Quickbooks Frequently Asked Questions – Expert Quickbooks Extensions, Support & Advice
CAN MY OLD DATA BE IMPORTED INTO QUICKBOOKS?
Transactional data is not advised to be imported without specialist skills as the system it is coming from may not be compatible. Software designers set up and design their own systems separately; development like this is not standardized. That said we do have tools and modules to take transactional data and do this work for you. We have the skill set and tools to import data from Sage, TAS, and many systems built on SQL. It is possible to import Customers, Items and Suppliers from within QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier and QuickBooks enterprise. We offer this service and take the apprehension from it for you. Call us for more information.
CAN QUICKBOOKS GROW AS MY BUSINESS GROWS?
Simple answer is yes QuickBooks Pro and Premier can handle 14,500 customers, suppliers and items. Premier has more features than Pro such as SOP (Sales Order Process) more features around purchasing and order fulfilment. It has greater functionality around managing your stock processes and purchasing etc. QuickBooks enterprise can handle 1 million items, customers and suppliers you can also have up to 30 concurrent users. QuickBooks Pro and Premier allow up to 5 users.
HOW HARD IS IT TO USE, DO I NEED ADVANCED ACCOUNTING SKILLS?
The simple answer is no, some knowledge of business process is advantageous of course. We believe that QuickBooks is the easiest to use accounting software out there. We offer full training and installation of all QuickBooks products and we also offer full support. You get one month’s free Intuit QuickBooks support for each license you purchase this support is handled through the U.K and onwards to Intuit’s Indian support center. We offer Irish support from Ireland with an Irish support contract. We also have qualified skilled bookkeepers and accountants on hand to advise, train and help your business utilize QuickBooks.
WHO SETS UP MY SYSTEM?
QuickBooks is easy to set up and a simple wizard will have you up and running in no time so the short answer is that you can probably set yourself up in quick time. For more advanced and multiple users, servers etc. we can set up your system for you. We are happy to call to your business install the software and set up your company file. We offer other services to help our clients such as ongoing support, Training and process set up along with implementation of the software.
CAN I HAVE MULTIPLE COMPANIES WITHIN QUICKBOOKS AND DOES IT COST EXTRA?
You can have multiple companies and no there are no additional costs like other software providers. You can just simply go ahead and create additional companies through the wizards.
CAN I HANDLE SALES ORDERS AND ESTIMATES IN QUICKBOOKS?
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise can handle sales orders and estimates you can turn a estimate into a sales order and from there to an invoice simply and easily. Sales orders are very useful if you have a complex order with product being purchased from multiple suppliers and you have multiple PO’s and invoices as part of one sales transaction. Again Accountancy Software are happy to train you and your business on these advanced but easy to use and understand features.
CAN QUICKBOOKS HANDLE PURCHASES ORDERS?
Absolutely you can easily create purchase orders in QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier and QuickBooks enterprise. You can then receive those PO’s against a bill or supplier this process is very easy.
CAN I HAVE MULTIPLE STOCK LOCATIONS IN QUICKBOOKS?
QuickBooks enterprise the most advanced and feature packed product from Intuit and in Enterprise you can have multiple stock locations. QuickBooks Enterprise also has an advanced stock Module. Accountancy Software supply an advanced add on module for Stock that links directly to QuickBooks so if you have complex requirements we got you covered.
CAN I BUILT ASSEMBLY ITEMS, KITS AND DISASSEMBLE KITS AND ASSEMBLY ITEMS?
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise handles light assemblies for more advance stock management Accountancy Software have an advanced Stock module that can be added to QuickBooks to make these products the most advanced stock management product on the market today.
CAN I USE QUICKBOOKS TO HANDLE BANK RECONCILIATIONS?
“Yes” and we can show and train you how to do this.
CAN I USE QUICKBOOKS TO HANDLE MY PURCHASE INVOICES MY SUPPLIER INVOICES/BILLS?
Yes Yes Yes. Even easier if you are running reports or procedures every month you can memorise these transactions and reports to make you even more efficient and process driven. Again Accountancy Software “us” can show you how all this works through a training day.
CAN I SEND INVOICES, ESTIMATES, DELIVERY NOTES, STATEMENTS THROUGH QUICKBOOKS?
QuickBooks allows you to link your software to your e-mail client including Gmail, Live, Hotmail and Microsoft Outlook so you can directly from QuickBooks sent this information at a click of a button. QuickBooks 2015 also allows you to manage other related documents so they can be added and managed when sending information to clients. An example of this could be that when sending an estimate you may wish to send a product brochure that you have stored in QuickBooks with the estimate. This makes QuickBooks a document management solution for your business also.
WHO USES QUICKBOOKS AND IS IT POPULAR?
QuickBooks is used by every type of business imaginable Intuits QuickBooks is the most widely used accounting solution in the world there are several thousand businesses in Ireland using this software and many thousands more in the U.K. QuickBooks are looking to gain traction and market share in Europe so they aggressively price their product far lower than their competition which we don’t agree with but that’s the way it is! We believe that QuickBooks is light years ahead of other software out there we would say that but we do think this is true.