QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One for Dummies
- 9h 24m
- Stephen L. Nelson
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2009
Here's the book that helps you keep your business books with QuickBooks
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.
- Accounting 101 — Book I covers the basics of accounting if you don't know a debit from a credit
- Ready, set, go — learn to set up the program, load files, and customize QuickBooks in Book II
- All about bookkeeping — in Book III you'll see how to invoice customers, pay vendors, track inventory, and more
- Channel your inner accountant — take on activity-based costing, preparing a budget, and job costing in Book IV
- Explore financial strategies — Book V digs into advanced strategies like ratio analysis, EVA, and capital budgeting
- Plan to succeed — find out in Book VI how to write the business plan that can help you find your niche
- Keep up with upkeep — Book VII shows you how to do things that will keep you working productively in QuickBooks
- Extra help — Book VIII covers additional resources, an Excel primer, accounting terms, and more
Open the book and find:
- How to read a financial statement
- Steps for tracking accounts receivable and payable
- Tips for managing cash and bank accounts
- How to set up lists of customers, vendors, and payroll items
- How to produce common financial statements and reports
- What you can learn from ratio analysis
- How to create and use a business plan workbook
- Ways to simplify tax preparation
About the Author
Stephen L. Nelson is a CPA in Redmond, Washington. He provides accounting, business advisory, and tax planning and preparation services to small businesses such as manufacturers, retailers, professional service f rms, and startup technology companies. He also teaches CPAs how to help their clients use QuickBooks more effectively and is an Adjunct Professor of Tax at Golden Gate University, where he teaches S corporation and LLC tax law.
Curiously enough, Nelson is also the most prolific computer book writer of all time, according to a recent feature in The Wall Street Journal. He's also the bestselling author of books about how to use computers to manage one's personal and business finances. In fact, Nelson's 100-plus books have sold more than 4,000,000 copies in English and have been translated into more than a dozen other languages.
Steve holds a BS in accounting, an MBA in f nance, and a Master of Science in Taxation. He's been a CPA for more than 25 years. He used to work as a senior consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. (Yes, that Arthur Andersen — but, hey, it was a long time ago.) He also has been the controller and treasurer of a 50-person manufacturing f rm and has run his own manufacturing f rm. Steve is also the bestselling author of Quicken 2009 For Dummies and QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies (from Wiley).
In this Book
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Introduction
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Principles of Accounting
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Double-Entry Bookkeeping
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Special Accounting Problems
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Setting up QuickBooks
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Loading the Master File Lists
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Fine-Tuning QuickBooks
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Invoicing Customers
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Paying Vendors
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Tracking Inventory and Items
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Managing Cash and Bank Accounts
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Paying Employees
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For Accountants Only
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Preparing Financial Statements and Reports
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Preparing a Budget
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Using Activity-Based Costing
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Setting up Project and Job Costing Systems
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Ratio Analysis
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Economic Value Added Analysis
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Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell
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Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis
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Creating a Business Plan Forecast
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Writing a Business Plan
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Administering QuickBooks
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Protecting Your Data
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Troubleshooting
