Accounting & Bookkeeping & Small Business Forum

Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: What Is Write-Up?

Can someone please explain to me what is writeup.

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: What Is Write-Up?

Writeup is a software program designed especially for bookkeepers and accountants like EasyAcct & others to prepare their clients books. Quickbooks & Peachtree are not called writeup's because they are designed for small businesses not just for accountants only. Anymore questions, let me know.

Guest

Can Peachtree or Quickbooks be used as write up software and be just as efficient?

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: About Write-Up Software

Yes, they can be used. I recommend Peachtree instead of Quickbooks because it gives that professional look in the financial statements. I use Peachtree & BPI for my bookkeeping business. But I bill my clients using Quickbooks (I love their professional invoice style).

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: About Write-Up Software

Both software programs can be used for multiple clients. Universal has a training manual on "Using QuickBooks as a Write-up Software" available for $69

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: More Than One

Of course you can use it for more than 1 client.

Guest · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:35 am Post subject: RE: What Is Write-Up?

Can you answer this? When a potential client asks me if I do "Write-up" work, what exactly is he asking? He he referring to income statements and balance sheets?

Guest · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:47 am Post subject: RE: What Is Write-Up?

Basically, writeup means entering all of the clients transactions for a period to a program that will then produce a balance sheet and profit and loss statement for that period. The transactions entered would be everything for the bank account. You would also adjust as many balances as you could. Many clients have bookkeepers do their basic writeup before the reports then go to the CPA because a bookkeeper charges less money to enter day-to-day transactions and make basic adjustments than the CPA would. We have bookkeepers outside our firm that do writeup for our clients. They we take the reports from the bookkeepers and make all additional adjustments that the bookkeeper was not able to. Hope this answers your question.