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Much of what bookkeepers and accountants are looking for has already been set up by default when you installed POSitive and created your own company.  In other words, you can just run POSitive as it is and it will work just fine.

However, some bookkeepers may want to modify POSitive to eliminate, modify, or add some functions and features.

Bookkeeper Related Topics

Here are several areas where some setup may be advisable.

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Subject Matter


Accounts Payable

How do you want to handle Accounts Payable?


Accounts Receivable

AR Statements

Will you be doing Accounts Receivable?  Printing AR Statements?


Checkbook

Do you want to use the POSitive Checkbook?


Commissions

Do you plan to pay Commissions?

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Credit Cards

Credit Card Processing requires additional software and hardware.


Deposits

Understand how Deposits work


Finance Company

Will you be using Third-Party Billing?

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General Ledger

Do you need to change the General Ledger's Chart of Accounts?  And the POSitive GL Interface?


Payouts

There are several ways to do Payouts to customers and vendors.

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Taxes

Make sure your are charging the correct Sales Tax


Tender Definitions

Change the default Tender names, remove credit card types which you will not be using, set credit cards to use "electronic verification."

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The Sales Clerk

Things a Sales Clerk or Cashier Needs to Know