Friday, September 24, 2010

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.

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