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Now more than ever, accounting firms like yours who service the small to mid-sized market segment are being asked to support evolving client needs to help fuel future client growth, as well as your own practice. Meeting the needs of this dynamic market requires you to be at the very top of your game with the ability to provide accurate and detailed business information that clients can rely on to make sound decisions to generate growth and profits.
Peachtree by Sage – Quantum offers accounting firms a single, powerful and flexible accounting solution to address multiple client files, while providing a single access point to create and modify files from any Peachtree product format your clients might have.
Accounting industry challenges
- Increasing workflow resulting from multiple client needs, files and practices
- Increasing customer demand for faster information delivery
- Increasing client demand for more business performance analysis
- Increasing company mergers, consolidations
How Peachtree Quantum can help
Peachtree Quantum helps you address these challenges by offering accounting firms a versatile resource to serve their client’s needs easily and effectively. Accountants using Peachtree Quantum can create, open, modify and save client files from any version of Peachtree Accounting as well as handle complex tasks like company consolidation, file backup and restore, compensation history tracking and budget tracking for up to four years.
Peachtree Quantum provides:
- Single point of access to multiple client files
- Easy file back up and restore functionality
- More than 145 customizable reports
- One-year access to priority support, updates and upgrades
Sage Accountants Network
The Accountants Network is for accountants who insist on staying current on trends in accounting and business management solutions. The program offers you flexible access to information, software and services that allow you to respond to your clients’ needs – without investing a great deal of time and money.
Members of the Accountants Network receive:
- Online listings in the member locator
- Priority access to experienced support specialists
- Product upgrades/updates and payroll tax tables
- Access to valuable discounts on business services and products
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Want to save your company some more money. Why not find a company that will allow you to buy alot of business checks, and the more you buy, then the more you can save in the long-run. Theirs a company that i know of that if you have placed 5 cheap business checks
orders, that they will give you a coupon for 25% off to use on your 6th order.
If you place large orders, saving 25% can really add up to alot of savings. With a hard economy, saving is really a big deal for alot of companies with alot of cut backs and etc… Saving can make your business grow faster, by using that extra money as re-investment to inventory, or upgrades. If you find a penny on the floor, are you going to walk over it, ot pick it up. I hope you would pick it up. If you found 100 of them, you just saved a dollar.
With widespread job cuts and a recession to deal with, it’s not easy to maintain a positive outlook at work these days. But being upbeat, despite the stress, could actually help you thrive during a downturn.
“Most people make the mistake of thinking that success leads to happiness. In fact, our brains work precisely the other way around,” says Shawn Achor, head of Aspirant, a consulting firm that advises clients like Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), American Express (AXP, Fortune 500), Credit Suisse (CS), and UBS (UBS) on how to keep morale and productivity up in these extraordinarily difficult times.
A positive approach to the daily grind, he adds, “gives rise to resilience, energy, and the ability to influence other people — all things that create success.” Having an great accounting team helps as well. Use a good quality accounting program like Peachtree Quantum by sage.
So if you want to come through this downturn with flying colors — and maybe even a promotion or a raise — you need to think positive.
As any successful professional knows, you have to spend money to make money. All profitable businesses pay expenses, and the idea is to generate more than enough profit to offset that imbalance. Potential expenses include overhead – renting a storefront or office – supplies, consulting fees, subscriptions to industry journals and so on.
In order to increase efficiency, companies can use Quickbooks business checks for their payment needs. These checks lend an extra element of credibility to the enterprise as they prominently feature the business’s name, address and other crucial information. The checks can be customized in terms of general design and color scheme, so they don’t have a generic look.
Did you know that the top Accounting Software was Peachtree by sage. Peachtree ranked the best for ease of use, Help Documentation, Accounting Receivables and payables. Next was MYOB, then Quickbooks. Peachtree is really easy to use, and has a excellent system set up. The 2010 Peachtree by sage, has been really been upgraded alot more. You can see more of what your doing for your customers and inventory.
Quickbooks has done some upgrade, but not like peachtree has. If you use fixed assets, peachtree is the best program to use. Just try it for your self and see how much you like the program. Its easy to import from QB to Peachtree accounting. Peachtree Quantum by sage offers at least a 10 user edition for various industries.
When ordering business checks on top, you cant forget to get the deposit slips. We see it every day, that a company orders business checks on top for quickbooks, and they come back and order quickbook deposit slips. Save money if you order them togethere. That way the shipping cost wont be seperated and it will be in one order vs two orders, and paying for two shipping costs.
