Strawberry Glaze Pie

6-8 cups of whole strawberries
2/3 cup sugar
3 tblsp cornstarch
3/4 cup water
single crust pie crust
whipped cream

Mash 1 cup strawberries, set aside.

In a saucepan, combine sugar & cornstarch.  Stir in water and mashed berries.  Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.  Cook and stir 3 minutes more.  (This should be REALLY thick).  Cool for 10 minutes.

Spread about 1/3 cup glaze over bottom and sides of pie crust.

Half remaining strawberries, arranging in shell.

Spoon remaining glaze over berries.

Chill 1-3 hours.  Garnish with whipped cream.

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 6

In this article, we’ll discuss how you must handle a Customer Prepayment when you record them using the Receive Payments option.

As a business owner who frequently receives customer prepayments on upcoming work, if you receive the prepayment from the customer using the Receive Payments window and selecting the option to Leave the credit to be used later, the prepayment amount will appear in the report in the “Unclassified” column of the Balance Sheet by Class Report in QuickBooks 2011.

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QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 5

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 5

When you create a Sales Tax Liability check, the amount will appear in the Unclassified column of the Balance Sheet by Class Report in both cash and accrual based reports.

The reason that your Sales Tax liability payment is not accurately allocated is because there is not a Class column available in the Sales Tax check form.

In order to resolve this problem, you will need to create a journal entry to move the sales tax payment amount from unclassified to the correct class.

Click the link above to read the entire article; complete with instructions for creating the Journal Entry.

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 3

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 3

In this article, we’ll discuss one of the limitations that I was most disappointed in – and that is being unable to assign multiple classes in timesheets and then ultimately in paychecks.

Think of a company that has two “profit centers, divisions or crews” which they want to track using classes – a Service Crew that does smaller installations and a Contracts crew that does the bigger job; with a few employees bouncing back and forth between the crews. If they need a Balance Sheet by Class Report, they might be out of luck IF they also want a Profit & Loss by Class Report; because the Balance Sheet by Class report doesn’t support the ability to use multiple classes on timesheets and ultimately paychecks and QuickBooks will display the transaction – bank accounts and payroll liabilities in an “unclassified” column on the report.

The resolution that the QuickBooks Help file provides may not be a satisfactory one for contractors, and other businesses, who want or need to track employees under multiple classes – in our example a Service Department and crew in addition to a Contracts Department and crew; and will require users to change their QuickBooks setup.

Be sure to read the entire article by clicking on the link at the top.

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 2

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 2

QuickBooks 2011 offers a new advanced Balance Sheet by Class Report that differs from other QuickBooks reports because it gives users the option of selecting “Classes” (fund, location, profit center, or other category) as their column grouping. This will enable QuickBooks users to perform divisional accounting with QuickBooks, which was previously impossible or required significant duplication of effort.

The first limitation that we will discuss is Journal entries with “unbalanced” classes. This limitation will affect CPA’s and other accounting professionals; and will require that they change the manner in which they create journal entries in client files – if they or their client chooses to use the Balance Sheet by Class Report.

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QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 1

QuickBooks 2011 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 1

QuickBooks 2011 offers a new advanced Balance Sheet by Class Report that differs from other QuickBooks reports because it gives users the option of selecting “Classes” (fund, location, profit center, or other category) as their column grouping. This will enable QuickBooks users to perform divisional accounting with QuickBooks, which was previously impossible or required significant duplication of effort.

While this report has been one that has been requested by many QuickBooks users and the accounting professionals who support them, it is not without limitations and drawbacks, making this a report that will be able to be used by some companies and in some instances but not all.

For complete details, read the entire article.

QuickBooks 2011 – 10 Tips for a Successful Installation/Upgrade

QuickBooks 2011 – 10 Tips for a Successful Installation/Upgrade

Tips to help you avoid pitfalls when installing/upgrading to QuickBooks 2011.

Not all versions of QuickBooks 2011 are compatible with Office 2010.

Install as Standard User on Windows 7 & Vista.

Do not replace existing version - install the new version to it's own directory/folder.

Read the full article for more details.