Reading the blurbs on the dust jacket of Lauren Owen's first
novel — from such luminaries as Kate Atkinson, Hilary Mantel and Tana French —
readers might think they're about to embark on a highhanded version of the
Gothic novel, full of metafictions and literary allusions. These do appear,
along with some beautiful language, but by Page 100, when the first neck is
about to be bitten, The Quick” drops its cloak and becomes a good old-fashioned
vampire novel.
That's probably one of the reasons you decided to sign up
for QuickBooks Payments: You need mobile access to your accounting data because
you make sales away from the office. But you're about to find out that
your Anytime/Anywhere Income monthly fee can have even greater impact
on your company's profits.
It's the rare businessperson who doesn't have opportunities
to make sales away from the office or retail store. In the past, you might have
accepted a check and penned a receipt on a piece of paper, which meant you had
to record the payment once you returned. That also meant inconvenience, extra
work, and a not-so-professional image.
Intuit GoPayment solves those problems. You - and up to 49
other users — simply download the app on your iOS or Android mobile device. You
can then record payments wherever you are. Either type in your customer's bank
card information or swipe the card using the free reader. Your customers can
choose to have receipts texted or emailed to them.
Perhaps the biggest advantage to having a QuickBooks Payment
account is the ability to accept credit card payments from within QuickBooks.
Once you've been approved, you'll need to make sure that QuickBooks is set up
to support this activity. Go to Edit Preferences and click on the Payments
link, then Company Preferences.
But you know that that's not really possible with financial
software. Intuit does a great job of moving you through the early stages as
quickly as possible, but point of sale software requires that you build a solid
base before you start ringing up sales.
You shouldn't have any trouble filling in the blank fields
under the first tab, Receipt. You'll enter the information that you want to
have appear on receipts that customers receive. It's not necessary to complete
every field. When you're done, click Next.
