QuickBooks Document Management for Bookkeepers and Business Owners
Bookkeeping in Bunny Slippers: SmartVault’s Simple Yet Effective Workflow for Outsourced Bookkeeping
From the July 2010 Review of Document Storage Systems.
SmartVault was originally designed as a doc-ument storage system for QuickBooks, but has moved towards a generic platform to store and share files, whether or not they are related to QB.
CORE FUNCTIONALITY: 
SmartVault is a “cloud computing” solution provided in a web-hosted environment. The primary function of SmartVault is for users to store, access and exchange files online. I found the most compelling feature of SmartVault to be the ability to setup a folder in your Windows Explorer to map directly to SmartVault. This means that you can move files between the online SmartVault storage system and your local storage system. This can be used in a similar fashion with Mac computer, as well.
Mobile professional payroll applications, online document storage, SaaS-based account-ing and practice management tools, and an in-practice knowledge sharing system were among the technologies honored at The CPA Technology Advisor’s 7th Annual Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards. The Awards serve to identify and honor new and emerging technologies that have the potential for significant positive impact on the profession and in the day-to-day work of tax and accounting practices.
Winners of the 2010 Awards are Account-antsWorld for Accounting Relief; CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, for KnowledgeConnect; SmartVault, Inc. for SmartVault v3; SurePayroll for Mobile Payroll; and Thomson Reuters for its Practice CS Staff Management Module.
LOS ANGELES, CA – June 7, 2010 – At the 2010 California Accounting & Business Show, SmartVault, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions, today announced its document management solution, SmartVault, was honored with a Technology Innovation Award from CPA Technology Advisor for the second year in a row.
“This award from CPA Technology Advisor, which we are thrilled to receive for the second year in a row, supports what we are consistently hearing from our customers’ that our product is innovative, easy to use and provides an immediate impact on their day to day workflow,” said Eric Pulaski, founder and CEO, SmartVault. “SmartVault will continue to innovate and deliver a solution that is easy to use and helps firms and small businesses run leaner and more profitably.”
In his column, ”The QuickBooks Advisor,” Doug Sleeter reviews the top paperless document management solutions for QuickBooks users. Here’s what he had to say about SmartVault:
From the June 2010 issue of The CPA Tech Advisor
We can help our clients in so many ways in the areas of business advice and technology. Now that tax season is behind us for another year, it is the perfect time for us to help our small business clients figure out how to run better and more profitably. Our accounting and management advice and insight is truly valuable to clients, yet we often underestimate how valuable our technology advice can be to them. As you can see throughout the rest of this issue, accounting software, document management and workflow are key technologies that you need to be comfortable enough with to make recommendations.
Need an easier way to securely share and store your content? Check out the latest release from SmartVault:
- Improved features for simple sharing of documents with one person or many people
- Custom wizards based on your specific user type that dramatically improve the ‘Getting Started’ experience for all users
- Usability improvements for uploading and managing documents in your vault
- Automated support for annual billing; customers can save 10% by signing up for annual billing over monthly
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“Flying by the seat of your pants,” is not a phrase that should refer to how one runs their business. Unfortunately, it seems to describe all too many companies.
The good news is that the 4.5 million QuickBooks users and their accountants can take steps to work more efficiently with QuickBooks to get a solid grasp of a business’ financial health.
“With so many small businesses using QuickBooks, most CPAs are having to deal with inaccurate, incomplete or inconsistent data they get from their clients,” said Doug Sleeter, founder of The Sleeter Group, a large QuickBooks consultant. “That presents all sorts of problems. Obviously, it’s hard to prepare a tax return from bad data, so a lot of CPAs find themselves in the business of cleaning up the QuickBooks data files from their clients. The core of the problem is that the clients were never really properly trained on how to put data in [QuickBooks].”
Bob Scott, Executive Editor of The Progressive Accountant explores the evolution of document management solutions, from separate applications for various tasks, to integrated offerings that address the needs of the entire accounting firm.
Get everything you need to go from paper mess to paperless with SmartVault. Working more efficiently with your clients is on your 2010 to-do list, but where do you start? With the busy tax and filing season upon us, you can streamline the workflow between you and your clients and make paperless a reality. With the SmartVault Starter Kit, you’ll have everything you need for one low price!
From now until June 1, when you purchase the SmartVault Starter Kit*, you’ll get a Fujitsu ScanSnap s1300 desktop scanner, valued at $295, absolutely free! We’ll even throw in free training for your firm and your clients.
