Nelson QuickBooks 2015 All-in-One For Dummies

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-92018-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 608 Seiten, E-Book

Everything you need to learn about QuickBooks and small businessfinances in one handy guide!
QuickBooks All-in-One For Dummies is the solution smallbusiness owners and managers have been looking for. A compilationof eight content-rich minibooks in one, this guide provides theinformation and tools you need to get the most out of QuickBooks.Get expert advice from a CPA on common accounting tasks, financialmanagement, business planning, how to protect your financialinformation and more. Written in the easy-to-read ForDummies style, this book provides clear, concise, practicalinstruction into taking advantage of everything QuickBooks can dofor your business.
This book is your roadmap to complete business financemanagement, guiding you through the basics of QuickBooks, and thentaking you even further. You'll start from the beginning and moveinto more advanced operations as you learn to:
* Set up, customize, and fine-tune QuickBooks for yourbusiness
* Invoice customers, pay vendors and employees, and trackinventory
* Manage accounts, financial statements, reports, budgets, set upproject and job costing, and keep track of payroll
* Analyze your data to create a business forecast or write abusiness plan that can help you find your niche
* Discover useful online resources for businesses
More than just a user manual, this guide walks you throughtopics that are important to small business success. QuickBooksAll-in-One For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to keeping yourbusiness on track.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Stephen L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
Book I: An Accounting Primer 7
Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9
Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 27
Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 45
Book II: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 67
Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 69
Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 87
Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 109
Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 139
Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 141
Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 173
Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 191
Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 217
Chapter 5: Paying Employees 245
Book IV: Accounting Chores 255
Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 257
Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 271
Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 291
Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 303
Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 317
Book V: Financial Management 327
Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 329
Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 347
Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 359
Book VI: Business Plans 375
Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 377
Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 395
Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 429
Book VII: Care and Maintenance 441
Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 443
Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 461
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 477
Book VIII: Appendixes 483
Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 485
Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 501
Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 517
Index 549

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, businessadvisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to smallbusinesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and is theauthor of more than 100 books, including all editions ofQuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies.