Quicken All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Published on 13. January 2006
792 pages
978-0-471-79962-7 (ISBN)
Description
* Quicken is the #1 personal finance software on the market, withgreater than 70 percent retail market share and 16 million activeusers
* This book features eight minibooks comprising nearly 750pages-all the information people need to get the most out of thelatest Quicken release, get their finances under control, startbuilding a nest egg, and pay less to the IRS
* The only book on the market to include coverage on QuickenPremier Home & Business
* Minibook topics include personal finance basics, anintroduction to Quicken, household finances, planning ahead andsaving, tracking investments, retirement planning, taxes, andmanaging small business finances
* Quicken books are consistent top sellers, with more than900,000 copies of Quicken For Dummies sold in all in alleditions
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Gail A. Perry is a licensed CPA, financial journalist,author, speaker, and instructor. Gail prides herself on her abilityto present technical subjects in plain English and often with atouch of humor. Gail is a contributing editor at AccountingToday magazine, the premiere business newspaper for the tax andaccounting community. Gail is a former senior tax accountant withthe Big Four accounting firm, Deloitte, where she provided taxplanning services and financial advice to individuals and smallbusinesses. She continues to maintain a tax and financialconsulting practice for about 50 clients.
An accomplished freelance writer, Gail is the author of 18 booksand coauthor of several more on various aspects of personalfinance, taxation, and financial software. Some of her titlesinclude Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide toLiving Well on Less Income, Show Me QuickBooks, TurboTax:The Official Guide, and TurboTax For Dummies. She hasalso written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, andfinancial Web sites, and was a weekly tax columnist for five yearsfor the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News dailynewspapers.
Gail is a former college accounting instructor and has beenteaching adult computer classes (including Quicken) since themid-1980s. She currently teaches an online personal finance course.She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and English fromIndiana University.
Content
Introduction.
Book I: Personal Finance Basics.
Chapter 1: Earning Income and Investing.
Chapter 2: Paying Bills.
Chapter 3: Budgeting.
Chapter 4: Protecting Yourself.
Chapter 5: Planning for the Future.
Book II: Quicken Basics.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Quicken.
Chapter 2: Using the Register.
Chapter 3: Managing Your Accounts.
Chapter 4: Reconciling an Account.
Chapter 5: Introducing Online Banking Services.
Book III: Investments.
Chapter 1: Quicken and Investments.
Chapter 2: Your Portfolio.
Chapter 3: Monitoring Your Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts.
Chapter 4: Watch Lists and News You Can Use.
Book IV: Household Finances.
Chapter 1: Borrowing Money.
Chapter 2: Using a Credit Card Account.
Chapter 3: Your Home.
Chapter 4: Quicken Billminder and Bill Pay.
Chapter 5: Budgeting in Quicken.
Book V: Taxes.
Chapter 1: The Quicken Tax Center.
Chapter 2: Entering Tax-Friendly Information.
Chapter 3: Tax Reports You Can Use.
Chapter 4: Interfacing with TurboTax.
Chapter 5: Tax Planning with Quicken.
Book VI: Retirement Planning and Other Saving.
Chapter 1: The Quicken Financial Planner.
Chapter 2: Tracking Your Retirement Savings in Quicken.
Chapter 3: Savings Goals.
Chapter 4: Saving for College.
Chapter 5: Automating Your Savings Program.
Book VII: Quicken Reports.
Chapter 1: Creating QuickReports.
Chapter 2: Quicken's Standard Reports.
Chapter 3: Customizing Reports.
Chapter 4: Printing and Saving Reports.
Book VIII: Small Business Finances.
Chapter 1: Quicken Premier Home & Business.
Chapter 2: Tracking Accounts Payable and AccountsReceivable.
Chapter 3: Tracking Jobs and Payroll.
Chapter 4: Recording Fixed Assets.
Chapter 5: Business Forms and Reports.
Book IX: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Backing Up Data.
Appendix B: Aggravating Things About Quicken.
Appendix C: Resources for Personal Finance.
Appendix D: Getting Help with Quicken.
Index.
