Quotes and Invoices on the Go – QuickBooks Self-Employed

screen capture of the QuickBooks Self-Employed app page on the App Store

If you are self-employed you probably know how challenging it is to provide written quotes, invoice customers and keep track of receipts while on the job site. The right software can let you do all these things and more. In this post I'm going to talk about an app for independent contractors. It lets you...

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Simplify: Bill Payments

demonstrating electronic payment

It's far less work to pay for things electronically than writing and mailing a cheque. But, you still have to enter the data into your accounting software. The solution is to use a payment service. QuickBooks and Sage give you the choice of electronic payments. All you have to do is enter a bill into...

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Receipts

What should I do with all the receipts I get? You can scan receipts with special software that recognizes dates, amounts, vendor name and expense category, creating a digital record. Accounting software such as Xero and QuickBooks have the capability to put the scanned information directly into your books. This can save a lot of...

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2020 Personal Tax Rates

According to Canada.ca personal tax rates for 2020 are: 15% on the first $48,535 of taxable income, plus 20.5% on the next $48,534 of taxable income (on the portion of taxable income over 48,535 up to $97,069), plus 26% on the next $53,404 of taxable income (on the portion of taxable income over $97,069 up...

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2019 Payroll Taxes

It's coming up on tax time again. Make sure your payroll software is up to date. You will also have to adjust the basic exemptions. Sage 50 and QuickBooks will notify you there is an update and prompt to install it. Download the Sage 300 Canadian payroll update at support.na.sage.com. Software updates do not change...

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Info Explorer for Sage

If you have Sage 300, Orchid's Info Explorer is a brilliant way to budget. It will work with any sql database but is designed to allow a CFO to slice through large amounts of data elegantly and with ease. [visual-link-preview encoded="eyJ0eXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0IjowLCJwb3N0X2xhYmVsIjoiIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9tVmtWUVdyc1pvOCIsImltYWdlX2lkIjowLCJpbWFnZV91cmwiOiIiLCJ0aXRsZSI6IkluZm8gRXhwbG9yZXIiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiT3JjaGlkIEluZm8gRXhwbG9yZXIgcHJvZHVjZXMgYSBkYXRhIGN1YmUgdGhhdCBpcyBlYXNpbHkgbWFuaXB1bGF0ZWQgdG8gcHJvdmlkZSBpbnNpZ2h0IHRoYXQgZ29lcyB3ZWxsIGJleW9uZCBhIHN0YXRpYyByZXBvcnQuIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkZWZhdWx0LXNxdWFyZWQifQ=="]  

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2019 Payroll Updates

It's coming up on tax time again. Make sure your payroll software is up to date. You will also have to adjust the basic exemptions. Sage 50 and QuickBooks will notify you there is an update and prompt to install it. Download the Sage 300 Canadian payroll update at support.na.sage.com. Software updates do not change...

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