The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to QuickBooks Pro 2008, QuickBooks Premier 2008, and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 8.0. Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.
Release 11 (R11)
| Export |
- For some users of QuickBooks Desktop, there might be a strong need to have the power of QuickBooks combined with the collaborative flexibility of being on the web. To solve this need, an online version of QuickBooks has been developed (http://qbo.intuit.com). This new R11 release of QuickBooks 2008 includes a new menu item under the Company menu named “Export Company File to QuickBooks Online”. This will give users an easy migration path from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.
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Release 10 (R10)
| File Operations |
- The number of instances where QuickBooks would display “Connection Lost” error messages should be drastically reduced.
- QuickBooks will no longer display a (-6000, -305) error when it is caused by a missing or damaged TLG file but the company file is not damaged.
- Intuit has identified, and created a solution for, a potential security vulnerability in some of our Quickbooks desktop software. For more information see: http://www.quickbooks.com/security
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| Payroll |
- QuickBooks will no longer allow QuickBooks users that have only “create tranastions” rights under Payroll to edit and save changes to paychecks.
- QuickBooks will now correctly match payroll liabilities with appropriate liability payments.
- QuickBooks will no longer show an Out of Balance error in the qbwin.log file after running a Verify due to inappropriate allocation of Year to Date totals (for the the Verify process.)
- Some payroll help topics for Direct Deposit have been updated.
- The confirmation report received after transmitting payroll now includes the list of employees paid and the check amounts.
- All lines of the liability check are now correctly applied when a liab check has two detail lines for the same item and amount.
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| Utilities |
- QuickBooks will no longer shut down with an unexpected error when rebuilding files that contain certain criteria.
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Release 8 (R8)
| Accountant’s Copy |
- The default options for installing the QuickBooks PDF have been updated to make it compatible with 64 bit Operating Systems. QuickBooks can now print to PDF when installed on a 64 bit Operating system.
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Release 7 (R7
| Accountant’s Copy |
- When a transaction fails to import from the Accoutnant’s Copy, future reconciles that include that transaction will not be imported.
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| Payroll |
- QuickBooks will now display the number of voided paychecks in the Send/Receive payroll data summary.
- Assisted payroll rounding adjustments that are edited (to add a class) will no longer show up incorrectly in the ledger.
- State disability rate slides will no longer show the effective dates off by 1 quarter.
- Existing paycheck dates can now only be changed to a date within the same year. This prevents incorrect tax calculations.
- When epaying an agency that doesn’t allow for settlement dates there will no longer be an option to select a settlement date. There is now a message explaining that the payment will be withdrawn immediately.
- QuickBooks will no longer display liabilities that were paid but crossed year boundaries as unpaid.
- Payroll liabilities now show correctly when a file is updated from QuickBooks 2006 to QuickBooks 2009.
- Paid liabilities will no longer show as unpaid after changing the payment frequency to a more frequent setting (for example, monthly to semi-weekly).
- QuickBooks will now prompt the user to send their payroll before creating an accountant’s copy. QuickBooks is unable to complete a payroll send/receive when part of the data comes before an outstanding Accountant’s Copy.
- QuickBooks allows a custom frequency for a payment to be “turned off.” There is now a message that prompts users to review/fix the settings when QuickBooks detects that they may be incorrect.
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| Product Updates |
- The Update QuickBooks screen Options tab will now default to having all the options checked.
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| QuickBooks Error Reporting |
- QuickBooks will no longer display crash error 2088839915 when attempting to pay employees.
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Release 6 (R6)
| Accountant’s Copy |
- A Remove button allows accountants an easier, more visible way to remove a service key from a client’s company file before returning it. Using Ctrl+0 is no longer needed to remove the service key.
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| File Operations |
- The QBInstanceFinder now opens company files in the appropriate version of QuickBooks when the company file is double-clicked.
- Clean up Company Data no longer causes an unexpected error.
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| Financial Statement Designer |
- The Financial Statement Designer can now be opened when the Chart of Accounts names for all accounts contain only numeric characters.
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| Help |
- More Help topics have been added to the See Also section of Help for easier discoverability.
