Accountant's Assistant Handbook

Document Outline

• Accountant’s Assistant® Handbook
  • Contents
  • 1 Welcome!
    • Using this handbook
    • Learning about Windows
    • Learning about Accountant’s Assistant
    • Where to begin
      • Restoring the CBS sample client data
  • 2 Accountant’s Assistant Overview
    • Accountant’s Assistant features
    • Integration with your Creative Solutions Accounting software
    • The CBS processing cycle
    • The Accountant’s Assistant main window
    • Comprehensive help topics
    • Menu options
    • Keyboard shortcuts
  • 3 Client Bookkeeping Solution Overview
    • Benefits for you and your clients
    • What makes CBS different from other client accounting software?
    • Client Bookkeeping Solution features
    • Overview of CBS CheckWriter
    • Overview of CBS PayCheck
    • Overview of CBS Accounts Payable
    • Overview of CBS Accounts Receivable
    • Overview of CBS Financial Statements
    • Overview of direct deposit in CBS
  • 4 Client Setup in CSA
    • Setup overview
      • Setup timing
      • Multiple companies on one computer
      • Master license
    • Setup steps in CSA
      • Transferring data between CSA and CBS
      • CSA client properties
      • Employee templates
      • Payroll departments
      • CheckWriter vendors
      • Checkbooks
      • Check layouts
      • Transactions
      • Payroll information
      • Additional setup steps in CSA for CBS Accounts Receivable clients
      • Custom help from accountant
      • Custom bitmap
  • 5 Client Setup in Accountant’s Assistant
    • Miscellaneous information
      • CheckWriter tab
      • PayCheck tab
      • Accounts Payable tab
      • Accounts Receivable tab
      • Financial Statements tab
    • Journals
    • Security
    • Bookkeeping Activity Monitor
    • File locations
    • Account groups
    • Payroll item restrictions
    • Other setup options
      • Employee templates
      • PayCheck tax information
      • PayCheck items
    • Generating an accountant’s transfer file for the client
  • 6 Client Setup in CBS
    • Setting up the CBS client software
      • Client license
      • Importing client transfer files
    • Company properties
    • Set up checkbooks
      • Verifying the checkbook information
      • Entering a beginning balance
    • Checkbook reconciliation
    • Importing spreadsheet data
    • Other setup options
      • Select default checkbooks
      • Select data-entry options
    • CBS PayCheck setup
    • CBS Accounts Payable setup
      • YTD vendor detail
      • YTD 1099 amounts
    • CBS Accounts Receivable setup
      • Default GL accounts
      • Customers
      • Invoice items
      • Payment terms
      • Finance charges
      • Sales tax codes
      • Glossary items
      • Invoice and statement layouts
    • CBS Financial Statements setup
      • Financial statement options
      • Financial statement collections
    • A final word about CBS
  • 7 Processing Client Information
    • Client processing
      • Regular processing by the client
      • Client reports
      • Client export files
    • Retrieving client data
      • Backups of client data in CSA
      • Receiving data from your client
      • Effect of transferred data on CSA
      • Information received from the client’s export file
    • Validating client transactions
      • Client notes to the accountant
      • Editing accounts
      • Helpful reports
    • Transferring client data from Accountant’s Assistant to CSA
    • Updating client files
      • CBS information to generate
      • License selection
    • Client import of the accountant’s transfer file
      • Client access to your firm’s website through CBS
  • Appendix A: Installation Instructions
    • System requirements
    • Installing the Accountant’s Assistant software
    • Installing the CBS software
      • When the installation is complete
  • Appendix B: Converting CBS Clients from WS2 to CSA
    • For all users converting clients from WS2 to CSA
    • Performing a conversion
    • Verifying data in CSA
      • Templates
      • Payroll departments
      • Localities
      • Deductions
      • Security
    • Creating an accountant’s transfer file for the CBS client t
    • At the client’s office
  • Appendix C: Importing Client Data from  Other Accounting Products
  • Appendix D: Creating a CBS Demonstration Version Company
    • CBS Sample Company.cbs
      • Demonstration Company.cbs