QuickBooks 2016 All-in-One For Dummies

Simplify your small business accounting with confidence! Managing the books for a small business can be a challenging task—just ask any of the countless business owners and managers who have spent hour after hour hunched over multiple spreadsheets. QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies takes the pain out of managing your small business' finances through one essential reference. This reference covers virtually everything you need to take control of your business and guide your company's financial processes in the right direction. QuickBooks is a trusted resource for small businesses because its software is designed to help you handle your financial and business management tasks efficiently and effectively. With QuickBooks, you can establish fundamental accounting practices that help keep your company successful and healthy. Cover the basics, including understanding double entry bookkeeping, planning and setting up a QuickBooks accounting system, and loading master file lists Create a dynamic accounting environment by adding customer invoices, vendor payments, inventory tracking, cash management, and bank account information Establish DIY payroll processes, and prepare essential financial statements and reports Manage and balance financial needs through activity-based costing, project and job costing systems, ratio analysis, economic value added analysis, capital budgeting, budget building, business plan forecasts, and more QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies is the guide you need to take care of your small business' books with confidence!

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Book I: An Accounting Primer 7 Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9 Chapter 2: Double‐Entry Bookkeeping 29 Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49 Book II: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 71 Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 73 Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 91 Chapter 3: Fine‐Tuning QuickBooks 115 Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 147 Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 149 Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 183 Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 203 Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 233 Chapter 5: Paying Employees 263 Book IV: Accounting Chores 273 Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 275 Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 291 Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 311 Chapter 4: Using Activity‐Based Costing 323 Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 339 Book V: Financial Management 349 Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 351 Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 369 Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 383 Book VI: Business Plans 399 Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 401 Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 419 Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 455 Book VII: Care and Maintenance 469 Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 471 Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 489 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 505 Book VIII: Appendixes 511 Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 513 Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 531 Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 547 Index 583

About the Author :
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services for small businesses such as manufacturers, retailers, service firms, and start-up technology companies. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold more than five million copies. Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services for small businesses such as manufacturers, retailers, service firms, and start-up technology companies. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold more than five million copies.