Does your bookkeeper have someone to turn to when a QuickBooks ® entry question comes up? Are you tired of looking for qualified bookkeepers? Are you losing sales and profits because of poor record keeping? Are you constantly frustrated because your accounting information is inaccurate or not timely and you can't make important business decisions? Are you paying unnecessary finance charges because your bills are not paid on time? Do you suffer cash flow problems because of the age of your accounts receivable? We interview and work with clients who have encountered these types of problems daily. In response to this need in our client base, our firm has ventured into new territory.

Dierking, Lockie & Associates, PC, is proud to announce the formation of B21 of Siouxland, LLC. Through this formation, B21 of Siouxland, LLC, provides you with the latest in computer technology and can ease the bookkeeping burden that many small to medium size businesses face today. Services now being offered include QuickBooks ® on-site support and installation, telephone support packages, monthly training seminars, outsourced bookkeeping, and on-line accounting.

We offer QuickBooks ® training seminars to help business owners and their employees obtain an understanding of the basics of the QuickBooks ® program. Seminars are tailored to those who are just beginning to use QuickBooks ® or for the more advanced user.

The standard seminar will show the basics in setting up a company, using the navigator bar, working with lists, processing of accounts payable and receivable, generating reports, and basic tips.

The advanced seminar covers advanced payroll processing, filtering and customizing reports for your specific purposes, use of classes and jobs, and how to correct errors.

B21 of Siouxland, LLC, also provides telephone support packages. Our Telephone Support Center offers support for your QuickBooks ® accounting software. Direct your bookkeeper to us for fast answers to accounting problems in QuickBooks ® and save time and money. Stop worrying about where particular items go and call someone who knows. We have a variety of packages that will suit your business needs.

B21 of Siouxland, LLC, will also allow business owners to outsouce the entire accounting function through our offices and still maintain access to their data for decision-making purposes. The cost savings will amaze them and the precious commodity of time saved can be put to better use focusing on the revenue and growth aspects of their business.

“Imagine having access to real and useful business data on a daily basis; your business decisions are made with confidence.”

If you are interested in learning more about our upcoming QuickBooks ® seminars or our other QuickBooks ® services, please click the following link...  QuickBooks ® Training & Services

Some common questions we receive concerning the use of QuickBooks ® :

How do I set up QuickBooks ® in order to prepare payroll? Do I have to load this? 

QuickBooks ® comes with many modules that you can elect to use or not to use. Payroll is one of these modules. To turn on the full payroll features of QuickBooks ® , you need to set this up either through the easy interview checklist when you first set up your company or through the preferences. This is set up in the Preferences area of QuickBooks ®, located under the Edit menu in QuickBooks ® Pro2000, 2001 and 2002.

Can I have QuickBooks ® track inventory on a FIFO basis? 

QuickBooks ® can maintain inventory on an item by item basis. However, it is not powerful enough to track the cost of inventory on the FIFO basis. QuickBooks ® tracks the cost of items purchased on an average cost basis. This is not always the basis a company uses and can present a limitation on reflecting an accurate value of your inventory. We can help you choose another general ledger software package which can serve your needs.

Where do I put my beginning balances? 

The beginning balances you have when you set up your company can either be entered as you set up your chart of accounts in the box noted as opening balance or as a journal entry once your company is set up. When you use the opening balance box in the account set up window, QuickBooks ® will offset this with an entry to an equity account entitled Opening Balance Equity.

I have a company that I purchase items from but also they in turn purchase services from my business. How can I set this company up as a vendor and a customer? 

You can have the same company set up as a vendor and a customer. The company will need to be added as a customer in the customer list and as a vendor in the vendor list. You will need to give them a unique name that QuickBooks ® uses to pull their info into the various windows of the program.

Can I input payroll time in minutes and seconds? 

Yes. This is set up in the Preferences area of QuickBooks ® in the General area under Company preferences. You need to indicate how you wish to have the time format shown when entering payroll hours.

Can I set up more than one user with access to different areas? 

QuickBooks ® does allow for multiple users. The administrator who has access to all areas of QuickBooks ® sets up users. Through the easy set-up window QuickBooks ® will prompt for specific areas and the access that you wish for a particular user to have.

If you have questions or interest  in our QuickBooks ® seminars and other services, please contact our office at (712) 277-2834 or e-mail us at dla@taxpros-plus.com.  The options we have can open up great potential for your business by freeing you up to do what you do best.

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