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Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and holds an MBA in finance and a master′s in taxation. His 100–plus books, including all editions of QuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies, have sold more than four million copies.
Now more than ever, keeping track of every penny is crucial to making it in business. And the owners of thousands of small–to–mid–size businesses turn to QuickBooks to help them manage their finances without having to hire an outside accounting professional. Bestselling author Stephen Nelson updates his popular QuickBooks For Dummies to cover the latest revisions and enhancements to this leading small business accounting software package.
After a quick review of bookkeeping basics, you′ll discover how QuickBooks 2013 can help you build the perfect budget, process payroll, simplify your tax return prep work, create invoices, manage inventory, generate income statements, balance accounts, and much more. You′ll learn what you should do before you install and set up QuickBooks, then move on to basic bookkeeping concepts and the fundamentals of building a solid budget. You′ll also discover how to enter data, create invoices, record and print sales receipts, monitor your job costs, and generate most common financial reports with ease.
- Veteran author Stephen Nelson updates his perennial bestseller and offers you easy–to–understand coverage of the newest release of QuickBooks
- Enables you to take control of managing your own business accounting and financial management tasks so you can avoid having to hire expensive outside help
- Provides expert advice for getting started with QuickBooks, building the perfect budget, processing payroll, creating invoices, managing inventory, tracking job costs, generating income statements, balancing accounts, creating financial reports, and more
- Takes you through the steps of going online with QuickBooks, backing up your data, and simplifying tax preparation
QuickBooks 2013 For Dummies helps you take control of your financial management tasks. Big or small, your business will benefit!
Now more than ever, keeping track of every penny is crucial to making it in business. And the owners of thousands of small–to–mid–size businesses turn to QuickBooks to help them manage their finances without having to hire an outside accounting professional.
Part I: Quickly into QuickBooks 9
Chapter 1: QuickBooks: The Heart of Your Business 11
Chapter 2: The Big Setup 21
Chapter 3: Populating QuickBooks Lists 39
Part II: Daily Entry Tasks 83
Chapter 4: Creating Invoices and Credit Memos 85
Chapter 5: Reeling In the Dough 109
Chapter 6: Paying the Bills 133
Chapter 7: Inventory Magic 157
Chapter 8: Keeping Your Checkbook 177
Chapter 9: Paying with Plastic 195
Part III: Stuff You Do from Time to Time 205
Chapter 10: Printing Checks 207
Chapter 11: Payroll 221
Chapter 12: Building the Perfect Budget 231
Chapter 13: Online with QuickBooks 239
Part IV: Housekeeping Chores 249
Chapter 14: The Balancing Act 251
Chapter 15: Reporting on the State of Affairs 261
Chapter 16: Job Estimating, Billing, and Tracking 275
Chapter 17: File Management Tips 285
Chapter 18: Fixed Assets and Vehicle Lists 297
Part V: The Part of Tens 309
Chapter 19: (Almost) Ten Tips for Business Owners 311
Chapter 20: Tips for Handling (Almost) Ten Tricky Situations 317
Chapter 21: (Almost) Ten Secret Business Formulas325
Part VI: Appendixes 341
Appendix A: Installing QuickBooks in a Dozen Easy Steps 343
Appendix B: If Numbers Are Your Friends 347
Appendix C: Sharing QuickBooks Files 367
Index 375
Keep your business finances under control with QuickBooks
If you′re like most small–business people, accounting is the last thing you want to spend a lot of time on. This handy guide helps you use QuickBooks to manage your financial records, track sales and inventory, pay bills, figure job costs, and much more. Written by a CPA who knows QuickBooks and business, this book will help keep your business in the black.
- Step right up start off on the right foot by getting ready for the QuickBooks setup, installing the software, and configuring QuickBooks for your business needs
- Do it daily build good data entry habits, create professional–looking invoices, pay bills, and record sales
- Good housekeeping write checks, set up payment reminders, and keep the payroll rolling
- Balancing act effectively keep track of your checkbook, credit and debit card accounts, inventory, payroll, and budgets
- Inventory magic track inventory, fill out purchase orders, and deal with multiple inventory locations
- Monitoring made easy create financial reports and track every dollar coming in and going out
- Don′t be taxed at tax time organize your data as you go and simplify tax preparation
- Get on track, online securely download bank and credit card transactions and pay bills online
Open the book and find:
- Steps to setting up and succeeding with QuickBooks
- Tips for building the perfect budget
- How to create invoices and credit memos
- What you need to estimate jobs and track costs
- How to compute employee wages and payroll deductions
- Steps for keeping track of inventory
- Keys to simplifying tax preparation
- Advice on whether to use accrual–basis accounting or cash–basis accounting
Learn to:
- Save time by organizing your business′s financial information
- Process invoices and payroll, build a budget, and track expenses
- Estimate job costs, manage inventory, and generate financial reports
- Maintain records for tax time
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and holds an MBA in finance and a master′s in taxation. His 100–plus books, including all editions of QuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies, have sold more than four million copies.