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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BREAKING NEWS: QuickBooks Desktop Product Changes

Intuit has just announced the following important changes to Intuit QuickBooks Desktop that may impact your clients. 

2024 ProAdvisor Awards Process Begins Today

Editor's Note: This article was updated on 12/15/2023, changing the third-party nomination cutoff date from 12/31/2023 to 1/20/2024 (see the...

QuickBooks Online Payroll 'Cost Allocation'

One of the significant issues with QuickBooks Desktop users who track job costs was that you could not achieve the level of detail they required in...

Reimagined ProAdvisor Program Goes Live Today

After 26 years, Intuit has ‘reimagined’ the ProAdvisor Program.

There have been minor revisions over the years, like the first certifications for...

Finding Your QBOA Company ID

There was a 'chili' commercial years ago that asked you, "when was the last time you had a big steaming bowl of chili?" The catch phrase "Well,...

New QBO Accountant COA Template Feature

Countless ProAdvisors and other users of QuickBooks Online Accountant have made it known that having to set up similar or the same Chart-of-Accounts...

Hitch Your Wagons 'Pardner' for the Best Migration Yet

There comes a time when everyone must make a great migration in their lives. For some, that meant migrating from the East to the West and across the...

Summary of Intuit's Investor Day 2023 Report

As part of Intuit’s "Investor Day 2023" presentation on Sept. 28, 2023, Intuit has declared bold goals, set a new strategy, and established five big...

QuickBooks Desktop 2024 – Enhanced Item Categorization

Editor's Note: Intuit recently released QuickBooks Desktop 2024, including QuickBooks Enterprise (v24.0). Murph has evaluated pre-release versions of...

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