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QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program
Adds New Resources, Features,
and Training Courses
QUICKBOOKS PROADVISORS ARE well known for their skills
and expertise in all-things QuickBooks. They also have a deep
commitment to growing their firms in dynamic ways and serving as trusted advisors to their clients. The ProAdvisor team
at Intuit is constantly listening to feedback from accounting
professionals to ensure the program's benefits - including training, resources and tools - continue to meet the needs of its
members, especially during these unprecedented times. Here
are several new resources, features, and trainings (all accessible
via the ProAdvisor tab in QuickBooks Online Accountant) that
increase your knowledge while helping you better advise your
clients and scale your impact.
NEW RESOURCES
ProAdvisors have immediate access to
several new resources (accessible via
ProAdvisor > Benefits) to help them
manage their business and assist their
clients during COVID-19. These include
the following:
■ A cash f low continuity playbook
with forecasting tools, industry best
practices, and resources, with the
goal of staying cash positive for the
next few months. The playbook was
created as a way for you to quickly
assess your clients' cash situation and
advise them during this time.
■ A cash flow planner spreadsheet that
can help your clients with important
decisions on managing their cash for
the next few months.
■ Landing pages with resources for
accountants (https://proconnect.
intuit.com/coronavirus/) and small
businesses (https://quickbooks.intuit.
com/small-business/coronavirus/).
Also new: ProAdvisors can download a badge for their current ProAdvisor tier level (Silver, Gold, Platinum,

or Elite) to display on their website
and on co-branded materials. The
badges allow members to showcase
their ProAdvisor certification level
to peers, clients, and prospective
partners. Included with the badges
are new branding guidelines available
to help members build their brand.
To view and download, use the menu
sidebar to navigate to ProAdvisor >
Benefits > Digital ProAdvisor badges
> Download.

NEW TRAINING COURSES
With travel currently difficult for
many of us, the ProAdvisor team
is creating additional educational
offerings to help ProAdvisors stay at
the top of their game. These include
great training opportunities, including
"Bookkeeping Principles," a new class
on bookkeeping fundamentals where
attendees can understand the role of
the bookkeeper, why the role is important, and key concepts on transaction
entry and financial statement.
There will be other new training

courses and updates as
well, so check back often
for updates (ProAdvisor
> Training).

CERTIFICATION
ENHANCEMENTS
On top of running their
practices, keeping up
with their own certifications - and ensuring
their team members are
certified - has been difficult. Now, ProAdvisors
can see which team member is certified, which certifications they have,
and when their certification expires.
Reminder: Annual recertification
season opened April 20 and is open
through August 31, 2020. The original
deadline of June 30 has been extended
by two additional months to better
support ProAdvisors during this
unprecedented time, allowing them
to clear the new tax deadline of July
15 and focus on clients.
More information can be found
on Intuit's Firm of the Future article
(https://www.firmofthefuture.com/
content /quickbooks-online-2020recertification/).

NOT A MEMBER OF THE
PROADVISOR PROGRAM?
The ProAdvisor Program is available
to all accounting professionals using
QuickBooks Online Accountant.
When you create a QuickBooks Online
Accountant login, you'll belong under a
QuickBooks Accountant firm and will
automatically be enrolled under the
firm's ProAdvisor Program account.
Each firm has its own ProAdvisor Program account. Sign up for free today! ■

JUNE 2020 ■

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