Book Description
One of the principles of good business and good money management is to make the most of what you have. QuickBooks All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies helps you make the most of QuickBooks business accounting software. Updated to cover changes and enhancements to the software, it combines eight quick reference guides: An Accounting Primer that covers basic principles, double-entry bookkeeping, and special accounting problems Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks with information on setting up QuickBooks, loading the master file lists, and fine-tuning QuickBooks Bookkeeping Chores, covering invoicing customers, paying vendors, tracking inventory, and more Accounting Chores including financial statements, reports, and budgets, using activity-based costing, and setting up project and job costing systems Financial Management such as ratio analysis, economic value-added analysis, and capital budgeting Business Plans, featuring profit-volume-cost analysis, forecasting, and writing a business plan Care and Maintenance, with information on protecting data, troubleshooting, and more Additional Business Resources including a crash course in Excel, a glossary, and more

Written by veteran Dummies author Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, and author of more than 100 books with more than four million copies in print, QuickBooks All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies goes beyond the basics of how to use QuickBooks and provides expert advice on accounting chores, financial management, business planning, and much more. With a comprehensive index, it’s your instant, at-your-fingertips reference for everything from how to handle everyday accounting tasks to long-term planning for your business. Fine-tune QuickBooks for your business and your accounting systems Calculate breakeven points Budget for capital expenditures Take advantage of online banking

There’s even a companion Web site where you can take advantage of a sample business plan workbook and download a profit-volume cost analysis workbook. You won’t find a more comprehensive, authoritative, yet understandable guide to QuickBooks.


Book Info
Your one-stop guide to small business financial management. 8 books in 1--your key to business accounting success! Softcover.


From the Back Cover
Packed with expert tips to help you stay on top of your finances

Your one-stop guide to easier small business accounting and financial management

QuickBooks makes it easier to handle all those financial chores you have to do for your small business, and this handy reference makes it easier to use QuickBooks! You'll find minibooks on setting up QuickBooks for your business needs, using it for accounting, bookkeeping, and business planning, keeping your data safe, and much more.

Discover how to Prepare common financial statements Simplify tax return preparation Invoice customers, pay vendors, and track inventory Understand ratio analysis Calculate breakeven points Save on business taxes


About the Author
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He is also an adjunct professor teaching graduate tax courses at Golden Gate University.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Stephen L. Nelson￯﾿ﾽs QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies is all it promises to be, and more.

Yes, it covers everything you need to know to get started with QuickBooks -- and nobody knows QuickBooks better than Nelson. But it also shows you how to use it to do real-world stuff. For example, there￯﾿ﾽs a detailed section on creating business plans and a full chapter on setting up effective project and job-costing systems. There￯﾿ﾽs even a section targeted at accountants.

At nearly 700 pages, there￯﾿ﾽs room for valuable coverage you rarely see in a QuickBooks guide. For example: how to use Activity Based Costing with QuickBooks to trace overhead and understand the true profitability of your products and services. It's a perfect example of how QuickBooks empowers you to compete with anyone. Bill Camarda, from the March 2005 Read Only

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