You can order the quickbooks slips blank. That way, you can customize them on your own. One thing you cant forget is to make sure you have a MICR toner for the checks and deposit slips. Otherwise, your bank may have to manually process the transaction, making you pay an extra fee. Ordering cheap business checks with deposits is easy to do.
How to Avoid the 10 Most Common Employee Handbook Mistakes
posted by Mr. Peachtree user @ 8:03 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
We all know the importance of a well-written employee handbook: it helps to define company expectations regarding performance and conduct; it serves as a means of formalizing company rules so all employees are held to the same standards; and it provides general information about the
organization as well as the benefits and services the company has to offer. There are a multitude of reasons for creating an employee
handbook. But, if developed and implemented incorrectly, it can do more harm than good. Peachtree by sage software will help you with keeping up with your employee records
Below are 10 of the most widespread employee handbook mistakes and what you can do to avoid falling into the “trap”:
1. Failure to clearly publicize an at-will disclaimer. Employment at-will disclaimers make it clear that you do not intend to have the handbook construed as a “contract”
Everyone has a personality, so why not keep your business with it.
posted by Odd Ball @ 7:52 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Ever had an work environment that was very dull and boring? We all can more than likely say yes to that for sure. If you have a good personlity and it attracts other people, why not do the same for your business. Having an working enviroment really helps you to enjoy your work, and it will keep the turn over very low as well. People talk, and you’ll have more business coming, and would mean more hiring.
Along with keeping your business going, include different activities that everyone can participate in, and have fun. Have some days that would include some good music that everyone likes. Have Fridays to be casual day, but still remain professional as well. Share some of your activities with your customers. If your working with the order department, yes that can be very boring. Ordering cheap business checks can be fun as well. How do you want to desing your checks? What kind of font or style do you need.
When your in business. Its always a good idea to make sure you have plenty of money in your operations account. Not having enough can really cost you alot of money and hurt you bad. Most banks will charge a $35 NSF fee. If you have 8 of them, that’s a cost of $280. Operation a business with many transactions is alot to maintain.
A nice savings to help you is to have your checking account linked to your business savings account. If you run into financial problems, you can depend on a back up plan, and would cost alot less. Using a great accounting program like Peachtree Quantum by sage will help you to know what you really have in your account.
Help your customers with newsletters
posted by Happy Business Guy @ 9:24 PM
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Help your existing customers with Newsletters from time to time. By letting your customers that don’t shop montly know about your special, or new products, send them a news letter. By sending out information, you’ll be able to help your business make more sales, while giving your customers the best service possible.
Customer service is what makes or breaks your business’s. More you do, the better your business will profit and grow. If your offering cheap business checks, why not offer envelopes at an discount. Yes your making money as an business owner, but with a discount for your customers, it will save them money as well. The more they shop, more you make, and the more they save and be a loyal customer.
Did you know that Peachtree Quantum By Sage offers a varitey for your industry. They offer it for Accounting, Construction, Distrubtion, Manufacturing, and Non-Profit.
For the Accountant.
Whether you are an in-house or external public accountant, you both share the same needs. You require a flexible accounting solution that increases your accuracy, efficiency and productivity to help you do your job better.
For in-house accountants, Peachtree by Sage – Quantum delivers all of this, plus:
- “My Dashboard” that you can customize according to each individual user’s preference and display as much or as little information, all organized for the way you work
- More than 140 customizable reports that give you the data you need – the way you want it – to recognize opportunities and provide the owner with information to steer your business and help increase profitability
- “Internal Accounting Review” that saves you time by running up to 15 checks on your company’s data at any time to find potential order entry mistakes
Tax time is here for business that needs the forms.
posted by number generator @ 9:03 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Well folks, its that time again for all businesses. Its tax time. Theirs so many tax forms that you can use for your businesses. Sept through the end of March is when you can buy your tax forms for your Peachtree or Quickbooks accounting program. When your buying the tax forms, dont forget to get the envelopes you need as well.
One of the very popular tax form is the 1099–INT Copy A. Interest Income. Use the 1099-INT Copy A to print and mail payment information to the IRS. Forms are 3up on an 8 1/2 x 11″ sheet with a 1/2″ side perforation and are printed with required red scannable ink on 20# laser paper. Order the quantity equal to the number of employees for which you need to file. Mail in a batch to the IRS.