- The Payroll Setup Checklist Help topic was updated.
- Fixed an issue where a script error might occur when clicking a help link.
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| Lists |
- When editing a deduction/CoCo/etc, when you tab out of the field for the rate or change it from 0 to 0, the message telling you that the rate has changed and if you want to apply it to all the employees no longer appears.
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| Payroll |
- If you have $10M or more in payroll, you can now E-File W-2s by sending them in batches.
- Employees with a single-letter last name now show up in a list of batch W2s if the ‘from’ letter is the same as the first letter of their last name.
- Epayment and e-filing status list sorting is now based on the submit date done both on E-File and E_pay history screens.
- The filtering of results was improved when you specify employee names to create W2 forms by selecting a range of letters.
- When creating an e-payment for GA WH, if no account number is present, you will not be able to create the e-payment. You must to go into Payroll Setup, enter the account number for the GA tax agency there, and then retry creating the e-payment.
- QuickBooks no longer displays the Error message: “Transaction N … requires an account” when sending data to Assisted Payroll.
- You no longer see the message, “The Intuit Payroll Service requires the full address for each employee including street address, city, state, and zip code” when all address information is given.
- All the New Hire Reporting forms are now accessible for Assisted users who also use Employee Organizer.
- Company Liability adjustments no longer affect Box 2 wages on form 941. Now, only the Employee-based transactions affect the employee-based wages paid.
- A preference was added to the Pay stub & Voucher printing preferences allowing the printing of the EIN on paychecks/pay stubs.
- The total in the earnings table now includes the amount of the Bonus payroll item. Also, when all items are removed from the preview paycheck screen, the total is reset.
- Deductions can now be job-costed. This is similar to additions, where there is a split item and customer name, as well as other fields, are added for the deduction split item.
- Payroll item now stops when the final limit is reached when the check box “This is an Annual limit” is unchecked.
- New messaging has been added to notify users that tax calculations are not recalculated when editing old paychecks.
- A Help link has been added to the Review Paycheck window.
- Payroll taxes have been updated for the state of New Mexico.
- Some users who had a large number of EIN’s (50 – 500 Entitlement extensions) and were unable to validate Direct Deposit, can now do so.
- Added a Help topic for Payroll Service Accounts preference screen.
- There is now a warning message when you are approaching the maximum number of 800– the maximum number of employees for which QuickBooks can process most federal and state tax forms.
- QuickBooks now prevents liability adjustments for future taxes that have a wage base.
- The Overtime Rate message now displays the rate, including the cents.
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| Printing |
- The following formats for adding logos to checks/paychecks are now supported: *.BMP;*.GIF;*.JPG;*.JPEG;*.PNG;*.TIF;*.TIFF
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| QuickBooks Merchant Services |
- QuickBooks Merchant Services Authorization receipt now displays “Authorization,” instead of “Sale” after the initial transaction.
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| QuickBooks Online Banking |
- QuickBooks Online Banking new account setup can now be completed when there is a PIN change required.
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| Reports |
- Accounts with a billing status of “None” can now be added to the Unbilled Cost by job report.
- Report headers now display the correct time period on multiple page reports.
- Workers Comp by Job Summary now show amounts in WC Premium and Adj. WC Prem fields.
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| SDK |
- Security warning dialogs should no longer appear for Intuit-signed applications when they try to access a QuickBooks file via the SDK.
- When running a report containing Unit of Measure through the SDK, the column ID and descriptions now match the row data.
- In QuickBooks, if you add an invoice and add a class to that invoice, the class gets added to the line items. When you do a report by class, you then get the info you want segregated by class. The SDK has been updated to reflect this information properly now.
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| Shipping Manager |
- The USB scale supported by Shipping Manager no longer shows negative weight amounts.
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| Users and Permissions |
- Added security fixes for Active X controls.
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Release 5 (R5)
| Accountant’s Copy |
- Accountant’s Copy changes now import correctly after a deposit has been modified to include a cash back account and amount.
- Accountant’s Copy changes now import correctly after a deposit has been modified to include more line items.
