What's New in QuickBooks 2016-Is it Worth Upgrading?
It is October and that means
QuickBooks Desktop has a new release. If you are a nonprofit or church currently
running 2014 or 2015, there is no significant reason to upgrade. They have
improved some reporting and printing features, but most of the rest of the
improvements are more useful to businesses.Here’s a quick summary of the substantial changes.
of the bills due and the ability to sort how you see them. Bills can be paid or
copied from this screen.
E-Invoicing has been improved. This is a fee-based
service that allows you to email dues invoices or pledges directly from the invoice/pledge
screen with a link to allow the donor to pay via credit card or bank transfer
(ACH). It sends the invoice with a Pay Now link. If the customer uses the link,
the money is transferred into your organization's bank account and the
QuickBooks file is updated for the transaction, including the processing fee of
50 cents.Fiscal Year-to-Last Month Report Filter is
my favorite change. It may seem like a little thing, but I am always running
YTD reports and hated having to change the end date to the previous month.
Thank you, Intuit!Continuous Feed Label Printer Support allows
you to print to Zebra-compatible continuous feed printers.
Most of the other changes relate
more to businesses, for example ship-to address functions and custom fields in
item reports.
Please note: InUsing QuickBooks for Nonprofit Organizations and QuickBooks for Churches, I recommend playing
around with the sample non-profit company before setting up your own. Some users have told me the 2016 version does
not include a sample non-profit file. Ig you need one, I’ll be happy to furnish you with a backup file of a sample
company. Email me via
questions@accountantbesideyou.com.
