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March 27, 2023
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Can someone please share the step by step process for setting up a new Accounting practice account in quickbooks incuding bringing in opening balances

  • March 27, 2023
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I am trying to setup my own Accounting practice books and bringing data across from Xero and just need to know the order in which to setup the various item and a quick step by step guide - Assuming before anything else, I would 
1) define the fiscal YE and start date and then 
2) Setup COA, customers and vendors 
just need a quick overview of the next steps and where to go to set these up - do I bring in Open AR/AP next and where do I find templates for these ? and how do I setup bank accounts and opening balances etc.  

I have setup companies in other platforms easily but QB isn't as intuitive and there are a lot of videos online but hard to find ones specific to what I need. I just need a quick overview of what order to setup everything in and where exactly to do it pleeeese and thank you.

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March 27, 2023

Hi there psachi,

 

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