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Bookkeeper's Year-End Quiz
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Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
QuickBooks has been designed for small business owners who aren't experts in accounting and bookkeeping.  Using QuickBooks will help simplify work you already do...like pay bills, invoicing customers, tracking sales tax, and much more.
 
And there are Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors ready and waiting to lead you through the process from beginning to end on what's best suited for your business.
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Volume 1: Issue 1 
Greetings!
 
Welcome to our first issue of the Books Pros Accounting Newsletter.  We hope you will find the information interesting and useful. 

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Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors
 

Dan Young's photoCertified QuickBooks ProAdvisors are CPAs, accountants, and other professionals who work with small businesses. These ProAdvisors are QuickBooks experts... they've completed a comprehensive QuickBooks training course and exam in order to become certified.  They can get you started on the right foot, aiding in set-up, training and troubleshooting... even helping you move from whatever your current accounting method is to QuickBooks.

Even if you already have an accounting professional serving you, if they don't happen to provide QuickBooks-related setup, training, and consultation services, you should consider contacting a local Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.  Here are just a few examples of what you could learn:
- Whether using financial software can save you time,
- Which edition of QuickBooks is best for your unique business needs,
- How to manage your cash flow at start-up and ongoing,
- How to accurately track expenses and income.
QuickBooks users who get help through a ProAdvisor or accounting professional have a higher satisfaction level with QuickBooks.
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Bookkeeper's Year-End Quiz
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If you do your own bookkeeping, test your knowledge with the following year-end quiz.  It can also be used to test the knowledge of your current Bookkeeper or Accountant.  Scroll down for the answers.  Good luck!
 
1. Back-pay should be reported on a W-2 for the (year paid/year it is for).
2. Is pre- or postdating of an employee's final paycheck for the year allowed?
3. New employee Joe just moved and asks you if he can use his W-2 as notification to the IRS of his change in address.  Can he?
4. You use a room in your house as an office Monday through Friday from 9-5 exclusively for business. On some evenings and weekends, you watch television there. Does the room qualify for a home-office deduction?
5. Is FICA withheld from a partner's draw?
 
Answer key:
5. no
4. no
3. no
2. no
1. year paid
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Now is a good time to get your Books up to date so that you can minimize the hassle of Tax Preparation.  It will also help you stay on top of your business financials. 
 
Sincerely,
 

Dan Young
Books Pros Accounting & QuickBooks Services
954-349-2402