QuickBooks 2010 All-in-One For Dummies - Softcover

Your one-stop guide to managing your business finances

QuickBooks is the leading small-business accounting software, but there's a lot to it. This guide makes it simple, with individual minibooks covering different aspects of QuickBooks, along with some basic business financial management tips and pointers. Put them together, and you will find that the business of running your business just got easier!

• Accounting 101 — get a handle on accounting principles and double-entry bookkeeping

• Starting out right — set up and fine-tune QuickBooks for your business

• Keeping the books — become familiar with the procedures for invoicing customers, paying vendors, tracking inventory, and paying employees

• Day-to-day accounting — learn to prepare budgets, financial statements, reports, and job-costing systems

• Managing finances — discover ratio analysis, economic value-added analysis, and capital budgeting techniques

• Plan for success — get direction for writing a business plan and using profit-volume-cost analysis

• Be prepared — protect your vital business data and troubleshoot potential QuickBooks problems

• Find support — explore online business resources and learn financial terminology

Open the book and find:

• How to read a financial statement

• Steps for tracking accounts receivable and payable

• Tips for managing cash and bank accounts

• How to set up lists of customers, vendors, and payroll items

• How to produce common financial statements and reports

• What you can learn from ratio analysis

• How to create and use a business plan workbook

• Ways to simplify tax preparation

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to both the Washington Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs, and he has written more than 100 books that have sold over four million copies.