What a month December was!

Dear EZ Supporters,

I want to thank all of you. I know it has been quite a month for everyone. With the holidays, tax season around the corner, and IAC-EZ changing the way you do your bookkeeping, for some it was a breeze, for some it was really time consuming, and for some it was just downright stressful.

Our goal is to make it easier! If you find something that does not work for you, something that you need, or something that you don’t understand, please email us! Support@iacez.com is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and we will respond!

After a thrilling launch, we transitioned from version 1.0 to version 1.1, implementing improvements along the way. Here are some of the highlights:

FIXES:
12/02/2008: Error when deleting bills
12/02/2008: Incorrectly importing balances of partially paid Freshbooks invoices
12/04/2008: Deletion of accounts currently in use
12/04/2008: Recent activity on Invoice page not refreshing
12/04/2008: Missing Invoice Number space in some browsers
12/04/2008: Organization of Invoicing Sub Tags
12/06/2008: Manual entering of Invoices
12/07/2008: Allocation of bills defaulting to master expense account
12/07/2008: Entering a bill from an employee (rather than just a vendor)
12/08/2008: Pulling Client’s full details from Freshbooks vs. only client list
12/10/2008: Date on bill payments
12/23/2008: Ability to add new chart of accounts with empty category
12/23/2008: Page redirect after entering a new account
12/28/2008: Various Navigational Issues.

FEATURES:
12/06/2008: Cleaner sub-tab layout under ‘Invoices’ main tab released
12/06/2008: First Article added to our knowledge base regarding linking your FreshBooks account with IAC-EZ.
12/06/2008: Support Desk Open – now email your support request to our support desk and track it online – or enter it online at support.iacez.com.
12/07/2008: Better layout of employee details screen released
12/07/2008: Password reset (sorry for the delay, we were hoping nobody forgot theirs the first week)
12/10/2008: Sales Tax Totals Imported from FreshBooks as Liabilities (still working on itemizing multiple sales tax units on FreshBooks imports)
12/10/2008: A whole bunch of little FreshBooks features, such as making sure that any changes to clients, invoices or payments are synched with your IAC-EZ account!
12/13/2008: Breakdown of multiple ’sales tax’ accounts from FreshBooks are now unique, rather than all lumped together under Sales Tax Payable.
12/17/2008: Referral Links are now up and working. Start referring people now; you will get commission later!
12/17/2008: Add Contacts while you are adding an entry! No more needing to add your contacts to your database first; now you can add them while you are entering your data.
12/21/2008: Reference a Check/Reference Number when paying a bill!
12/23/2008: Don’t worry about changing your data in FreshBooks – our system now reconciles all changes – even edited payments on invoices — every time IAC-EZ and FreshBooks synchs.
12/23/2008: Implementation of Roles and Permissions System for Multi User Accounts. Next Step: Ability to enroll multiple users!
12/28/2008: Time Zones! We now support time zones, so that your dates and data will be specific to wherever you are located. If you have already signed up and selecting your Time Zone was not an option in the sign up process, make sure to go in to your HeadQuarters, Subtab: Account Information, and edit your company to select your time zone!

We could not have done all of the above without our users! Your feedback has been crucial and the most valuable part of our development. Please continue to report anything and everything to support@iacez.com or on our forums.

Now – on to what’s to come:

I am stuck between a rock and a hard place: All of my colleagues and associates say “Don’t let people know what you are planning”, but at the same time I hear my customers, I read the FreshBooks Forum, and I see that you guys just want to know!

So I figure, at least for now, we can find a nice common ground. I won’t release the entire road map and I will only release the things that are so close to release our competitors can’t roll it out before us anyway!

You can look forward to the release of 1.2 prior to January 31st 2009 and some of the really awesome things that you will see in this new release are:

• Multiple Users
• A user-friendly ‘reconcile to FreshBooks page’ that outlines exactly what was brought in through the last import.
• Shortcut help steps for new users just signing up, to make your experience even easier.
• Ability to see all shareholder liabilities under tax estimations and not just yours.
• Send your expenses to FreshBooks (FreshBooks opened up their expense API! Yay and Kudos to them!)
• Auto-recall previously entered transaction tags
• CSV Importing and Exporting
• PDF Export for Reports
• A bunch of really nifty features for our international users
• And more….

We are working hard to make your life easier, to make our system better, and in general to make everyone super happy!

If you are happy with our application and our service, please send us a testimonial to support@iacez.com, with your logo or photo and we will put you on our front page with our fanatics!

Until Next Time,

Heather Villa
CEO & Founder of IAC-EZ