[pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant

[William Truitt]

1) retrace my route, cursing and praying at the same time

2) Reconstruct my schedule from my truly wretched memory

3) Get out the butterknife and start sawing at my wrists


Will

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Ilvedson
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:47 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant

Hey Will,

What is your backup if you do leave it on the car roof?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 4/25/2010 2:10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant


>Hey Terry:  

>I never have used scheduling software, I've played with it and keep going
>back to my schedule book - it never crashes unless I leave it on top of the
>car while distracted doing something else, then drive away.  A very long
>time ago I built my own custom databases in Q and A, and then Lotus
>Approach.  I've heard that QB has a database module, but I've also heard
>that it is not as customizable as some of us would like.

>You are asking for that Holy Grail of software, where all the programs talk
>to each other where and when you want them to.  When you find that program,
>let me know!!

>Will

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf
>Of Terry Farrell
>Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:01 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant

>Will and Others - Those of you who use Quicken or Quickbooks for your  
>accounting - are you in any way able to incorporate your service  
>scheduling and client records with those programs, or do you just  
>enter client data twice - once for accounting software and once for  
>scheduling software? Or am I missing something?

>I've been using PTBiz for years, and while it works well in many  
>areas, it is weak on the accounting end and I am aware that it is a  
>dead program as the author no longer supports it.

>Thanks for any insight.

>Terry Farrell

>On Apr 25, 2010, at 7:39 AM, William Truitt wrote:

>> I used to use Quicken many years ago as a sole prop and loved its
>> simplicity.  Which version do you use?
>>
>> Will
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
>> On Behalf
>> Of Jon Page
>> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 6:50 AM
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant
>>
>> I use Quicken and it's all the software I need, imports to
>> TurboTax.  Pretty simple.
>> -- 
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Page
>>
>>