QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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. It also features: 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. This work includes fine-tune QuickBooks for your business and your accounting systems. It helps you: 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.