About Liz Hamill Scott

Liz Hamill Scott is the newest member of the QuickBooks for Mac team, but she's no stranger to QuickBooks. For the last few years, Liz has used QuickBooks for Mac to track the many expenses she incurs as a travel, food, and lifestyle writer. The author of The Imperfect Traveler's Guide to Traveling With Pain, five Moon Handbook travel guides to California and numerous magazine, newspaper, and blog articles, Liz loves advocating for travelers with hidden disabilities and takes the business of being a sole proprietor seriously. You can find Liz on the web at travelswithpain.com. See all of Liz's articles

Backing up your company file in QuickBooks Mac 2020

Sometimes things just don’t go well—files get messed up, computers crash. But don’t worry—it’s easy to get QuickBooks going again. Setting up backup for your company file The first thing you’ve got to do is set up your backup preferences. Here’s … [Read more...]

Batch Invoicing: Speed Up Your Billing – Coming Soon!

Do you ever need to bill a bunch of customers for exactly the same products and services, all at the same time? With batch invoicing, you can create an invoice once, then send it out to a group of customers—even if they've got different tax … [Read more...]

QuickBooks for Mac 2013 User’s Guide

The QuickBooks for Mac 2013 User's Guide, Version 2 is here! We've added info about how to use our new-and-improved Reconcile feature, plus instructions on backing up and restoring backed up company files. To download Version 2, click the link … [Read more...]

QuickBooks and your business: Farm, ranch, or other agriculture business

[Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles we'll be publishing about using QuickBooks for Mac for specific types of businesses. Stay tuned for more articles in this series. - Shelly King, Managing Editor] When you spend your days … [Read more...]

What’s in Your Check Number Field?

I bet you already know that QuickBooks for Mac records most of the bills you enter and pay as “checks,” regardless of whether we’re actually writing out checks, paying a contractor with PayPal, whipping out your debit card, or forking over a fistful … [Read more...]

Managing the changes for 1099s in QuickBooks 2009 and earlier: Part 2

Managing the changes for 1099s in QuickBooks 2009 and earlier   Did you pay some of your 1099 vendors with a mix of checks, credit card, electronic funds transfer, debit card, PayPal, and direct deposits--that is, both reportable and … [Read more...]

Managing the 2011 tax year 1099 changes manually in QuickBooks

For tax year 2011 the IRS has changed the 1099-MISC reporting requirements. We've got a manual process that will help you sort out what you need to report, what you don't need to report, and how to make sure that the right amounts get onto the … [Read more...]

Tax Time: Working with Forms 1099 and 1096

When tax time looms large, it’s easy to freak out—suddenly you remember that on top of all the other tasks you must complete, you need to print and send out 1099-MISC forms for all your contract service vendors. Form 1099s need to go in to the IRS, … [Read more...]

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