Mike Block CPA talks about the Real April 15 for Taxpayers

Mike Block CPA talks about the the difference of April 15 and the Real April 15 for US Taxpayers. In his blog he discuss the difference of April 15 and the Real April 15 in details.

For more info you can click this September 15, The Real April 15.

How I wish Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Philippines will also allow a legitimate extension of tax filing just like in US.

Intuit QuickBooks vs other Accounting System for Philippines Users

It's been a while since I wrote my last article. I've been busy learning new accounting system.

Some says that MYOB is a lot better than Intuit QuickBooks, but as an Intuit QuickBooks user here in the Philippines for more than 4 years now, I will still definitely use Intuit QuickBooks.

I love Intuit QuickBooks because:

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users: 2010-11

Here is a Speed Up QuickBooks tip for all Philippines QuickBooks users who have many recurring transactions.

Do you know that Intuit QuickBooks has a Memorized Transaction Feature that will save not only your time processing transactions but will also serve as a reminder to QuickBooks users repetitive transactions.

Step 1 - QuickBooks Tip 2010-11: Create the Bill, Check, Estimate, Invoice etc that you want to memorize.

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users: 2010-10

Do you need to enter multiple amount of receipts in your check? Here's a nice QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users:

Intuit QuickBooks allows Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division in its fields. Like for example, you need to create 1 check for 10 different receipts. You can use all operations in getting the total amount of your expense.

Here's another tip: Intuit QuickBooks has a Calculator in it.

QuickBooks Guru offers Free Financial Management

Mike Block CPA offers Free Financial Management and Free Credit Counseling. He is a Certified Public Accountant for 45 years and an nationally known QuickBooks Expert for 12 years now.

He receive a commendation from Intuit CEO Brad Smith: "You're Fantastic Mike. Absolutely fantastic!"

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users : 2010-09

Here are Ctrl + Alphabet Functions that are very helpful when using Intuit QuickBooks:

Ctrl + A - Chart of Account

Ctrl + E - Edit

Ctrl + F - Find

Ctrl + I - Create Invoice

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users: 2010-08

Here are additional SpeedUp Tip for Philippines QuickBooks Users:

By pressing the END and HOME keys while you are using Intuit QuickBooks will bring you to:

Free Online Document Storage Websites

Here are Free Online Document Storage Websites that Philippines QuickBooks users can use in storing their Intuit QuickBooks Company Portable File or Intuit QuickBooks Company Backup File:

All are free that offers great features including husge size of storage space.

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines Intuit QuickBooks Users: 2010-07

All Intuit QuickBooks users whether from US, UK or Philippines, a Backup of their QuickBooks Company File is a necessity.

For multinational companies, they maintain the QuickBooks Company Backup File either from their remote server or from their local server. These companies spend lots of money just to ensure that their file is safe and secure.

But for a simple QuickBooks Users like in the Philippines there are actually a lot of ways to have the QuickBooks Company Backup File safe and accessible.

Free Call to Intuit QuickBooks Support Center

Philippines QuickBooks Users can now call to Intuit QuickBooks Support Center for FREE!!!

Calling US Intuit QuickBooks Support Center is FREE for Philippines QuickBooks users because Google offers free calls to U.S and Canada from anywhere in the world. Just install the plug-in within Gmail to have a FREE calls to U.S. and Canada until the end of 2010.

You can visit this link for more details Free Calls to U.S. and Canada

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines Intuit QuickBooks users: 2010-06

I got this Intuit QuickBooks Tip from Mike Block CPA and it will definitely work for Philippines QuickBooks users as well.

Upon opening the Intuit QuickBooks 2010, it usually take more than a minute before you can start working because of several popping screens. Like the Intuit QuickBooks Homepage, the Coach Windows Feature and the Live Community Window. Most of the time QuickBooks users just close it because they don't really care about it, what they want is to start working on Intuit QuickBooks.

To get rid of these unnecessary windows just follow these steps:

Free QuickBooks Basic Online for Philippines QuickBooks Users

Intuit QuickBooks offers Free QuickBooks Online Anytime, Anywhere Access not only for US Based QuickBooks users but also for Philippines Based QuickBooks users. 

