I have a question regarding the operation of Microsoft Money 2006,
Business Edition. Basically, here's my situation:
I am a freelance interactive media designer (SHAMELESS PLUG:
http://www.BirdInTheCity.com) and I am trying to track both my
personal and business expenses with Money 06 Small Business Edition.
Because the dynamics of freelancing only fall roughly within the
standard operation of this program, I am having some trouble
generating reports and getting the program to function correctly.
Ideally, I would love for a freelancer to take this question and
describe the best way to structure the program so that it accurately
tracks a freelancer?s finances. For instance, in my case, invoices =
personal income and business accounts = personal accounts, and so I
need a step by step tutorial of how to make Money function correctly
given these circumstances.
A specific example of that broad question:
I use invoices within the program to track the hours that I have
worked on projects. When I get paid for these services, the pay
sometimes comes in with taxes deducted and sometimes without.
Typically, I have been marking the deposited check as "Income" but
then it keeps the invoices listed as unpaid. Alternatively, when I
click "Receive payment for invoice" I am presented with an option of
where I want the money deposited. If I put it toward my standard
checking account, I don?t have the option of inputting tax information
as I would if I listed the money as
?Income?.
Is there a way to list it as both a paid invoice and enter tax info,
so that none of the generated reports get adversely affected (ie
Everything is still
tracked correctly, account totals duplicated)?
I understand that my question is fairly convoluted, but I explained
the best I could! Please write back with any clarifications. Also,
please let me know if there are any tutorials/guides/etc specifically
geared toward these types of freelance issues. |