QuickBooks Desktop All-In-One for Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1

Book 1: An Accounting Primer 7

Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9

Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 29

Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49

Book 2: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 73

Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 75

Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 93

Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 117

Book 3: Bookkeeping Chores 151

Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 153

Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 189

Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 209

Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 241

Chapter 5: Paying Employees 271

Book 4: Accounting Chores 283

Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 285

Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 301

Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 323

Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing (ABC) 335

Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 351

Book 5: Financial Management 363

Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 365

Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 383

Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 397

Book 6: Business Plans 413

Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 415

Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 435

Book 7: Care and Maintenance 473

Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 475

Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 495

Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 513

Book 8: Appendixes 519

Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 521

Appendix B: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 539

Index 569