Results 1 to 9 of 9
  1. #1

    I user Modernbill, but what account software should I use?

    I use modernbill, but what account software should I use for the back end, and for tax season.

    What do people think about microsoft money small biz , does it allow you tokeep track of account and personal expenses?

    Do you log each customer into this program from modernbill and each update the accounting software everytime they are invoied and make a payment etc?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    West Michigan, USA
    Posts
    9,687
    First, talk to an accountant. Do NOT try to sort this out until you've received some solid advice from a certified accountant.

    We use ModernBill for billing/invoicing/orders and then we use QuickBooks to record the total 'hosting income'.

    --Tina
    ||| 99.999% Uptime SLA!!!
    Plenty of space and bandwidth to fit your needs!
    www.AEIandYou.com - - (WP Friendly - Premium Reseller Hosting and Cheap Dedicated Servers)

  3. #3
    Go for QuickBooks, its quick, easy and accountants love it at the end of the year!
    data center directory - The comprehensive data center resource. Version 2.0 coming soon!

  4. #4
    Can we use quickbook wihtout any accounting knowledge at all?
    Are you referring to the online version or the desktop?

    Can you actually sync anything from Modern Bill to Quickbook?

    Joshua

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Atlanta
    Posts
    1,170
    Originally posted by joshuayip
    Can we use quickbook wihtout any accounting knowledge at all?
    Are you referring to the online version or the desktop?

    Can you actually sync anything from Modern Bill to Quickbook?

    Joshua
    1 - Sure, by why would you want to? It cost you far more in the long run if you don't invest a few hours with an accountant now. You'd be a FOOL not to.

    2 - Either version will work fine.

    3 - Supposedly someone is working on a solution to get data from MB > QB. But it's not that big a deal, just pull a report from MB once a month and make a journal entry in QB to record the gross hosting receivables.

    Brandon

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    West Michigan, USA
    Posts
    9,687
    Originally posted by cbtrussell
    1 - Sure, by why would you want to? It cost you far more in the long run if you don't invest a few hours with an accountant now. You'd be a FOOL not to.

    2 - Either version will work fine.

    3 - Supposedly someone is working on a solution to get data from MB > QB. But it's not that big a deal, just pull a report from MB once a month and make a journal entry in QB to record the gross hosting receivables.

    Brandon

    Very, very good advice.

    --Tina
    ||| 99.999% Uptime SLA!!!
    Plenty of space and bandwidth to fit your needs!
    www.AEIandYou.com - - (WP Friendly - Premium Reseller Hosting and Cheap Dedicated Servers)

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Arlington Heights, IL
    Posts
    504
    Hmmm... we have a "Hosting Revenue" customer in QB that we create invoices for whenever we receive payments. We do one abstract invoice for each day that we've received hosting payments for. We keep track of the type of items that were sold, etc., but we let ModernBill handle the receivables for hosting and only record the revenue when it comes in.

    Does that sound similar to what you're doing, but you just do it on a monthly basis?
    George A. Roberts IV ~ President & CEO, Purity Networks

    Powerful, easy to use antispam services

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    175
    Originally posted by cbtrussell
    3 - Supposedly someone is working on a solution to get data from MB > QB. But it's not that big a deal, just pull a report from MB once a month and make a journal entry in QB to record the gross hosting receivables.

    Brandon
    When you make a journal entry in QB what do you post it to? How do you reconcile your bank account with all the small payments that get deposited from your merchant account/paypal, etc?

    I get the idea of the gross receivables, but I just don't know how to post it properly in QB. If I just drop in the full amount how do I split the deposit to show what is checks/cc/paypal...

    Thanks for any help.

    Regards,
    Phil

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Posts
    1,053
    Originally posted by talkwebhosts
    Go for QuickBooks, its quick, easy and accountants love it at the end of the year!
    Thats the route we went. Things seem to be working just fine.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •