Technology
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Quickbooks accounting for minority interest in joint venture company?
I currently use hosted Quickbooks Premier. We are about to start a joint venture with another company where we will be the majority shareholder and will want/need to consolidate the financial statements into our reporting. My understanding is that we will need to report the income due to our jv par…
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Managing / Saving Agreements
I was wondering if anyone uses a software to manage legal agreements. We have a lot of different contracts, addendums etc with various partners, clients, and all are managed in regular folders and backed up on a network. The problem is multiple people have access and sometimes can misplace or move …
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Tech Implementation Failure Cost Me My Job
I understand it didn't have to be this way. After all, plenty of companies successfully implement ERP systems and, apparently, only a small fraction of ERP implementations are actual failures. For the benefit of others, here is what I learned from this experience: Consider more options earlier Def…
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Apple vs FBI....and Privacy
What's your position on the recent Apple - FBI brouhahaha regarding the creation of a backdoor on Iphones.
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Fraudulent Wire Request
I received a first email this week from our CEO advising of intention to send a wire that day. Then got a second email an hour later with wire details. Bank of Philippines. I asked him - in person - why we needed to send $75,400 to an individual in the Philippines! “WHAT?” he said. Needless to say,…
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Payroll/Benefits Errors: Co-incidence, Laziness, Incompetency or What?
I have been working in finance/accounting for more than 5 years but have never seen anything like this before. Was wondering if this is just a co-incidence, laziness, incompetency or some conspiracy? what do you think??? Have a very interesting case/mystery to share. One of our employee's requested…
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Payroll
I am in the state of California and I would like to know whether it is lawful for a company to change the payroll cut off days for nonexempt employees to accommodate the staff processing of payroll? The stated payroll cut off days in the handbook are the 10th and the 25th of the month. However, the…
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Who should be responsible for setting up security roles/rights for your accounting/finance software package?
I wanted to reach out to others to see who actually sets up the security roles/rights in an accounting/finance systems. Currently we have an OPS individual and the Buyer who hold the Admin rights to the software and no one in Accounting/Finance dept. have Admin. This has become a huge issue as we c…
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Accurate Timecard Review of Sick and Vacation Time
We've got about 125 employees right now... and especially around this time of year, we have a lot of people using sick/vacation time. Of course, we hope that they're filling out their timecards properly and that their supervisors are accurately checking their timecards for correct noting of sick/va…
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Learning Managment Systems
What is your experience using a LMS system? Should it replace or integrate with hands on training?
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Document Management Best Practices Needed
We handle a tremendous amount of documents (invoice, PO's and receivers), so I was wondering how well document management software actually works?
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Dashboards - What to include
I'm looking for some ideas on Dashboards for my Exec team. Obviously, sales and cash, but what else? How long do you go back for trend showing? Any sites recommended that might show examples?
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Quickbooks for Property Management
Hello, I would like to use QuickBooks in a property management industry. Has anyone successfully implemented without the use of a third party software. This industry deals with Buildings, Owners, Tenants, etc. Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, M.R.
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ERP Success Stories
We hear about the failures, the mistakes, the disasters. We all have nicknames for some of the software manufacturers (not all complementary), like "sap all profits" or "Irritable Bowel Syndrome." or "Parsley, Rosemary and Thyme". Tis the season to be happy (or at least that's what I'm told) so why…
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QBO Sync with Amex
We use Quickbooks Online and until a couple of weeks ago, we were able to sync all the transactions into the Credit Card registers. All corporate card holders were able to log into their Amex accounts and code all charges to an account and class which Amex pulled from our QBO file. Suddenly at the …
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Alternatives To Quickbooks
Is anyone using an alternative to Quickbooks? There are several (well more than several) direct competitors to QB. Anyone using one of them and why?
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What HR System Does Your Company Use?
Along with that question, what size is your company? Have you changed HR software as your organization has grown? If so, what benchmark did you use to know the time to change was coming?
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Is your company prepared for a disaster?
When was the last time you addressed Continuity of Operations (COOP), and your disaster plans? If you have such plans, when was the last time you tested them? What would have happened if your business was located in Paris and some of your key employees were in Bataclan theatre? This is a topic that…
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I am looking for a current accounting SAAS customer contract or template
I am looking for a template or copy of a recent SAAS monthly subscription contract for accounting software or related SAAS (such as Salesforce). Thanks for your help.
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HR's new game: Predictive Index
"The Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment is quick (it takes less than 6 minutes to complete) and easy to analyze. Administer assessments, review results, conduct behavioral job analysis, fit-gap analysis, and look at the collective behavioral patterns for groups or teams on any device" As CFO's …
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Are iPads good for note taking?
An article from HBR discusses the importance of taking notes in meetings. As professionals, we know the importance of note taking. The question remains, which is better? Longhand, using a pen and paper; or electronic. How do you take notes in meetings? Have you found electronic works better for you…
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Credit Card Fees and Processors
I know I am bringing up a topic that has been much discussed in the past, but a recent spam phone call has revived the issue in my office. With all the fees that we pay to accept credit cards, is there a real way to compare service and rates to get the best deal? How often can I renegotiate the rat…
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Do you use/like the Quickbooks Credit Card Reconciliation feature?
Is it easy to process/reconcile as a Credit Card transaction, or is it too much of a hassle and do you then process through AP or GL? Do you import your transaction activity from the processor? (Is there a different approach if you are using one card and want to track who processed what?)
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