Do I Have to Collect Sales Tax for Out-of-State Sales?
September 20, 2016 at 7:45 pm

State governments would like to collect as much sales tax as possible and, with declining revenues over the last several years, are looking to every possible source. One such source is to charge sales tax on purchases made by their residents and out-of-state businesses. States are becoming more aggressive in pursuit of revenue and are reaching even further than before...

Is There a Stock Chart of Accounts That I Can Use When I Set Up My Business?
August 23, 2016 at 7:53 pm

Your Chart of Accounts (COA) is an important groundwork for your business to organize your financial transactions. The specificity of your COA will determine how clearly you can view your financial statements. You want enough detail to delineate categories of cash inflow and outflow that are important to your business, but not so much detail that your financial statements are a jumbled mess...

How Can I Track the Profitability of a Purchase Order in QuickBooks?
May 31, 2016 at 7:36 pm

QuickBooks allows you to set up purchase orders as jobs. A report of profitability by job can be run after the purchase order has been invoiced and the supplier purchase order has been converted to a bill or paid. To set up a job, go to “customer” and then “customer center.” Highlight the...