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Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2012—but only if you spend more time using the program than figuring out how it works. This book puts you in control: you get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Get started. Set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items quickly.
• Manage your business. Track spending, income, invoices, inventory, and payroll.
• Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create invoices or timesheets in batches.
• Follow the money. Examine everything from billable time and expenses to year-end tasks.
• Find key info quickly. Rely on QuickBooks’ vendor, customer, inventory, and employee centers.
• Exchange data with other programs. Move data between QuickBooks and Microsoft Office.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Creating a Company File
Chapter 2 Getting Around in QuickBooks
Chapter 3 Setting Up a Chart of Accounts
Chapter 4 Setting Up Customers, Jobs, and Vendors
Chapter 5 Setting Up Items
Chapter 6 Setting Up Other QuickBooks Lists Download Now »

Book Description

Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2011 — but only if you spend more time using the program than figuring out how it works. This Missing Manual puts you in control: You’ll not only find out how and when to use specific features, you’ll also get basic accounting advice to help you through the learning process.

• Set up QuickBooks. Arrange files and preferences to suit your company.
• Manage your business. Track inventory, control spending, run payroll, and handle income.
• Follow the money. Examine everything from customer invoices to year-end tasks.
• Find key info quickly. Take advantage of QuickBooks’ reports, Company Snapshot, and search tools.
• Streamline your workflow. Set up the Home page and Online Banking Center to meet your needs.
• Build and monitor budgets. Learn how to keep your company financially fit.
• Share your financial data. Work with your accountant more efficiently.

About the Author
Bonnie Biafore writes about personal finance, investing, accounting, and project management. She is the author of O’Reilly’s Online Investing Hacks, Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, and Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual. She writes a monthly column called WebWatch for Better Investing magazine and is a regular contributor to http://www.interest.com. Download Now »

Book Description

QuickBooks 2010 has impressive features, like financial and tax reporting, invoicing, payroll, time and mileage tracking, and online banking. So how do you avoid spending more time learning the software than using it? This Missing Manual takes you beyond QuickBooks’ help resources: you not only learn how the program works, but why and when to use specific features. You also get basic accounting advice so that everything makes sense.

QuickBooks can handle many of the financial tasks small companies face. QuickBooks 2010: The Missing Manual helps you handle QuickBooks with easy step-by-step instructions.

• Set up your QuickBooks files and preferences to fit your company
• Track inventory, control spending, run a payroll, and manage income
• Follow the money all the way from customer invoices to year-end tasks
• Export key snapshots in the convenient new Report Center
• Streamline your workflow with the new Online Banking Center
• Build and monitor budgets to keep your company financially fit
• Share information with your accountant quickly and easily Download Now »