William Murphy

William (Bill) Murphy, better known as "Murph," is responsible for day-to-day technical content. He is also serves as Administrator for the Top Advisor Awards Program. Murph is an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor with over 30 years of QuickBooks consulting experience. He has more than 45 years of experience in Business, Finance and Public Accounting. For many years Murph was the “anchor” of the National Advisor Network’s online forum (now the Woodard forum) and three-time consecutive winner of the NAN Online MVP award. Murph has published numerous articles in industry publications and served as Technical Editor for Business Analysis with QuickBooks by Wiley Publishing.
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Murph's Second Backup App Compare

See why the apps in Murph's App Comparison of Backup Solutions for QBO have changed from 10-months ago. Find out the latest leader in the marketplace...

Three-way Financial Planning & Analysis Now in Intuit Enterprise Suite

When you need Financial Planning and Analysis of your Intuit Enterprise Suite (IES) data, you can now create a three-way financial plan to...

To Niche or Not to Niche, that is the Question...

What is a 'niche'? Well, the dictionary defines niche as "a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment. An alternate definition of a...

Intuit Enterprise Suite Offers Alternate Inventory Valuation Methods

When using Intuit Enterprise Suite (IES), you now have two methods with which to value your inventory. As with QuickBooks Online SKUs, IES offers...

New Employee Cost Rate Feature helps track Project Payroll Costs

Project-based QBO customers can now track project profitability more closely using a new employee 'cost rate' feature without having to reply on...

Murph's Backup App Comparison Afresh

What would you do if you walked in bright and early Monday morning to find a message taped to your bookkeeper's laptop that reads like the one shown...

Even Storm Chasers Pay Sales Tax

We’re "on the road again", and this month we’re taking a very special trip, storm chasing across the south-central plains of these beautiful United...

Sage Acquires AI-powered Expense Management Platform Fyle

Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announces the acquisition of Fyle

Qvinci is Your Path to a Forward Advisory Practice Future

During the upcoming Insightful Accountant Future Forward, you will have the opportunity to learn how Qvinci can provide you with a path for a...

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