QuickBooks 2010

Happy New Year!  Hard to believe it is the beginning of 2010 already.  Our first post to the newly created blog of Cook CPA Group.

And the first blog is about the new version of QuickBooks 2010.  It actually is a good upgrade to purchase as you can really customize it for the reports you really need.  Additionally invoices can be further customized so that "branding" is constistent. 

Modifiable Company Snapshot


The Company Snapshot-a one-page screen of key reports and graphs-is the best first place to look when you fire up QuickBooks in the morning. In the past, its content has been static, but now you can choose from myriad reports and customize this printable page to meet your needs.

Customize Forms for a More Polished Image


QuickBooks has always offered limited customization of forms, but the 2010 adds new tools to help you present a uniform, professional look to your outgoing documents. For one thing, you can now build a design and apply it simultaneously to multiple forms.

QuickBooks also includes several free background designs that will work with QuickBooks forms. A layout preview window lets you see how your changes will look as you make them. To find these tools, click Customize on any form screen.

Deposit Checks Instantly

Paper checks can be the bane of your existence, whether you're producing them or receiving them. QuickBooks 2010 includes tools to help with both processes.

First, you can now add an electronic signature to checks you create and print in QuickBooks. It's easy; you simply go into the printer setup tool and designate the correct graphic file.

Second, Intuit Check Solutions can help you get paid faster. Instead of ferrying incoming checks to the bank every night, you can either scan them or take the information over the phone, and then transmit the financial data to the bank.

You must have a merchant account to use the service, which Intuit can help you acquire. Intuit Check Solutions costs $59.95 for setup, with a monthly fee of $19.95. There's also a 23-cent charge for each check transmission.

Please see my website at http://www.cookcpagroup.com/ under newsletters for more features and details of the above items.  QuickBooks 2010 could be the time to upgrade to the new version!

Evelyn