Ok, I admit. This came out a couple of weeks ago and a client knew before I did. Is it true? In April of this year, I started getting panic phone calls that Intuit was discontinuing all desktop products, forcing everyone to move to QuickBooks Online. It turns out they were just sunsetting QuickBooks 2020. […]
Saving Cents with Common Sense Issue 2: Interest rate hikes stink if you need a loan or carrying a credit card balance but they are great for high-yield savings accounts and CDs. High yield savings accounts make money for you without expended energy. The past few months, I have been pleased to see more practices with […]
It is a New Year with new challenges – are you ready? Take a deep breath and step into a fresh new start for the new year! For many, the 2022 goals were oriented in “survival.” The trauma of the pandemic continued and was overwhelmingly real to so many who lost loved ones, friends, and […]
There is important info about QuickBooks 2022. Intuit is changing their strategy for QuickBooks desktop version pricing and it includes an annual subscription model. There are many reasons they are going to an annual model, one being getting more money for the same software but the other being forcing old versions to be updated. As […]
These past few months I have cleaned up four of the worst QuickBooks data files I have seen in 25 years. I have been stunned at the chart of accounts design, incorrect balances, misplaced transactions and the inability for the practice owner to get accurate financial reports in a timely manner, if ever. Seriously. These […]
Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Ramsay is a favorite show. After initially watching it, I quickly realized there is a lot of business takeaways that business owners can learn from Chef Gordon Ramsay. If you have never watched the show, failing restaurants invite Gordon Ramsay into their businesses to determine what is wrong and then fix […]
Customer service in every industry is struggling, most often due to financial burdens. In healthcare, insurance companies have reduced practice profitability by creating cumbersome hurdles, delaying payments and charging patients exorbitant monthly fees. The practice must not only focus on providing quality treatment now but also deliver sincere patient care. At the end of the […]
The seventh-inning stretch. The time during an intense baseball game to stand up, sing Take Me Out To The Ball Game and, if you are at my ballpark, dance to the Cotton Eyed Joe. Or, it can be the time in which you decide whether to stay to the bitter end. In Texas, we win […]