- Accountants copy import workflow and messaging have been improved.
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| Database |
- QuickBooks now displays the error -6129, -101 in the appropriate scenarios only.
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| Help |
- QuickBooks help can now be accessed when QuickBooks is used in a remote (Webex) session.
- Help topics automatic expanding text now displays correctly.
- Help topics “Accountants copy, limitations by version,” “Changing a Sales Tax Rate,” “To Do List,” “Accountant’s Copy,” “Import from Excel,” “Retention Receivable,” “Import,” “Assisted Payroll Payroll items,” “How voiding a paycheck impacts payroll data,” “W-2,” “Sub Accounts,” “Home Page,” “Remove a customer or job,” “Choose an industry similar to your own” (for Easy Step Interview), “About Remote Access,” “Chart of Accounts,” “How to delete a company file,” “Completing your company setup,” “How to Edit a Vendor,” “Accountants Copy,” “Dates and Date ranges on Reports,” “Rebuild a company file after using the Verify Data utility,” “Printing a partial page of one or two checks,” “Printing checks,” “Tax line mapping” and related topics, “Account numbers,” “Permissions,” have been updated and improved.
- Help topic “QuickBooks Online Backup overview” has been added.
- Help topic for backing up to CD now contains corrected paths for Windows XP and Windows Vista.
- Help topic “Handling upfront deposits and retainers” now scrolls correctly and has updated content.
- Cross-references from existing Help content to content describing IDN services and offerings have been added.
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| Installation |
- QuickBooks no longer displays the following error when installing on a computer running Windows Vista 64-bit: Error 2: “This computer does not have the 64-bit version of .NET Framework 2.0…”
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| Invoices |
- Invoices sent using the QuickBooks US Postal mailing service can now be sent correctly, even when the Send Forms preference is set to Outlook.
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| Payroll |
- Paystubs and paycheck vouchers now allow a custom message.
- It is now possible to enter or change the checking account used in liability transactions as well as the fees account and the class used in liability transactions associated with online service fees.
- When printing Paystubs, the Date range now defaults to the date range of the latest payroll.
- New Messaging has been added for Void Paychecks window when no checks are present or no check is selected.
- When sending payroll data online, the Desktop is now saved, and then reopened.
- Simple Start now opens and converts QuickPayroll files.
- A prompt to assign the Workers Compensation Code has been added to the Preview Paycheck screen.
- A Confirm Void message has been added, for non-Direct Deposit, non-Assisted paychecks.
- There are no longer any duplicate hot keys on Employee report hotkey’s.
- The messaging around Tax Table updates in the Payroll workflow has been improved.
- QuickBooks no longer displays the amount 0.00 in the current column of a paycheck where the column should be blank.
- The Copy last Paycheck Earnings feature has been improved.
- A default class has was added to auto-created on-service liability adjustments.
- The 45 day update warnings that appear while using the Electronic File and Pay Tax service no longer incorrectly create a payment.
- Payroll Center and Employee Center now open more quickly.
- The messaging around Direct Deposit back dating has been improved.
- When editing a payroll item for a custom/local tax or an addition/deduction/company contribution, if any employees records are using this payroll item, QuickBooks prompts to apply the change to employee records. If yes, Intuit make the change to each instance of the payroll item.
- QuickBooks no longer incorrectly allows the Sales Tax account to be set up on payroll items.
- QuickBooks now allows selection of an alternate bank account during Paycheck check creation.
- The messaging around payroll creation while an outstanding accountants copy of the file exists has been improved.
- Duplicate check numbers are not longer assigned to direct deposits.
- Users should no longer receive a warning that the Company file is in use when another user is paying liabilities through scheduled liabilities.
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| Printing |
- Invoice Manager now prints labels without error.
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| Product Updates |
- Payroll update now resets the New Features channel in the Update QuickBooks window.
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| QuickBooks Error Reporting |
- Some instances of Unexpected Errors when printing sales forms have been resolved.
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| QuickBooks Merchant Services |
- The payments to deposit screen now shows corrected credit card types.
