Like most businesses you most likely keep a very good record system so that way you can track your business checks. Its always a good idea to check your bank statement every month to make sure your checks are matching up to your other paper work.
Having good easy to read checks help in this as well. If you have a check that is messy and small and hard to read then checking it can become a hassle. So make sure when ordering your checks to make it simple and keep that nice clean look to them.
If you are interested in making your business checks more friendly to pursuade more customers to come in, then I suggest adding your logo to your checks. When you do this it will show your customers that you are proud of your company and want everyone to know about it.
Adding your own personal business logo onto checks will not only catch the attention of your current customers but it will also catch the eye of any on lookers as well. It could potentially help boost your numbers during this hard time we are having lately, and lets face it some of us are willing to make as many changes as possible to up the numbers.
Have you ever been in a situation where you realize at last minute that you are almost out of business checks. And then you realize that what you have may not make it till you recieve the new ones. Well there is a way to avoid this situation from happening.
The best thing to do is when you open your last set of checks to go and order more checks so that way, the new ones will be in before you run out of the checks you already have. Its so simple that once you get into a routine of doing that you will find that you wont find your self without checks ever again.
Anyone who has tried to manage their business’ accounting by hand can attest to how difficult the task can be. Even for trained accountants, keeping a handwritten ledger of accounts is monotonous and leaves the door open for an array of errors. In this day and age, accounting software is a no-brainer.
One of the most popular systems now available is VersaCheck. This comprehensive software allows you to manage all of your various accounts and even write and receive checks. Not only will a tool like this save you valuable time and money on accounting, but it is more reliable than antiquated methods too.
Organize your business with multiple checking accounts.
posted by Odd Ball @ 1:13 PM
Monday, February 15, 2010
Organize your business with multiple checking accounts. Its good to have your business organized. That way, everything is smooth running and easy to follow. With an online business, its good to have your main operations account, tax account, savings account, and tax account. Having multiple business checking accounts helps you to make sure certin things are being paid and on time
Peachtree Quantum, uses the checks in middle. Peachtree checks are easy to use and you can select up to four different templates to select from. Peachtree is really awesome about letting you know the true numbers for your accounting. Inventory control is really remarkable and easy to use. You will get the exact amount you made, vs quickbooks, that will give you an average. Your running a honest business….so why not have a honest accounting system in place.
Peachtree checks are customizable and by default offers 4 different styles. They use checks in middle. Yes you can add color logo, black white logo, or watermark onto your checks. You can move the address over to the left, right or middle, with the logo. Its always good to make sure the address fits perfectly into the double window envelope.
You can even add custom fonts to your checks as well. One thing is not recommended is to have your checks printed with your signature on them. Thats is a extremely risky thing to do. Anyone could put their name on there, write a huge check out with your signature on it, and then your liable for that check because of the printed signature.