Keep your budget on track and your business booming with QuickBooks 2014 All-in-One For Dummies!
QuickBooks is your one-stop shop for taking care of all those financial chores that are essential to keep your small business up and running, and this all-in-one guide makes managing your books easier than ever. Written by CPA and trusted financial author Stephen L. Nelson, this popular For Dummies bestseller has been updated for the latest version of QuickBooks and financial practices. You'll find eight self-contained minibooks that start with the basics of bookkeeping and accounting and walk you all the way through creating business plans and taking advantage of other business resources.
Helps you understand accounting procedures and concepts, set up QuickBooks for your business needs, and start speaking the language of finance
Explains how to invoice customers, pay vendors, monitor inventory, track accounts, and computer employee wages and payroll deductions
Covers important accounting tasks like preparing financial statements, filing taxes, planning a budget, developing a business plan, forecasting, and assessing the health of your business
Includes eight minibooks: An Accounting Primer, Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks, Bookkeeping Chores, Accounting Chores, Financial Management, Business Plans, Care & Maintenance, and Additional Business Resources
Don't put off those pesky accounting tasks any longer! QuickBooks 2014 All-in-One For Dummies makes managing your business finances a snap and gives you the confidence to tackle the books like a pro.
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978-1-118-72008-0 (9781118720080)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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 Masters in Taxation. His 100-plus books, including QuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies, have sold more than four million copies.
Introduction 1
Book I: Getting Started with an Accounting Primer 5
Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 7
Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 25
Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 43
Book II: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 65
Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 67
Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 85
Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 109
Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 143
Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 145
Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 179
Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 199
Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 229
Chapter 5: Paying Employees 261
Book IV: Accounting Chores 273
Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 275
Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 291
Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 313
Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 327
Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 343
Book V: Financial Management 355
Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 357
Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 375
Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 389
Book VI: Business Plans 405
Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 407
Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 427
Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 465
Book VII: Care and Maintenance 479
Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 481
Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 501
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 517
Book VIII: Additional Business Resources 525
Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 527
Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 545
Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 563
Index 597
