I am a bookkeeper. My company does have an accountant but he only does the taxes at years end. Sometimes I wish I had someone who I could ask an accounting question. QuickBooks used to have a network of local experts that you could ask for help for what seemed like a reasonable amount of money (I'm not talking about tech support) But that seems to be no more. I would like to have a relationship with a smart talented patient accountant who is skilled in QuickBooks that I could pay on a subscription basis to ask an occasional question. What do you think my best options are? Thanks
vulcan_alex2018-02-20T23:37:29Z
If you want support on using the program that is one thing, if you want professional advice on proper accounting that is a much different thing. People have answered both of your questions already.
Quickbooks is not a good program, while it is popular it is a fill in the boxes program many people use it and have no idea what they are doing they just put the numbers in the boxes
I reverse engineered the categories from a Schedule C and that is first clue the categories often change names when proper is chart of accounts --- first hint delete (do not load) the categories accounts or whatever they call them in your version
people who make QB are not real good at BOOKKEEPING,, and they keep making it worse the idea is to trap you into buying turbotax every year and to use on line banking and storage of data ... the A/R is the worst part of QB it is not reliable and auto payment apply feature should never EVER be used
Oh I am very good at QB but it is because I did books by hand for years .. the key ideal of QB is one entry covers it all but that eliminates checks and balances if you make a mistake it spreads all through the programs and it is all but impossible to fix or find to learn you need to sit next to someone who day by day teaches you,,, there are no instant answers
Are you still working from home because if so you have a myriad of support online. Do you have any bookkeeping experience or are you doing this because you think the program will make it easier? Your background seems to be in home cleaning before this so that is why I ask what training you have. Good luck and the info is out there for free just google "quick books help".
You will learn if you just keep at.
Added Bless it's heart it didn't like anything we all posted.
if this accountant who prepares the taxes every year is the same person you should be able to ask him questions related to the business you and he work for, but you need to find out what arrangement the employer has with him
QuickBooks still has the ProAdvisors program. There is a list of advisors on their website. If you use the help function in QB and enter your questions, it will take you to a list of answers that may apply. You can also go to the YouTube channel "Radio free QuickBooks" and see if you can find a video there that will answer your question.