QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies

Got a business to run? QuickBooks makes small-business accounting easier, and QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies shows you how! Bookkeeping may not be your favorite part of running a small business, so learning to use QuickBooks might pay off in more ways than one. QuickBooks helps you keep financial records, prepare invoices and record sales, pay bills, settle up at the end of the year, and more. In this guide, a top accounting and tax planning consultant tells you what you need to do to be ready for QuickBooks, then how to install and set up the program for your business. Discover how to: Use the latest version of QuickBooks to maintain your accounting records in compliance with tax laws Create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, set up inventory items, and monitor your inventory Record and pay bills, print checks, and process payroll, including withholding Balance accounts and generate financial reports Set up a business budget and reconcile your account Perform weekly, monthly, and annual record-keeping Create job estimates that can be easily converted into invoices or compared with actual costs Track accounts receivable and payable Produce reports that help you understand your customer list, vendors, job expenses, inventory, payroll, budget, and more Use job-costing procedure that help you estimate, bill, and track jobs Decide whether to use accrual-basis accounting or cash-basis accounting Handling the financial chores with QuickBooks can put the fun back into owning your own business. QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies makes it easier! Do a quick take on QuickBooks and you'll wonder where it's been all your life. If you're running a small business, you need an accounting system that monitors profits, losses, and expenses without costing an arm and a leg. And if you're running your "own" business-- when you're trying to do everything, including things like, well, actually "selling" something--you need a good solid software system that stays one step ahead of you. QuickBooks 2006 is that software. Record invoices, pay bills--QuickBooks will crunch the numbers and keep you on track.Now you can add another member to your team: "QuickBooks 2006 For Dummies." This helpful book is loaded with the latest information, features, and expert advice you need to make the best use of the software. Pop open the book, and you'll quickly start getting the basics in plain English. Written for those of us who aren't CPAs, this down-to-earth guide explains how to: Create invoices and credit memosProduce income statements and financial reportsProcess payroll and simplify tax preparationEstimate, bill, and track expenses Author Stephen Nelson not only has an MBA, a CPA and expertise in teaching the rest of us about QuickBooks, he also teaches "other CPAs" how to teach the rest of us about QuickBooks. You'll feel like you've got a knowledgeable and humorous buddy at your side as you learn how to: Streamline bill paying with online banking and electronic checksSet up a workable chart of accounts and a good working budgetKeep track of inventory, fixed assets, and vehicle mileageHandle selling a depreciable asset--and nine other "Tricky Situations"Figure out your break-even point--and nine more "Secret Business Formulas"Install QuickBooks in ten easy steps If you handle the financial parts of your business like a pro, you're free to concentrate on what you do best. "QuickBooks 2006 For Dummies" is the fun and easy way(R) to get started!

QuickBooks keeps your business books, and this book makes it easy!

Book a little time to make your small-business accounting easier! QuickBooks makes business bookkeeping a breeze, and this guide gives you just what you need to get going. Install and set up QuickBooks for your business, keep financial records, prepare invoices and record sales, pay bills, settle up at the end of the year, and more.

• Quick, get started — discover what you need to do to be ready for QuickBooks, then install and set up the software
• Satisfy the IRS — use QuickBooks to maintain your accounting records to comply with tax laws
• Everyday stuff — prepare customer invoices and credit memos, record sales, pay bills, and monitor inventory
• Regular record-keeping — rely on QuickBooks for the activities you need to perform weekly, monthly, and annually
• Be budget wise — set up a business budget, print checks and manage payroll, and reconcile your account
• It's just business — create job estimates that can be easily converted into invoices or compared with actual costs
• Report it — create reports to help you understand your customer list, vendors, job expenses, inventory, payroll, budget, and more

Open the book and find:

• How to track accounts receivable and payable
• Easy ways to keep track of inventory levels
• Tips for keeping your business checkbook
• How to produce common financial reports
• Job-costing guidance to help you estimate, bill, and track jobs
• Advice on whether to use accrual-basis accounting or cash-basis accounting
• Ways to simplify tax preparation
• How to handle payroll and withholding

Quickly into QuickBooks. QuickBooks : the heart of your business ; Answering Mr. Wizard ; Populating QuickBooks lists Daily entry tasks. Creating invoices and credit memos ; Reeling in the dough ; Paying the bills ; Inventory magic ; Keeping your checkbook ; Paying with plastic Stuff you do from time to time. Printing checks ; Payroll ; Building the perfect budget ; Online with QuickBooks Housekeeping chores. The balancing act ; Reporting on the state of affairs ; Job estimating, billing, and tracking ; File management tips ; Fixed assets and vehicle lists The part of tens. (Almost) Ten tips for business owners ; Tips for handling (almost) ten tricky situations ; (Almost) Ten secret business formulas. Explains how to use the small business finance program to prepare and print invoices, produce income statements and cash flow reports, manage payroll, write checks, pay bills, and monitor inventory.