QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual

QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual
Author: Bonnie Biafore
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2005-12-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596553633

If your company is ready to minimize paperwork and maximize productivity, control spending and boost sales, QuickBooks 2006 can help you make it happen--but only if you know how to use it. And it doesn't come with a manual. Lucky for you, there's QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual, the comprehensive, up-to-date guide to saving time and money while beefing up business with QuickBooks. Award-winning author and financial whiz Bonnie Biafore helps you select the best fit for your company from Intuit's QuickBooks line of financial management software, which includes five products ranging from basic accounting software for small businesses to sophisticated industry-specific enterprise solutions. She then shows you how to tweak and tailor it to your company's needs so you can manage your finances more effectively and efficiently than ever before. If you're new to QuickBooks or to the 2006 version, you'll get started with ease and become quickly proficient with Biafore's tutorials on making and managing a company file and creating accounts, customers, jobs, invoice items, and other lists. If you're a more advanced user, you'll find countless tips, tricks, and shortcuts for becoming a QuickBooks pro. And everyone at every level will benefit from Biafore's seasoned, sensible advice on business accounting and finance. Under Biafore's expert direction, you will be able to use QuickBooks for a lot more than everyday bookkeeping. Beyond billing and payroll servicing, generating business forms and easing end-of-year tax preparation, QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual shows you how to use QuickBooks to accomplish things like inventory control, budget building, and report creation for evaluating every aspect of an enterprise. With Biafore's clear and friendly explanations and step-by-step instructions for every QuickBooks feature (along with plenty of real-world examples), you'll learn how to take advantage of online banking options, data exchange with other programs, and sophisticated planning and tracking tools for achieving maximum business success. QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual makes QuickBooks more powerful than you thought possible.

QuickBooks 2006 For Dummies

QuickBooks 2006 For Dummies
Author: Stephen L. Nelson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2006-01-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0471980404

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 memos Produce income statements and financial reports Process payroll and simplify tax preparation Estimate, 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 checks Set up a workable chart of accounts and a good working budget Keep track of inventory, fixed assets, and vehicle mileage Handle 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® to get started!

QuickBooks 2006 Bible

QuickBooks 2006 Bible
Author: Jill Gilbert Welytok, JD,CPA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2006-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471783803

Get a better handle on profits, losses, and expenses in your business by setting up and maintaining your books properly in the first place. The help you need is in this comprehensive guide to the latest release of QuickBooks 2006 accounting software. Whether you do your own books or just want to stay organized for a smooth hand-off to a CPA, this informative book has the expert coverage you need. Set up a QuickBook Chart of Accounts, record sales, analyze profitability-it's all here and more in a friendly format for novices and accounting professionals alike. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of QuickBooks 2006 * Establish a QuickBooks business * Choose the correct legal entity and avoid tax penalties * Master generally accepted accounting practices * Customize for your business type with Chart of Accounts * Analyze your company's profitability and financial strength * Use timesavers such as Quick Add, Quick Recall, and Quick Math * Take inventory and write purchase orders * Build budgets, handle payroll, and print checks * Tailor your sales reports in several different formats * Stay in compliance with the bonus appendix on Sarbanes-Oxley

Running QuickBooks in Nonprofits

Running QuickBooks in Nonprofits
Author: Kathy Ivens
Publisher: CPA911 Publishing
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2005-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780972066983

Providing information on using QuickBooks to track financial data in nonprofit organizations, this book covers all versions of QuickBooks. Management of donors, grants, and pledges, and topics such as allocating expenses to programs, handling donor restrictions, and generating the reports needed for donors and tax returns are covered in detail. In addition to easy-to-follow instructions and tons of tips and workarounds, information on using QuickBooks for fundraising is provided.

QUICKBOOKS 2006 QUICKSTEPS

QUICKBOOKS 2006 QUICKSTEPS
Author: Cindy Fox
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006-05-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071491902

Learn instantly from step-by-step graphics! We know a picture is worth a thousand words--so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use the powerful features of QuickBooks 2006 in no time. Follow along and learn to manage your small business finances easily. Handle bookkeeping, invoicing, payroll, budgeting, inventory management, financial reporting, and much more. Each chapter’s “How to” list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Get the book that gets you started using QuickBooks 2006 right away.

Computer Accounting Essentials

Computer Accounting Essentials
Author: Carol Yacht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780073131122

Teaches QuickBooks using the online version. This work contains step-by-step instructions that show students how to use QuickBooks Online Edition to meet the real-world accounting demands of a service corporation.

QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Macintosh

QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Macintosh
Author: Maria Langer
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2005-12-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132797690

If anything can make accounting fun (or even just a little less painful) QuickBooks Pro 2005 can--especially if you get this no-nonsense task-based guide to it! While QuickBooks Pro 6 was all about going native (Mac OS X–native, that is!), this time out the focus is on ease of use. To ensure that you don't miss out on any of the many features that can streamline your accounting processes, trusted Mac teacher Maria Langer uses simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to get you up to speed on QuickBooks Pro fast. After providing a detailed account of how to install and configure the program, Maria shows you how to enter sales, make payments, work with transactions, track inventory, process payroll, report results, print forms, and more. Along the way, Maria discusses the accounting principles that guide the program's use and delves deeply into all of QuickBooks' newest features: one-click viewing of cash flow and unbilled hours, the ability to share QuickBooks data with Windows users, and more.

Quickbooks 2010

Quickbooks 2010
Author: Axzo Press
Publisher: Crisp Pub Incorporated
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-03-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781426019364

This ILT Series course covers the fundamentals of using QuickBooks 2010 to track the finances of a small business. Students will learn how to set up a new company, manage bank account transactions, maintain customer, job, and vendor information, manage inventory, generate reports, and use the Company Snapshot window. Students will also create invoices and credit memos, write and print checks, add custom fields, set up budgets, and learn how to protect and back up their data.