MoneyWorks | Bank Charges in Foreign Currency

Software: MoneyWorks accounting software You can only create a journal transaction in base currency. If you want to record a bank service charge in foreign currency, you may consider to use a Payment transaction instead of a journal transaction. In the Payment transaction, select the foreign currency bank account in the “Bank” field, and select […]

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QuickBooks | Things to take note when creating a new company file

Software: Intuit QuickBooks 2014 To create a new company file go to the File menu and select New Company. In the QuickBooks Setup wizard, you have an option of selecting “Express Start” or “Detailed Start”; I usually prefer to use the “Detailed Start” as it allows me to select the file location. For Singapore user, […]

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QuickBooks Blog | Invoiced in foreign currency but received payment in base currency

 Software: Intuit QuickBooks 2014 Assuming your base currency is in Singapore dollar (SGD), when you create a sales invoice for your foreign currency customer (USD) for the amount of USD 1,000.00 with 7% rated GST (this customer is based in Singapore) at the exchange rate of 1.3000; the double entry for this transaction in Singapore […]

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MoneyWorks | Message Box

Software:  MoneyWorks accounting software When printing an invoice, you can add a “Message” into your invoice (you need to add the “Message” field in your template). A message can be such as “Thank you for your business!” or Instruction for either the customer or your delivery staff. You can click on the “up-down” button beside the […]

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MoneyWorks | Disposal of Fixed Assets

Software: MoneyWorks accounting software An Office Equipment which has a cost of $2,250.00 and accumulated depreciation of $1,500.00 as of your Balance Sheet report; then you sell off this asset at $500.00 before GST. Balance Sheet Office Equipment: 2,250.00 Accumulated Dep – Office Equipment. (1,500.00) To record the disposal of fixed asset in MoneyWorks, first […]

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QuickBooks | Bounced Cheque

Software: Intuit QuickBooks 2014 In the past, to record a bounced cheque in QuickBooks, we need to do a few steps manually such as creating journal to debit the accounts receivable account and credit the bank account; and if there is any bank service charge, we need to record it via a payment or journal […]

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