The Philippines QuickBooks users can enjoy the following features of Free QuickBooks Online Anytime, Anywhere Access:

- Create invoices and track money

- Manage unlimited customers (Philippines Based or International)

- 2 Login Access

- 40 Standard reports

- Sending of Invoices, Statements, Receipts and other QuickBooks report and forms through email

- Import customer contact lists from Excel, Outlook and Gmail

Philippines QuickBooks user can visit Free QuickBooks Online Anytime, Anywhere Access to start enjoying QuickBooks Online. 

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines Intuit QuickBooks users: 2010-05

Let us start a new day with a new Intuit QuickBooks Tip for Philippines QuickBooks user!

I still have a few tips on entering dates in Intuit QuickBooks. Pinoy QuickBooks users can type "H" from their keyboard on any date field in Intuit QuickBooks to instantly enter last day of the current month. If Pinoy QuickBooks user will repeatedly press "H", the date will change and will show the end of the following month.

It's another Speed Up Intuit QuickBooks Tip for Pinoy QuickBooks users. See you around for more Speed Up QuickBooks Tip like this.

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines Intuit QuickBooks users: 2010-04

I feel like giving Intuit QuickBooks tips to Philippines QuickBooks users today! 

I supposedly posting 1 tip a day, but since I did not post any Intuit QuickBooks tips yesterday, I will be posting 3 tips today. On Pinoy QuickBooks Tip to Pinoy Users of Intuit QuickBooks : 2010-02 I said that we can use "+" or "-" in increasing or decreasing the date in Intuit QuickBooks. While on Pinoy QuickBooks Tip to Pinoy Users of Intuit QuickBooks : 2010-03 I mentioned that Philippines QuickBooks users can type the date on the date field without any dashes because Intuit QuickBooks will automatically enter it.

On 2010-04 Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Pinoy QuickBooks users it is also about entering dates in Intuit QuickBooks. Do you know that you can just type on the date field "T" from your keyboard to automatically insert the current date? Yes! Just type "T" and the date today will be inserted.

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip for Philippines Intuit QuickBooks users: 2010-03

Here's is another Speed Up Intuit QuickBooks tip for Philippines QuickBooks users.

In the date field on any Intuit QuickBooks Form, you can enter date without "-" dashes because Intuit QuickBooks will add them automatically!

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip to Pinoy Users of Intuit QuickBooks : 2010-02

Here's a nice Intuit QuickBooks tip in changing dates from any forms in Intuit Quickbooks, Pinoy QuickBooks users can use "+" or "-" sign to increase or decrease the date.

Pinoy QuickBooks Tip to Pinoy Users of Intuit QuickBooks : 2010-01

There is no need enter the full date in Write Check, Invoice, General Journal and all other Forms in Intuit QuickBooks. Users of Intuit QuickBooks just need to key in month and day because Intuit QuickBooks will enter the current year automatically.

Don't forget Pinoy QuickBooks Tip 2010-01:

Just type month and day (MM/DD) and Intuit QuickBooks will take care entering the current year.

New Features of Intuit QuickBooks 2010

The new features of Quickbooks 2010 that can make lives of Accountants, Bookkeepers or Pinoy-Quickbooks users are the following:

- Client Data Review
- Document Management

- Add or Edit Multiple Entries in QuickBooks List

- Auto-sign checks

Other features were improved like:

Recording Donations of Non - Inventory Items in Intuit Quickbooks

Recording Donations to Charitable Institutions or other companies of Non - Inventory items in Intuit Quickbooks is like Recording Donations of Inventory Items in Quickbooks.

Pinoy Accountants or Pinoy Quickbooks Users can follow the three simple steps below how to record donations to Charitable Institutions or other companies of Non - Inventory items in Intuit Quickbooks:

Step One: Create a Sales Receipt and record the sale of Non Inventory Item in Quickbooks. Click Save to record the Sales Receipt.

Step Two: Search the Expense used in recording the purchase of the Item. Then record a Donation in General Journal by Crediting the expense. Example: The company purchased Pinoy-Quickbooks: Umbrella then the same item will be donated to a Charitable Institution. The Accounting entry on General Journal should be:

Recording Donations of Inventory Items in QuickBooks

Recording Donations of Inventory Items is not as easy as Recording Cash Donations in QuickBooks. THere are additional steps to be done.