Bookkeeping Kit For Dummies

Introduction 1
Part I: Basic Bookkeeping: Why You Need It 7
Chapter 1: So You Want to Do the Books 9
Chapter 2: Getting Down to Bookkeeping Basics 17
Chapter 3: Outlining Your Financial Road Map with a Chart ofAccounts 39
Part II: Keeping a Paper Trail 55
Chapter 4: The General Ledger: A One-Stop Summary of YourBusiness Transactions 57
Chapter 5: Keeping Journals 81
Chapter 6: Computer Options for Your Bookkeeping 111
Chapter 7: Controlling Your Books, Your Records, and Your Money121
Part III: Tracking Day-to-Day Business Operations with YourBooks 139
Chapter 8: Buying and Tracking Your Purchases 141
Chapter 9: Counting Your Sales 159
Chapter 10: Employee Payroll and Benefits 191
Chapter 11: Employer-Paid Taxes and Government Payroll Reporting213
Part IV: Preparing the Books for Year's (Or Month's) End227
Chapter 12: Depreciating Your Assets 229
Chapter 13: Paying and Collecting Interest 243
Chapter 14: Proving Out the Cash 261
Chapter 15: Closing the Journals 277
Chapter 16: Checking Your Accuracy by Trial and (Hopefully No)Error 289
Chapter 17: Adjusting the Books 301
Part V: Reporting Results and Starting Over 317
Chapter 18: Developing a Balance Sheet 319
Chapter 19: Producing an Income Statement 337
Chapter 20: Completing Year-End Payroll and Reports 355
Chapter 21: Satisfying the Tax Man 365
Chapter 22: Prepping the Books for a New Accounting Cycle373
Part VI: The Part of Tens 379
Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Manage Your Business Cash with YourBooks...............381
Chapter 24: The Ten (Plus One) Most Important Accounts for AnyBookkeeper 385
Part VII: Appendixes 389
Appendix A: Glossary 391
Appendix B: About the CD 395
Index 403