In Sage 50 and Peachtree, inventory related transactions all revolve around the Item ID. Since it st the unique identifier for each item, it’s always used for data entry. While you are limited to using the Item ID on screen, Sage 50 can substitute an item’s Part Number or UPC/SKU field for the item ID […]
Occasionally you may need to replace a payroll check if an employee loses or destroys their check. It’s a simple process in Sage 50 (formerly Peachtree). This tip will show you everything you need to know about the process.
You told yourself that this would be the year you started tracking vacation and sick time in Sage 50’s payroll instead of on a spreadsheet or in a notebook. But that still hasn’t happened and vacation season is in full swing. Don’t worry, it’s not too late. The Payroll Settings Wizard will help you set up the required payroll fields and formulas; then you just need to enter each employee’s starting balance.
Customer over-payments don’t happen often, but do you know how to deal with them when the situation arises? I’ll also explain how they are affected by a new feature in version 2014.
Sage 50 2014 has arrived. I think most people will be happy with the upgrade even though it doesn’t have the type of big new features people often look for in a new version. Instead this release focuses on making the things you’re already doing easier, and it accomplishes that without making you relearn how […]
Thanks for 5 Great Years
Mar 1
Today marks 5 years since IQ Accounting Solutions opened for business. We’ve all heard the statistics about the survival rate of small businesses, so I am very happy to have reached this milestone. Part of the reason I enjoy doing what I do is because I get to help all of you beat those odds […]
Sage 50 defaults to saving your backups in the same folder your data is in – not very helpful if that hard drive fails. Here is an easy way you can save your backups to a different location.
If you have ever tried to open a task in Sage 50/Peachtree and it showed up on the Windows task bar but no window ever appeared, don’t worry. You can usually solve the problem with a few simple keyboard commands.
In Sage 50/Peachtree the error “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation” means that there is a problem in the user-maintained tax table. It may mean that the file was damaged. But if the error appeared after a tax update was installed there is another likely explanation.
If you ever print envelopes to mail to your customers, vendors, or employees, you can save time by setting up a custom form in Sage 50-US Edition. Then you’ll be able to print an envelope with just a few clicks, instead of retyping or copying and pasting names and addresses.