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| QuickBooks Online Banking |
- The text for the Online Banking Setup error OLSU-1024 has been changed to say “Press OK to have QuickBooks download this file for you. After the download, restart the Online Banking Setup Wizard.”
- The setup for online banking accounts with Financial Institutions that have recently merged or changed names has been improved.
- QuickBooks no longer displays the error “Unexpected error has occurred…OLSU-1016…” When enabling an account for online banking.
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| Reports |
- Reports sent to Excel now correctly return the ending account balance when requested.
- The payroll reports that are sent to Excel have been improved.
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| SDK |
- Error 80040408 should no longer occur when using a third-party application with QuickBooks.
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Release 4 (R4)
| Accountant’s Copy |
- QuickBooks no longer displays the message “We are unable to display the accountant’s changes, please contact Intuit technical support for more help” when viewing or exporting changes in an Accountant’s Copy working file (.qba). This message was displayed when an account with a special character in the name was reconciled. These changes should now import correctly.
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| Payroll |
- QuickBooks now creates W-2s for employees whose names begin with special characters.
- QuickBooks now appropriately saves the changes made by a user on the W-2 forms.
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Release 3 (R3)
| Accountant’s Copy |
- Reconcilliations are no longer rolled back when accountant’s changes are imported if the following 2 conditions are met: the client has not reconciled any transactions dated before the accountant’s copy dividing date and the accountant has not reconciled or unreconciled any accounts.
- QuickBooks now displays a correct change report when both the client and the accountant create similar accounts.
- QuickBooks no longer displays a severe error when converting a .QBX file to a .QBA file.
- QuickBooks no longer displays an error when the accountant changes an employee name to the same name as a new employee that the client adds to the file before importing the accountant’s changes.
- QuickBooks now appropriately modifies the “Print on Check As” field when an edited employee is imported from the accountant’s changes.
- QuickBooks no longer displays unexpected error messages when importing accountant changes that conflict with client changes.
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| Accounts Receivable |
- The columns on the receive payments window are no longer resized each time a discount or credit is applied.
- The columns on the receive payments window are no longer resized after clicking the Previous button while using Term discounts.
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| Backup & Restore |
- QuickBooks now displays an updated list of help topics for each screen of the backup wizard.
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| Database |
- QuickBooks Database Server Utility now correctly displays the amount of RAM on the system tab when running Windows Vista 64-bit.
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| File Operations |
- QuickBooks no longer creates sub-accounts that have a different account type than the parent account during IIF import.
- QuickBooks now requires that a backup of the company file be created before data can be imported.
- QuickBooks no longer displays an Unexpected Error when importing lists from older QuickBooks products using the .IIF format.
- The import of an accountant’s copy containing a modified item no longer fails if the client changed the type of the item.
- City, State and ZIP fields in the Excel file are no longer getting concatenated in the City field in QuickBooks when imported.
- The Export To Lacerte Tax menu option is now available when supported Lacerte Tax programs are also installed.
- QuickBooks 2008 now updates files from prior versions when there were links to the PO list in the icon bar.
- QuickBooks now converts Quicken 2008 R2 and R3 files.
- QuickBooks can now update QuickPayroll files.
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| Form Templates |
- Clicking the Default button on a template in QuickBooks Simple Start no longer changes the layout or makes it unusable.
- The layout has been corrected in the Additional Customization screen for form templates.
- Simple Start now correctly places logos added to customized forms.
- Duplicate form templates can now be fixed by running a rebuild on the QuickBooks Company file.
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| Google Marketing Tools |
- The Maps and Directions feature now uses the QuickBooks company address instead of the legal address when plotting directions.
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| Help |
- The help feedback window now completely closes when the feedback session is cancelled.
- New help topics have been added for the time tracker.
- Help topics have been updated to include more detailed information about importing data.
- QuickBooks no longer incorrectly displays a horizontal scroll bar while viewing some help topics.
- QuickBooks no longer displays “Page Cannot Be Displayed” message when following select blue links.
- QuickBooks Non-Profit edition now displays the Non-Profit Tutorial when clicking the “What can QuickBooks do for You?” link.
- The Online Banking Center now shows related help topics.
