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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QuickBooks Point-of-Sale (Desktop) Problems & Solutions

QuickBooks Point of Sale must be able to access the POS company data that is stored on the Server Workstation. In a networked installation, the...

QuickBooks Online Accountant Now Has 'Trial Balance' Feature

Intuit has just announced a new Trial Balance feature incorporated into QuickBooks Online Accountant. You can access it from within the Tax column in...

WHAT IF: QuickBooks can only be opened by the Administrator

A reader writes in to ask, “When I attempt to open my QuickBooks Company file, the log-in screen only asks for the Admin password, even though there...

WHAT IF: Resolving Inactive Inventory Items with Quantities on Hand

Inactive inventory items with Quantity On Hand will cause a discrepancy between Inventory Valuation reports and the totals for your inventory asset...

Apply S-Corp Medical at Year-end for Corporate Officers

This article assumes that you are using QuickBooks (desktop) and QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll. QuickBooks Payroll allows for two different methods by...

2015 QuickBooks Feature Review: Send Copy to Accountant

For years users have been confused with ‘how’ to send copies of their QuickBooks data to their accountant or tax preparer. Years ago we had to make a...

What If: I need to void a check in a prior accounting period?

If You need to void a check in a prior accounting period you should:

1) Always consider what you are doing before proceeding.

SLICK–N-SPEEDY - What can it be?  The NEW QuickBooks Online!

No, it's not a Maserati, a Ferrari, or a Lamborghini; it’s the all new QuickBooks Online.             

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