Quickbooks For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Sep 7, 2011 - Business & Economics - 432 pages
Discover expert tips for taking charge of your finances

Want to spend less time doing bookkeeping and more time on your business? This book shows you how to bill customers, process payroll, track payments and expenses, and produce financial reports. QuickBooks For Dummies, 2nd Australian Edition, is a guide for everyone, whether you're a business owner or an employee charged with making QuickBooks work.

  • Create your first company file — set up QuickBooks with a minimum of fuss

  • Bill customers with ease — prepare customer invoices, record sales and pay bills

  • Customise templates to suit your business — create professional forms for maximum impact

  • Create your own Profit & Loss reports — take control of your business finances (as easy as 1, 2, 3 . . .)

  • Report for GST — keep tabs on how much GST you owe, generate Business Activity Statements and lodge online statements

  • Learn about payroll and managing employee pays — master employee tax, super, leave entitlements and more

  • Manage your tax obligations — keep your tax affairs in tip-top shape so you can sleep easy at night

  • Build your confidence — discover how to check your own work and allocate transactions correctly

Open the book and find:

  • Details of all new features in the latest software releases

  • Step-by-step instructions for all key activities

  • Tips for doing your books faster and smarter

  • How to calculate employee payments correctly

  • Health-check systems for ensuring accurate accounts

  • Techniques for creating standard and custom reports

  • Strategies for building business success

Learn to:

  • Get QuickBooks up and running, the easy way

  • Generate customer invoices, record expenses and pay bills

  • Become a whiz at payroll

  • Prepare your own Business Activity Statements

 

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Contents

Table of Contents
Hit the Road Jack
Getting Acquainted
Calling Out for Help
Lists Lists and More Lists
Working with Customer and Supplier Lists
Getting on Top of Your Item List
Billing Your Customers
Choosing the correct tax code
Shelling Out the Cash
Transferring Funds between Accounts
A Petty Affair
Recording Bank Fees
A Balancing
Seven Sticky Situations
When Your Bank Account Just Wont Balance

Billing for itsybitsy bits of time
Keeping Within the
Invoicing Tips
Working with Estimates and Sales Orders
Emailing Invoices Anyone Can Do It
Understanding the mystery of undeposited
Troubleshooting Payments When Things Go Wrong
Recording Payments Made in Advance
Keeping Everything Shipshape
Getting Reports to Look Good
Reporting to the Outside World
Managing Projects and Individual Jobs
Working to a Budget
Deciding how often to back
Redeeming Yourself in the Nick of Time
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Veechi Curtis
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2011)

Veechi Curtis is a qualified accountant and consultant who specialises in teaching small businesses about technology and finance. She is the author of several business titles, including Small Business For Dummies, Australian Edition, Bookkeeping For Dummies and MYOB Software For Dummies.

Bibliographic information

TitleQuickbooks For Dummies
--For dummies
AuthorVeechi Curtis
Edition2
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1742468985, 9781742468983
Length432 pages
Subjects › 

Business & Economics / Bookkeeping
Business & Economics / General
Business & Economics / Management
  
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