Archive for February, 2009
Cougar University Sets Two More Dates for Nonprofit FUND Users.
Cougar University has TWO more dates for the CMS FUND Training Seminars held in Boise, ID. April 6-10, 2009 and June 8-12, 2009. Come to Boise and learn more about Cougar Mountain and your FUND Accounting Software. Since the training is held at our corporate headquarters, there’s the added benefit of seeing our facility, meeting [...]
Published by angie on February 23rd, 2009 tagged Road Show Training | Comment now »
Multi-State W-2 Forms
How do I set up a new employee with multi-tax codes to get different state tax information on their W2’s?
You set this up on the Tax Information tab in the PR Employee window. The employee’s number, name, and marital status appear at the top of the window, while the Tax Codes are assigned to [...]
Published by Kevin on February 20th, 2009 tagged Tips & Tricks, Training | Comment now »
How the “due to / due from” Works in Fund Accounting
In last weeks blog we covered the Basic Double-Entry Principle and now we are going to explore how this idea relates to “due to / due from” in FUND accounting. We create these funds to keep all transactions in balance between one fund and another automatically.
Example Situation:
The user wants to enter in some bills after [...]
Published by angie on February 17th, 2009 tagged Tips & Tricks | Comment now »
The Beginners Guide to GL Journal Entry
I know that most of our readers are very familiar with accounting terminology and function, but occasionally we receive questions that many take for granted. So, this week, we are going to take a step back to basics and look at journal entries.
The journal is where business transactions are entered into accounting systems. All accounting [...]
Published by angie on February 12th, 2009 tagged Tips & Tricks | 1 Comment »
Cougar Mountain February Newsletter
The latest Cougar Mountain Newsletter has now left the building. You can read it here.
Joe
Marketing
Published by Joe on February 11th, 2009 tagged CMS News | Comment now »
Troubled Company Index
Here is a press release telling us what we already know, that things are getting tight in the economy. But this is interesting in that it shows a ‘troubled company index’ for 21,000 public companies in 30 countries. Click on the picture to read the press release.
Joe
Marketing
Published by Joe on February 6th, 2009 tagged CMS News | Comment now »
Cougar Mountain Software Announces New President and CEO
We are proud to announce Chuck Gossett as the new President and CEO of Cougar Mountain Software. This promotion is on the heels of the retirement of Cougar Mountain’s founder, Bob Gossett, in late 2008. Chuck Gossett came to Cougar Mountain Software as a full time employee in 2006 and has served on the family owned [...]
Published by angie on February 5th, 2009 tagged CMS News, Company, Marketing | Comment now »
Purchase Now, Or You May Lose More Money Later On
Erik Eckel recently wrote an article for Tech Republic titled 10 Reasons to Purchase New Hardware During a Recession and we thought that this review was very relevant and wanted to add a few additional points for our bloggers.
Here are the ten reasons listed from Mr. Eckel.
1) Equipment still wears out
2) Productivity becomes paramount: Outdated [...]