Read more
Save on expensive professionals with this trusted bestseller!
Running your own business is pretty cool, but when it comes to the financial side--accounts and payroll, for instance--it's not so cool! That's why millions of small business owners around the world count on QuickBooks to quickly and easily manage accounting and financial tasks and save big time on hiring expensive professionals.
In a friendly, easy-to-follow style, small business guru and bestselling author Stephen L. Nelson checks off all your financial line-item asks, including how to track your profits, plan a perfect budget, simplify tax returns, manage inventory, create invoices, track costs, generate reports, and pretty much any other accounts and financial-planning task that turns up on your desk!
* Keep up with the latest QuickBooks changes
* Use QuickBooks to track profits and finances
* Balance your budget
* Back up your data safely
The fully updated new edition of QuickBooks For Dummies takes the sweat (and the expense) out of cooking the books--and gives you more time to savor the results of your labors!
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Quickly into QuickBooks 5
Chapter 1: QuickBooks: The Heart of Your Business 7
Chapter 2: The Big Setup 17
Chapter 3: Populating QuickBooks Lists 35
Part 2: Daily Entry Tasks 81
Chapter 4: Creating Invoices and Credit Memos 83
Chapter 5: Reeling in the Dough 107
Chapter 6: Paying the Bills 131
Chapter 7: Inventory Magic 155
Chapter 8: Keeping Your Checkbook 175
Chapter 9: Paying with Plastic 193
Part 3: Stuff You Do from Time to Time 203
Chapter 10: Printing Checks 205
Chapter 11: Payroll 219
Chapter 12: Building the Perfect Budget 231
Chapter 13: Online with QuickBooks 239
Part 4: Housekeeping Chores 249
Chapter 14: The Balancing Act 251
Chapter 15: Reporting on the State of Affairs 263
Chapter 16: Job Estimating, Billing, and Tracking 279
Chapter 17: File Management Tips 289
Chapter 18: Fixed Assets and Vehicle Lists 303
Part 5: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 19: Tips for Handling (Almost) Ten Tricky Situations 317
Chapter 20: (Almost) Ten Secret Business Formulas 325
Part 6: Appendixes 341
Appendix A: Installing QuickBooks in Ten Easy Steps 343
Appendix B: If Numbers Are Your Friends 347
Appendix C: Sharing QuickBooks Files 365
Index 375
About the author
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS in Taxation provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. His more than 100 books-including all editions of
QuickBooks For Dummies, have sold over 5 million copies.
Summary
Save on expensive professionals with this trusted bestseller!
Running your own business is pretty cool, but when it comes to the financial side--accounts and payroll, for instance--it's not so cool! That's why millions of small business owners around the world count on QuickBooks to quickly and easily manage accounting and financial tasks and save big time on hiring expensive professionals.
In a friendly, easy-to-follow style, small business guru and bestselling author Stephen L. Nelson checks off all your financial line-item asks, including how to track your profits, plan a perfect budget, simplify tax returns, manage inventory, create invoices, track costs, generate reports, and pretty much any other accounts and financial-planning task that turns up on your desk!
* Keep up with the latest QuickBooks changes
* Use QuickBooks to track profits and finances
* Balance your budget
* Back up your data safely
The fully updated new edition of QuickBooks For Dummies takes the sweat (and the expense) out of cooking the books--and gives you more time to savor the results of your labors!
