Accepting Credit Cards

[Jack from Ohio]

What happens when you get a new clien that already bought 2014 QB?

We are updating to 2014. We have been using 2011 without any of the problems you described. Intuit is very proud of their product and their price shows it.

[ILLMAS]

We are updating to 2014. We have been using 2011 without any of the problems you described. Intuit is very proud of their product and their price shows it.

What I was trying to say is, if you have an old version of QB and a new client comes with a 2013 or 2014 file, you cannot open it if you don't have either the 2013 or 2014.

[Gail in Virginia]

That is why I buy every year of QuickBooks now. We did not used to, and I still recommend the three-year plan Jack describes for all if my clients.

[Guest Taxed]

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Sage Accounting is giving a complimentary account to their Sage One software to accountants who provide payroll or bookkeeping services. Also you can pass on savings to your clients like intuit.

[Richcpaman]

I just use Quickbooks for all my internal accounting work for my firm, and if someone is paying me by credit card, I insert the card info into Qbooks, and I get paid. I don't want to learn 5 or 6 processes to get paid.... And ATX's "Bill Pay" process is a scam...

I used to be a proadvisor, but saw no reason to pay them $400-600 more every year for a listing on thier website. It has worked so far, but if I was starting out, I might pay extra to get a premium listing on thier website....

I buy the new version of Qbooks every year, and if a client gives me a version 2010 file, I can give it back to them, as well as 2004, 06, 07, 08, 09, 11, 12, 13 and soon, 14...

I do any client bookkeeping in Qbooks ver 2012. I will upgrade THOSE to Ver 2015 when needed...

YMMV.

Rich

[CathysTaxes]

Last year, I offered PayPal. Only one client took me up on it.

[catax]

I use Square. No monthly fee can use it when I want to take a credit card. I have also taken Paypal in the past and will consider putting that on my website as well. It is a great idea. I have really liked using square. The gizmo is really easy to use. Money is directly deposited into my bank account.

[Tax Prep by Deb]

Has anyone been able to use Square with a Motorola Atrix HD? I've read mixed comments about it not being supported. I want to try it, but I only have a 10" pad (which square says isn't compatible) and my Motorola phone. I hate to have to buy something else just to use it.

Deb!

[kcjenkins]

Deb, Square is supposed to be free?

[Jack from Ohio]

Deb, Square is supposed to be free?

I do not use it, but there are processing fees and I believe enrollment fees. But NOT FREE.

[Tax Prep by Deb]

I guess I wasn't clear with my previous post. I know the Square reader is free and yes I know there is processing fees, what I was getting at had to do with is my phone or tablet compatible? If not I would have to buy a different phone or a different tablet.

I went to Target yesterday and purchased the reader for $9.99 and set my account up and have already been issued a $10.00 credit to my account for the reader and I have already tested it on my phone. I'm all set now!

Deb!

[kcjenkins]

Good to know. Because of liability laws, many companies do not promise that their product will work with any equipment that they have not actually tested. But often it does work with some of those 'unlisted' products, or even most of them.

[Jack from Ohio]

So the actual hardware that plugs into the device is free. The service to process the cards has enrollment and processing fees.

[Lynn EA USTCP in Louisiana]

Square has no enrollment fee. There are only the processing fees.