Whats new in QuickBooks Point of Sale v18

QuickBooks Point of Sale Desktop has come a long way over the years and remains the tried and true Point of Sale system that integrates with QuickBooks financial software, QuickBooks Payments and QuickBooks Payroll making it a winning combination for your Retail Store. At the end of your sales day, you can sync with your QuickBooks financial software which reduces …

EMV Compliance and How to Protect Your Business From Fraud Liability

In recent months, I am sure we have all been in a checkout line somewhere swiping our card and heard the reader machine yell at you in some unidentifiable growl. “Oh that card has a chip, it needs to go here,” the cashier says pointing to the bottom of the reader. That chip is EMV technology. It stands for Europay, …

24 QuickBooks Point of Sale Terms You Should Know

24 QuickBooks Point of Sale Terms You Should Know     If you’re new to QuickBooks Point of Sale, get ready to expand your vocabulary.   When you first start using QuickBooks, even if you’ve been doing manual accounting for your business, there’s a learning curve. You recognize some things, like check blanks and invoice forms, but you have to …

Getting Started With QuickBooks Point of Sale

The Setup Interview will get you up and running. Getting a new software application for your company can be exciting – and frustrating. Once you’ve installed it from the CD and opened that first screen, you’re ready to start using it. Let’s talk about getting started with QuickBooks Point of Sale. But you know that that’s not really possible with financial …

Haven’t Upgraded QuickBooks Point of Sale Recently?

A recent user interface makeover and new program features make it worthy of serious consideration. Software upgrades are good news/bad news propositions. They cost money. It takes time to master the new functions and workflow. And sometimes, something you liked in the previous version disappears. So it’s not something we take lightly. In the early QuickBooks days, the software was …

Get QuickBooks Ready for Point of Sale Integration

Don’t expect to start ringing up sales until you’ve done some prep work in QuickBooks. Years from now, accounting industry thought leaders tell us, small business accounting will rely heavily on integration. You’ll be able to choose from best-of-breed solutions to assemble just the mix of financial functionality that your company requires. We’re seeing the early stages of this new …

QuickBooks POS Setup Interview Just Scratches the Surface

If you haven’t developed a close relationship with the Company Preferences window, it’s time you met. What’s the first thing you want to do after you’ve installed new software? Not make a lot of decisions and answer countless questions. Eager to see how it works, you want to dive in and start using the program. Intuit accommodates that desire with …

Moving Data into QuickBooks Point Of Sale

Moving Data Into QuickBooks Point Of Sale: Flexible Import Options Manual data entry is so over. And it’s a good thing: Your responsibilities as the manager of a retail operation are too numerous and time-consuming to have to deal with typing in long lists of customers, vendors and inventory items. Whether you’re using QuickBooks Point of Sale as a standalone …

POS software v9

HOT OFF THE PRESS! POS v9 The last day to sell POS v9 will be May 1, 2012. The Payments Business Unit has made a strategic decision to discontinue the sale of POS v9 (new, add a seat/store) with the impending launch of POS 2013 this summer. In the short term v10 is a robust and stable product that has …

Prepare Targeted Quickbooks POS Customer Lists

Prepare Targeted QuickBooks POS Customer Lists For Constant Contact Email Campaigns   If you use QuickBooks Point of Sale, you’re sitting on a terrific customer database that you can use to build creative, cost-effective email campaigns through Constant Contact. This twosome can provide a tremendous boost to your marketing and communication strategies.   The process involves moving through simple wizards …