Accounting software advice

[Hechler Family]

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Regards, Duaine

Frank Emerson wrote:
> Quickbooks Pro can do most of this without subscribing to their service. 
> You just have to keep track of the ever changing tax rates, do the
> calculations externally (spreadsheet), and manually make the entries.  It
> still prepares the appropriate forms for you reporting periods. The only
> problem is that the forms are for the year of the software release, but all
> of the data and calculations are there.  You can download the appropriate
> forms in pdf form, from government sites, and re-enter the data from the
> printed copy generated from Quickbooks.  For my purposes, that beats paying
> a monthly fee.
>
> Frank Emerson
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>> [Original Message]
>> From: Michelle Smith <michelle at smithpianoservice.com>
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Date: 5/16/2007 7:17:09 PM
>> Subject: RE: Accounting software advice
>>
>> My understanding of Quickbooks Pro is this.  If you want it to
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> automatically
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>> deduct all of your income taxes, employment taxes, etc and prepare your
>> information for the government, you have to subscribe to the payroll
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> option.
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>> Otherwise, you can just pay yourself and deduct it manually.  
>>
>> Have fun!  =)
>>
>> Michelle Smith
>> Bastrop, Texas
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
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> Behalf
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>> Of David Doremus
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:54 AM
>> To: Pianotech List
>> Subject: Accounting software advice
>>
>> Allright, Im seriously frustrated. I just got a new MacBook, all is 
>> great until I try to pay myself in the new QuickBooks. It seems to 
>> insist I use a payroll service at fees ranging from 25-45 bucks a month. 
>> Not with just me as an employee. Im ready to burn the disk. Anyone have 
>> any software to recommend that will import 10 years of QBs records?
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>> Dave Doremus, RPT
>> New Orleans
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Duaine Hechler
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