QuickBooks Security
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How to Keep Your QuickBooks Online Secure

It starts with the obvious: look at your password. If you di not have a hardened password, change your password now. A hardened password should look like this: Ceu3#jXgj2y#aL%X It should have: It should also be nearly impossible to remember. That is why you should keep it secure in a password protection program, like LastPass….

QuickBooks Mileage Tracker App
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QuickBooks Mileage Tracker Tip

If you are having any trouble with the QuickBooks Mileage Tracker is the mobile app, check this: when you’re tracking mileage, go to your phone settings then set the phone’s location permissions to “Always.”  If it’s an Android, go to your phone settings and set the phone’s location permissions to “Allow all the time.” And physical…

QuickBooks ProAdvisor Sheldon Bookkeeping is Platinum
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Sheldon Bookkeeping Reaches Platinum Level as Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Just a day after being notified that Sheldon Bookkeeping is a part of the QuickBooks Business Affiliates Program, we have received word that we reached Platinum status as a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. “what a ride this has been!” And we are not done yet. We are planning to continue our work as a real estate…

QuickBooks Business Affiliate
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Sheldon Bookkeeping is now a QuickBooks Business Affiliate

We are pleased to announce that we are a part of the QuickBooks Business Affiliate Program. This allows us to offer new clients discounts on QuickBooks Online Subscriptions. Intuit has authorized Sheldon Bookkeeping to display the QuickBooks Business Affiliate Badge. It is being added to the main page of our website. More information will be…

IRS Publication 587 Business Use of Your Home
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Deducting the Business Use of Your Home

What it costs you to have a home office is a legitimate and deductible expense on your taxes. Many small businesses operate out of a home office – it’s quite vogue to do so. The IRS is not your enemy. They provide much free information about how you can take advantage of this deduction. To…

QuickBooks Point of Sale
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QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale to be Discontinued

After 20 years of being available,  Intuit has decided to discontinue QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale 19.0 on October  3, 2023, the era of the software comes to an end. There will be no future versions of QuickBooks Desktop Point-of-Sale software.  Intuit also has decided it will no longer sell QuickBooks Desktop-Point-of-Sale to new customers….

QuickBooks Online & Multiple Companies
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QuickBooks Online & Multiple Companies

Many clients seem to have multiple companies they own and operate. While working with these multi-company clients, they often want to place their various businesses into one QuickBooks Online subscription plan. “How can I do that?” is their question. And the simple answer is, “You can’t.” This is how it works: You can have multiple…

Chart of Accounts for Real Estate Agents
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Free Chart of Accounts for Real Estate Agents

Now available for free from Sheldon Bookkeeping: a Chart of Accounts for Real Estate Agents. This Chart (COA) is compatible with all versions of QuickBooks Online. It is for the smaller real estate agent business, as it does not include categories for employees. It does include accounts to categorize different sources of income as well…

QuickBooks Desktop
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Quickbooks Desktop Versions Discontinued Notice Published

Intuit has published an announcement about QuickBooks Desktop.“After May 31, 2023, access to add-on services will be discontinued for QuickBooks Desktop for Windows 2020. This includes all versions of QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Premier, and Enterprise Solutions v20.”The announcement is on the QuickBooks website and is accessed here. Products affected by service discontinuation after May 31,…

iRS 2023 Business Mileage Rate
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IRS 2023 Mileage Rates Announced

New Rates for 2023 Released The Internal Revenue Service Service has announced the new 2023 mileage rates.  The optional 2023 standard mileage rate for business, medical, and other uses of an automobile is 65.5 cents per mile. This is a 3-cent increase from the 62.5-cent rate that was set during the second half of 2022….

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