Don't panic - Finding a replacement for QuickBooks POS doesn't have to be hard QuickBooks POS is a point of sale system that has been around for a long time, and it’s been popular with small businesses because it was easy to use, simple to set up and didn’t...
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PA Beer Wholesale Distributor Industry Impact
PA Beer Wholesale Distributor Industry Impact Creates almost 6,000 jobs throughout the state of Pennsylvania Has a 6.6 million dollar impact on local communities through charities, local events and economic development Provides a 2.5 billion dollar economic impact as...
PA Beer Distributors will remain Open
PA Beer Distributors will remain Open The PA Beer Alliance has been advised by the Governor’s office that beer wholesalers and retailers in PA are NOT among those businesses that must close. Beer wholesalers supply much more than just alcoholic beverages, so they may...
With the COVID-19 Cleaning your touch screen system is even more important
With the COVID-19 Cleaning your touch screen system is even more important As touch screen terminals, kiosks, and tablets become increasingly frequent in the way retail stores and restaurants do business, and with COVID-19’s arrival in the United States, touch screens...
Ditch the Spreadsheets!
Ditch the Spreadsheets! When a new business is starting out, one of the easiest ways to get organized is to lay everything out in spreadsheets. Most people have access to Excel, and until you get everything going, it seems easy enough, right? Here’s the thing with...
Signature optional for EMV Chip Cards
Signature optional for EMV Chip Cards According to Visa as of April 14th 2018 EMV embedded merchants in the US and Canada will now have the option to stop capturing signatures as a method of cardholder validation those same Merchants will also no longer be required to...
Sales Tax on Discounts, Coupons and Promos
Sales Tax on Discounts, Coupons and Promos When coupons or certificates are accepted by retailers as a part of the selling price of any taxable item, the value of the coupon or certificate is excludable from the tax as a cash discount, regardless of whether the...
Tell-tale signs you need to make a change and upgrade your credit card processing
Tell-tale signs you need to make a change and upgrade your credit card processing Still using an “old school” swipe credit card reader? Still using a separate terminal? Not yet using “chip” EMV You could be losing money and encouraging fraud Prevent fraud and...
Don’t be fooled by some credit card processor just offering “cheaper rates”
Don’t be fooled by some credit card processor just offering “cheaper rates” Over 17 years ago and a customer asked “What’s your rate?” it was easy to simply quote a % + 20 cents. Wow has that changed. Over the past decades MasterCard and Visa, in their infinite...
Credit Card Surcharges
Credit Card Surcharges Beginning Jan. 27, 2013, merchants such as Goldstone gained that right. Under a federal court case settlement, they can put surcharges of up to 4 percent on Visa and MasterCard transactions — which account for about 70 percent of credit card...