Look, if you hold a different opinion that's fine but it doesn't make me or what I find easiest "full of shit." Maybe you just don't have to switch back and forth from one company file to another frequently enough to see how much of a pain it can be. I'm not talking about finishing a task then moving on to a new one. I'm talking about being in the middle of matching bank transactions, creating an invoice or entering bills then have to stop what I'm doing, close the company, open a different company, do something in that one, close the company and reopen the first company file. Talk about time consuming.
CPAs aren't plumbers or dentists. Being a CPA you should know that going rates depend on more than a degree and that just because you, a plumber & a dentist perform a service it doesn't put you on equal pay footing.
Look at it this way, Allan is in every thread, and posts for hours on end. Does that make you think he even has one client? He'll tell us he is multi-tasking and billing several clients at once and with his extra time he is busy answering with his troll posts all our ill's in this newsgroup. Real high professional standards that one has. And even with his troll posts he still has time to get new clients. Just when does he have time to service them with a face to face? Wonder just what out of the way berg where there isn't another person who is even
1/1000th computer literate is located? There ain't no way that someone who is such as asshole on this newsgroup isn't one face to face. I doubt he has had a new client since the turn of the millennia!
Just a lousy $0.02 discounted to usenet price of $0.00. Buy if you like. YMMV.
You have to forgive me if I get pissed off when I make the statement that there is a loss in productivity when an accountant has to switch the version of QB they use to accommodate the file version their client sends them and you think I'm referring about the time it takes to start and stop the program. Do you think I'm that stupid? (Don't answer, rhetorical)
I'm talking about the need to maintain tens, if not hundreds and possibly thousands to workstations all containing the different versions of QB. I'm taking about staff wasting time looking for functions and or reports that have been moved or won't exist for several years .
Having a consistent familiar set of features and menu placement is essential in any piece of software to maintain productivity. Requiring staff to use version 6 then 14 then 7 then 9 etc. over the course of any time period (not in between phones calls and e-mails) will equate to a loss in productivity.
Does the notion that many accountants do not spend 40 plus hours per week (like you) in the belly of QB but only use it once in a while and being forced to change from one version to another, depending on which client they happen to be working on at the moment is disorientating and counter productive?
Wow. Leave for a weekend and it really gets fun in the newsgroup. Did I actually hear Allan DEFENDING the need for consistency and continuance of version use in QB?
Are you saying, Allan, that QB versions do *NOT* have a consistent familiar set of features and menu placement?
ANY time period? Like, say the three year time period Intuit gives (if you use payroll or merchant services) before they 'sunset' the product -- forcing you to upgrade?
Q.E.D. the loss of productivity caused by annual 'upgrades?'
How about being *"forced to change from one version to another"* based on an Intuit grab for increased funds? Or is that not "disorientating and counter productive?"
Yes, newer versions are often moved to better positions.
The added feature sets more than compensate for the time spent learning the new version.
The change for the client is always in a forward and upward direction. The accountant and the consultant are the ones who must flip flop back and forth from new to old and then back again.
Of course, we didn't intend to start such a lengthy and spirited discussion - but that's annonimity for you.
The reason we would like to find a way to merge our changes electronically is that we made major changes to the client's chart of accounts. A large number of accounts were added and some changed. We don't have Version 6 because clients didn't request our help when it was current.
Lets face it you will probably have to send a staff member down to the client site and have him her enter the changes manually. Yes I know the client is not going to pay for it and you will have to eat the costs.
You misunderstood my comment. I was not referring to your suggestion re: quickbooks consulting, but to your apparent overall disdain of your clients. I certainly hope they do not read this newsgroup.
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When and where have I indicated any distain for my clients? I love each and every one of them. One more question, do people actually use their real names when posting to this type of newgroup?
You don't have to be ashamed of what you say to want to insulate yourself from various Usenet kooks. It's a small step from knowing your name to showing up on your doorstep.
No I don't. You have inverted what I said to make an incorrect statement. You seem smart enough to understand that, so I can only assume it was done intentionally. But, what else should I have expected from you? I'm through playing these games with you and will not respond to any more of your posts.
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