Get your business organized with QuickBooks 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.

Introduction 1 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 needsDo it daily build good data entry habits, create professional–looking invoices, pay bills, and record salesGood housekeeping write checks, set up payment reminders, and keep the payroll rollingBalancing act effectively keep track of your checkbook, credit and debit card accounts, inventory, payroll, and budgetsInventory magic track inventory, fill out purchase orders, and deal with multiple inventory locationsMonitoring made easy create financial reports and track every dollar coming in and going outDon′t be taxed at tax time organize your data as you go and simplify tax preparationGet 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 QuickBooksTips for building the perfect budgetHow to create invoices and credit memosWhat you need to estimate jobs and track costsHow to compute employee wages and payroll deductionsSteps for keeping track of inventoryKeys to simplifying tax preparationAdvice on whether to use accrual–basis accounting or cash–basis accounting Learn to: Save time by organizing your business′s financial informationProcess invoices and payroll, build a budget, and track expensesEstimate job costs, manage inventory, and generate financial reportsMaintain records for tax time