Turn on Multi-currency feature

Software: QuickBooks 2011 Premier (Canadian edition)   Multi-currency feature by default is not turn on when you create a new company file. To turn on the multicurrency feature in QuickBooks 2011 Canadian edition, go to Edit menu and select Preferences. In the Preferences window, highlight Multiple Currencies (left panel), from the Company Preferences tab, click […]

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Changing date format

Software: QuickBooks Asia   Frequently, user tends to ask about changing the date format of their QuickBooks Program from MM/DD/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY. QuickBooks does not have a preferences setting for date format; it uses the date format set in your computer. When installing Window Operating Systems, technician tends to default the Region and Language setting […]

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GST Setup – QuickBooks

Software: QuickBooks 2011 (Canadian edition) Click here for Setting up GST in QuickBooks Australian version GST setup consists of four different parts; they are Tax Account, Tax Agent, Tax Item and Tax Code. First, you need to setup the Tax Account. To simplify the process, you can consider setting up one single Tax account – […]

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Importing lists into QuickBooks Canadian edition

Software: QuickBooks 2011 (Canadian edition)   Last week, I did a list transfer from the earlier version of QuickBooks to the latest QuickBooks 2011 (Canadian edition).  When I was at my client’s place, I was surprised to find the version they had was a QuickBooks Pro version 6 (US edition). This was my first time […]

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GST Report in QuickBooks Canadian version

Software: QuickBooks Canadian version   Lately Intuit had introduced QuickBooks Canadian version 2011 in Singapore, many of the users who came for the demo were asking about the differences between QuickBooks Asia’s and QuickBooks Canadian’s GST reporting. To view your GST report, you can go to Sales Tax menu and select Manage Sales Tax feature.  […]

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QuickBooks Canadian version

Testing QuickBooks Canadian version 2010, As a Singapore user, my first priority is to check on the GST setting. To my surprise QuickBooks Canadian version allows user to edit the GST amount in the invoice form. This is GREAT! As a QuickBooks Asia user, editing GST amount has barking me for years. Our version allows […]

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