- The help topic for the (-6123, 0) error has been updated.
- Simple Start help no longer incorrectly suggests that the quickmath calculator can be used in the paycheck detail screen.
- Payroll help topics have been updated with improved answers, based on customer feedback.
- The QuickBooks Help has been updated to display updated payroll service tiers.
- The QuickBooks Help has been update to reflect new product enhancements.
- The QuickBooks Help links have been updated.
- QuickBooks Efile and Pay Together help topics and links have been updated.
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| Intuit Business Connect |
- Intuit Business Connect no longer prevents the QuickBooks company file from being closed when in the process of canceling.
- The Webconnector popup no longer displays an unnecessary pop-up screen.
- Intuit Business Connect now allows connection from multiple computers using the same QuickBooks company file.
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| Inventory |
- QuickBooks now correctly adds the class (including on reports) when making an inventory adjustment that includes a new class.
- QuickBooks now correctly handles price changes in company files that were updated from prior versions.
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| Invoices |
- QuickBooks no longer displays an incorrect message that “…you have no items…” when using billable time and costs on an invoice without choosing a markup account. The message now correctly states that you must choose a markup account.
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| Payroll |
- QuickBooks now displays the existing Disk Delivery Key in the Manage Service Key window.
- Disk Delivery customers can now maintain their payroll subscription online.
- QuickBooks now correctly handles employees with a single letter last name when creating W-2/W-3 forms.
- The Pay Scheduled Liabilities display order was changed to match the order in QuickBooks 2008.
- QuickBooks no longer pauses during the pay employees workflow if the payroll bank account is changed to a different type of account.
- QuickBooks now has a preference that will allow Sick and Vacation hours paid or Overtime hours paid to not accrue Vacation. The preference is on the Company Preferences Tab of the Payroll & Employees preference screen. Click the Sick and Vacation button.
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| Performance |
- QuickBooks now prints statements much faster.
- The QuickBooks program now opens faster.
- The QuickBooks MAPI mail feature should no longer experience delays when sending forms.
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| Printing |
- QuickBooks PDF files no longer use symbols that cannot be displayed by Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Forms printed to PDF no longer omit boxes when the printer setup shows Preprinted Forms.
- QuickBooks no longer displays a “Server Busy” message after sending a transaction using Outlook.
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| Error Reporting |
- QuickBooks no longer displays the following error codes: 1997687157, 1474727731, 0000197916, 4269483, 1370067908, 1152870.
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| Merchant Services |
- The Open Authorizations report no longer shows Sales Orders and Estimates.
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| Online Banking |
- QuickBooks Online Banking now allows special characters to be used in Passwords, account number and User ID fields.
- QuickBooks no longer displays a “service information could not be obtained” warning when selecting a Financial Institution from the Participating Financial Institutions list and clicking the Apply button.
- QuickBooks now displays correct special instructions for all banks on the Financial Institutions list.
- QuickBooks now displays the bank logos correctly when going forward and back in the Online Banking setup wizard.
- QuickBooks no longer displays duplicates of the bank’s messages when using both Online Banking and Online Bill Payment.
- QuickBooks now uses the account information feature from more Financial Institutions.
- QuickBooks Online Banking new account setup can now be completed when there is a PIN change required.
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| Online Billing |
- The email preference is now automatically set to “QuickBooks Email” for customers who were using QuickBooks Online Billing in earlier versions.
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| Time Tracker |
- Online time sheets can now be viewed by a user with access to all areas of QuickBooks except “change or delete transactions.”
- QuickBooks help has been updated to include more information about the QuickBooks Time Tracking service.
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| SDK |
- SDK requests to build inventory assembly items now create pending builds when there is not sufficient quantity to complete the build. This includes builds originated in Velocity.
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Written by +Ruth Perryman, CMA, CFE, CFM, MBA
Ruth is the president of The QB Specialists, an Intuit Premier Reseller that offers huge savings and expert advice on QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise. She is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and a member of Intuit’s Trainer/Writer Network. She is also certified in QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise and has provided expert QuickBooks help to thousands of businesses all over the world since 1996.
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