QBO - Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Advanced Accounting Tools Questions and Answers

Question 1

A ProAdvisor is cleaning up a new client's books and discovers that dozens of transactions for a specific supplier, 'Creative Consultants,' were incorrectly categorized to the 'Office Supplies' expense account instead of 'Professional Fees.' What is the most efficient tool within QuickBooks Online Accountant to correct these miscategorized transactions in bulk?

Accepted Answer

The Reclassify Transactions tool.

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Create a journal entry to move the total amount between the accounts.

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Manually open and edit each individual transaction.

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Use the 'Write off invoices' tool to clear the incorrect entries.

Question 2

A company wants to track its financial performance against a predefined plan. They need to set monthly targets for both income and expenses and then run a report to see how their actual results compare to these targets. Which QuickBooks Online feature is designed for this purpose?

Accepted Answer

Budgets

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Projects

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Management Reports

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Class Tracking

Question 3

An accountant is using the 'Bookkeeping review' tool in QuickBooks Online Accountant to prepare for month-end close. The 'Transaction review' tab flags several expense transactions for having a missing payee. What is the primary accounting reason this is a critical issue to resolve?

Accepted Answer

It can lead to inaccurate vendor expense tracking and incomplete 1099 reporting.

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It prevents the bank feed from automatically matching future transactions.

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It causes the bank reconciliation to be out of balance.

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It violates Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for cash-basis accounting.

Question 4

A business operates a coffee shop and a separate bookstore, and wants to generate a Profit & Loss statement for each business segment to assess individual profitability. Which feature must be enabled and consistently used on all sales and expense transactions to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Location Tracking

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Projects

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Sub-customers

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Bank Accounts

Question 5

Which of the following is a primary function of the 'Prep for Taxes' tool within QuickBooks Online Accountant?

Accepted Answer

To provide a workspace for reviewing accounts and mapping them to lines on a tax form.

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To calculate and pay estimated quarterly taxes directly to the IRS.

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To automatically find and reclassify all transactions in 'Uncategorized Expense'.

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To create a new company file specifically for tax-related adjustments.

Question 6

A client plans to start invoicing customers in Euros (EUR) in addition to US Dollars (USD). Before their ProAdvisor enables the Multicurrency feature in QuickBooks Online, what is the most critical implication they must explain to the client?

Accepted Answer

Once turned on, the Multicurrency feature cannot be turned off.

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All existing transactions will be automatically converted to the new primary currency.

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The feature requires an additional monthly subscription fee.

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It significantly slows down the bank feed connection for foreign accounts.