Live Webinars | Learn to use QuickBooks® in your construction business

09May 2015 by Nancy Smyth No Comments

FREE Webinar – QuickBooks Desktop vs Intuit Online Payroll

WHEN: Wednesday May 13, 2015 TIME: 2 pm Eastern (1 pm Central) WHERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5365558835222259970 Perhaps you already use QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Premier or Enterprise - or are thinking about switching to QuickBooks from another accounting program. But what about payroll? Should you: outsource payroll to a 3rd party (like ADP or Paychex)? should you bring all payroll related tasks in-house? do you want to do everything yourself? do you want help? do you want a desktop or online payroll option? There are a lot of things to think about. Just remember, payroll is one of the most important tasks for any business, you need to make sure that you keep your employees happy by making certain that they are paid correctly and on time! Webinar Overview: Most businesses think the…

23Apr 2014 by Nancy Smyth No Comments

Free Webinar – Stealing More Than the Secret Sauce

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Free Webinar Stealing More Than the Secret Sauce - Identify and Safeguard Against Business Fraud Wednesday May 14, 2014 - 2-3 p.m. EST A staggering number of businesses falter and even fail because someone on the inside – an employee, vendor or even a partner – steals money, goods, data or intellectual property from the organization. Learning the warning signs can help business owners prevent and detect criminal activity and implement options to avoid future issues. Join a panel of distinguished virtual office business professionals in a free webinar designed to help businesses identify and safeguard against fraud. It will be presented by Kimberly Shannon, President, Off-Site Business Services, Nancy Smyth, President, Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc., and Shamese Shular, President, SHU Books on May 14, 2014, from 2pm to 3pm…

20Feb 2014 by Nancy Smyth 13 Comments

QuickBooks Job Costing from A-Z Webinar

Live Webinars, QuickBooks Training

March 26, 2014 1-2:30 p.m. EST Job Costing in QuickBooks can be one of the most agonizing tasks that a commercial or government construction contractor and their bookkeepers face on a daily basis. In fact, I talk to folks every day that tell me “I can’t get any job costing reports or information out of QuickBooks!”, and they usually aren’t very happy about the situation. Sometimes that statement literally means that they see no job costing information in QuickBooks – OR –the job costing reports they do see don’t look like the reports that they were used to from their old accounting system, which was industry specific. While I can’t make the reports look the same in QuickBooks, I can show you how to properly set up and use…

09Oct 2013 by Nancy Smyth No Comments

HANGOUT: QuickBooks & the Affordable Care Act (aka Obama Care)

Live Webinars, QuickBooks Training

The Affordable Care Act (aka Obama Care) seems to be the main topic of conversation these days. We held a very special QuickBooks for Contractors hangout Wednesday October 9th on Google+ dedicated to complying with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and how QuickBooks can be set up to track the employer contribution so that it will accurately display in Box 12 of your employee's W-2 with the appropriate code of DD. You can watch a recording of the hangout from our YouTube channel Download the slides that are shown in the video.

10Sep 2012 by Nancy Smyth 4 Comments

What’s New in QuickBooks 2013 – A Special Google+ Hangout

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Intuit has just announced the release of QuickBooks 2013 (today - 9/10/2012) and I'm inviting you to join us LIVE for a special QuickBooks for Contractors Hangout on Google+ for a preview of QuickBooks 2013. This event will be held on Wednesday September 12, 2012 from 5-6 p.m. EST. If you can't make the live event, you can watch it on our YouTube Channel at your convenience - because we'll be recording this special event. While there are not many new program features, QuickBooks 2013 looks significantly different from prior versions. I've been actively involved in working with QuickBooks 2013, as an Alpha and a Beta tester, since the end of June. According to Intuit, this year, a top request that they heard from customers like you was to…

27Jun 2012 by Nancy Smyth 6 Comments

Live Monthly QuickBooks for Contractors Hangouts – Join Us

Announcements, Live Webinars

Live, monthly QuickBooks for Contractors hangout on Google+ come join us! Hangouts will be held live the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 5-6 p.m. EST beginning on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, recorded and hosted on YouTube to be watched later at your convenience. Do you wonder if your QuickBooks® job costing reports are providing you with accurate information? Perhaps: your bookkeeper says “I don’t know how to do this” or “QuickBooks® can’t do that” you are so frustrated and uncertain that you are spending hours updating complex Excel spreadsheets, or worse yet you are trying to keep it all in your head! you’ve been looking at high-end {costly} construction specific software that would provide better job costing, but know it’s just not in the budget right now Are…

10Apr 2012 by Nancy Smyth No Comments

WEBINAR: Certified Payroll Reports – Learn how to fill them out

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How to fill out a certified payroll report, is a question that I've been asked by QuickBooks users for years - so often in fact that I decided to give a live monthly webinar on this very subject. How to Fulfill Your Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements - 2 hour live webinar, $89.00 per person The current economic situation has dealt a serious blow to both homebuilders and commercial contractors and many are finding themselves making the move to Public Works construction and Prevailing Wage projects. Making the move from residential/commercial construction projects to government-funded construction projects, which have certified payroll reporting requirements, can be overwhelming for most contractors, their office staff, and the accounting professionals who support them. This often misunderstood requirement can lead to major problems; including denial…

09Apr 2012 by Nancy Smyth 5 Comments

Welcome to Learn to use QuickBooks in your construction business

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Welcome to the initial launch of the Learn to use QuickBooks in your construction business - QuickBooks for Contractors Bookkeeping Tips & Training website! Today is our initial launch and you won't find much here yet, but we will be rolling out content beginning today with much more to follow this week and in the coming months. Enter your email address below to be notified via email each time we add something new to this site: Email Delivered by FeedBurner If you find this post to be helpful, please take a moment to leave a comment or share it with others on your favorite social networking site(s).