Description
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS in Taxation provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. His more than 100 books–including all editions of QuickBooks For Dummies, have sold over 5 million copies. Introduction 1 Part 1: Quickly into QuickBooks 5 Chapter 1: QuickBooks: The Heart of Your Business 7 Chapter 2: The Big Setup 17 Chapter 3: Populating QuickBooks Lists 35 Part 2: Daily Entry Tasks 81 Chapter 4: Creating Invoices and Credit Memos 83 Chapter 5: Reeling in the Dough 107 Chapter 6: Paying the Bills 131 Chapter 7: Inventory Magic 155 Chapter 8: Keeping Your Checkbook 175 Chapter 9: Paying with Plastic 193 Part 3: Stuff You Do from Time to Time 203 Chapter 10: Printing Checks 205 Chapter 11: Payroll 219 Chapter 12: Building the Perfect Budget 231 Chapter 13: Online with QuickBooks 239 Part 4: Housekeeping Chores 249 Chapter 14: The Balancing Act 251 Chapter 15: Reporting on the State of Affairs 263 Chapter 16: Job Estimating, Billing, and Tracking 279 Chapter 17: File Management Tips 289 Chapter 18: Fixed Assets and Vehicle Lists 303 Part 5: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 19: Tips for Handling (Almost) Ten Tricky Situations 317 Chapter 20: (Almost) Ten Secret Business Formulas 325 Part 6: Appendixes 341 Appendix A: Installing QuickBooks in Ten Easy Steps 343 Appendix B: If Numbers Are Your Friends 347 Appendix C: Sharing QuickBooks Files 365 Index 375
