QuickBooks 2012 All-in-One For Dummies
Everyday bookkeeping tasks are easy with QuickBooks — and this guideKeeping your business's books in order should be one of your first orders of business. This friendly guide makes it easy. It tells you all you need to know about setting up and using QuickBooks to simplify your business chores, plus it gives helpful advice about accounting do's and don'ts, business planning, overall financial management, and more.The bottom-line on accounting — if you don't know a debit from a credit, this is the place to startStarting out right — set up and customize QuickBooks for your business and use it effectivelyBookkeeping chores — tackle daily tasks like invoicing customers, paying vendors, tracking inventory, and moreAccounting chores — delve into activity-based costing, preparing a budget, and job costingFinancial management — dig into advanced financial management strategies such as ratio analysis, Economic Value Added analysis, and capital budgetingBest-laid plans — find out how to write a business plan for a business that will flourishCare and maintenance — set up a network, protect your data, and troubleshoot common problemsExpand your horizons — discover the many useful online resources for businessesOpen the book and find:Basics of double-entry bookkeepingSteps for computing employee wages and payroll deductionsHow to generate income, cash flow, and other financial statementsTips for customizing invoicesHow to use ratio analysis to track the health of your businessDetails about preparing and managing a budgetAdvice on developing a business plan forecastWays to simplify tax preparation8 BOOKS IN 1An Accounting PrimerGetting Ready to Use QuickBooksBookkeeping ChoresAccounting ChoresFinancial ManagementBusiness PlansCare and MaintenanceAdditional Business Resources