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Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter
Sunday, April 23, 2006
 
Loans In QuickBooks

 

Q:

Subject: question...I saw your site and thought you might be able to answer question...sorry to bother you!
I love your site. True entrepreneur----ialism...:-)
 
Listen...hope you don't mind the note here....but Quick Books support drives me out of my mind. Rather pluck my eyes out than call them or try to sift through the community...so I am taking a chance and going to ask you ...if you mind..just delete...I am sure I will muddle through for another week or two in the dark...haha...
 
anyway..
 
I have made a couple of loans to another one of my own companies from my company. Seems quickbooks makes it easy to take a loan but not give one. I read your part on that....and setting a Shareholder Loan Liability account.
 
But not sure how to do it when I make a loan....pray tell...I am thinking this is an easy answer that is why I chanced asking you.
 
Can you help me with a response. I apologize for popping in!
 

With my Regards,

A:

I don't think you would get any help from QuickBooks on this because it's a basic accounting question, and nothing really to do with the software.

Setting up a loan payable or receivable is a simple task in QB.  What you should be doing is coordinating your QB chart of accounts with your professional tax preparer and what s/he uses for the business tax returns because loans between companies, as well as loans from shareholders, can have either debit or credit balances and be show in either the asset or liability sections of the balance sheet..  The critical thing is to periodically reconcile the balances between the different company QB files to ensure they are in synch with each other.

If you aren't working with a professional tax preparer and are trying to do all of the tax returns on your own, you are crazy and will get yourself into serious trouble.

Good luck. I hope this helps.

Kerry Kerstetter

Follow-Up:

Yes..i have a CPA....but I am so grateful for your response. It helped me a lot! It helped me formulate what I was trying to ask...I am glad you understood so well....Thanks and Thanks!

I will go to that site on reforms....I am with you on that subject I think! (have not read it yet..thats why I say that:-)

With my Regards,

 



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