Straight forward tracking of tax and GST
QuickBooks contains an intuitive and accurate tax tracking system for day-to-day transactions, tax and BAS reporting.
Tax Items are now linked to Tax Codes so you can’t accidentally assign the wrong sales or purchase tax code.
Payroll enhancements
• A new Payroll Setup Wizard helps first-time users set up integrated payroll with clear and concise instructions.
• All employee records and payroll transactions are now centralised and at your fingertips in the Payroll Centre. Also customise the employee list to suit your needs.
• A new Scheduled Payroll Wizard makes payroll processing convenient and trouble-free. Group employees to suit you, and set group attributes to somplify payroll processing.
• Edit or void past payroll payments eliminating the need to recalculate entire pay cheques, with inbuilt security safeguards and information messages. For example, when changing actual payroll hours and items pay work either in Lock Net Pay or Unlock Net Pay mode.
• The new Enter Payroll Information window provides an overall view of the payroll process. Enter the hours for all employees in a single window making payroll entry much easier.
• QuickBooks has an enhanced superannuation module providing more calculation options, including the ability to store multiple super fund details for all existing and past super accounts.
Improved features for working with your accountant
The Accountant’s copy of the company data file has been improved to streamline your operations, with new features including:
• A new dividing date that shows which periods are for your accountant to work in, and which are for you;
• Improved warnings for canceling the Accountant’s copy;:
• Expanded areas that you and your accountant can work in while the Accountant’s copy is active;
• Review, accept or reject changes from your accountant as a batch, or individually; and
• Receive notes and instructions from your accountant inside the Accountant’s copy.
QuickBooks home page
All key tasks and functions are now within a few clicks of the home page with new Customer, Supplier, Employee, Company and Banking centres. Also customise the information display in each centre.
Customise and re-size displays and the appearance of your desktop
QuickBooks lets users customise and re-size displays, reports and workflows, including the company desktop with colours, content, toolbars and icons to suit individual preferences.
An ‘always on’ Audit Trail
The ‘always on’ Audit Trail makes it easier for your accountant to spot possible trouble spots or mis-postings in your accounts.
QuickBooks Google Desktop Search
QuickBooks Google Desktop Search now indexes your entire data file making it much easier to find exactly what you’re looking for.
A Portable Company File is a compact version of your company file. Small enough to be emailed or saved to a portable drive, it lets you work on files in different locations.