QuickBooks 2011 For Dummies

by Stephen L. Nelson

Take control of your finances — and your business — with QuickBooks

To succeed in small business, you need great ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and competitive products or services. Oh, and one other thing: a good accounting system like QuickBooks. QuickBooks 2011 For Dummies shows you how to use this popular business finance program to gain a clear view of your finances and keep your business in the black.

Starting out right — discover what you need to do to be ready for QuickBooks, then install and set up the software

Satisfy the IRS — use QuickBooks to maintain your accounting records to comply with tax laws

Get right to business — quickly learn to enter data, create invoices, and record and print sales receipts

Count your beans — keep track of your checkbook, credit card accounts, inventory, payroll, and budgets, all in one place

See what's what — get a company snapshot that tells who needs to get paid, who owes money, and what needs to get done

Stay on track — produce common financial reports and track every dollar coming in and going out

The taxman cometh — Organize your data and simplify tax preparation

Go online — securely download bank and credit card transactions directly into QuickBooks

Open the book and find:

First steps to setting up QuickBooks

Secrets to building a solid budget

How to track accounts receivable and payable

What you need to estimate jobs and track costs

Steps for keeping track of inventory as you purchase and sell items

Ways to handle payroll and withholding

What to do before tax time

Advice on whether to use accrual-basis accounting or cash-basis accounting

Learn to:

Organize financial information for your business

Build a budget, pay bills, process payroll, and track expenses

Balance accounts, manage inventory, and estimate job costs

Prepare for tax time

416 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 2010

About the author

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Stephen L. Nelson (b. 1959) is the author of more than 160 books about using personal computers, including Quicken for Dummies, QuickBooks for Dummies, MBA's Guide to Microsoft Excel, and Excel Data Analysis for Dummies. The Wall Street Journal once called him the Louis L'Amour of computer books because at the time (December 2000), he had written more computer books than any other author.

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[Jeannine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Dummies books are always a helpful reference, this one is no exception.