AG Bookkeeping Services LLC

Starting with the 2009 version, Quickbooks includes a Company Snapshot feature that pulls together various reports and charts in a single screen. Users can add up to twelve widgets (versus five in the 2009 version). Widgets include an income and expenses graph, previous year comparisons, accounts receivable balances, top customers by sales, reminders of things you need to do in Quickbooks , current account balances, customers with outstanding balances, and bills that need to be paid. The Company Snapshots are user customizable by time period. You can view income and expenses by year, month, or daily, for example. Intuit provides links to the logical next step in the program. Under the accounts receivable widget, for example, there's a link to receive payments where you can enter a payment from a customer. Similarly, clicking on a graph or chart will open a report showing (for example) income for a month or a customer's payment history. My biggest complaint is the Company Sn...

 I recently began seeking a grant for my small community center. We specialize in helping troubled kids. We have several programs for youth, meant to help them gain employment, become independent, and escape drug use and gangs. The economy has put us in dire straights, however, so we've had to look for alternative forms of funding. A friend referred me to this company called Four Seasons Business Solutions. I've never considered getting a grant before - we've always relied on private donations. The economy hurt us badly. Four Seasons Business Solutions connected us with a grant making company in California that provided grants for youth programs. It took some time for them to find the grantmaker, but grants are scarce in this economy, so I'm thankful they found one at all. In the end, we got funded by Community Outreach in California for $68,000. We weren't asking for much to begin with, but the amount they provided not only covered basic operating costs but allow...