Book Description

If you’re a small business owner, you’ve already come face to face with the accounting monster—that voracious beast that consumes your valuable time, exhausts your patience, and tries to lead you up dark and dangerous paths. Fortunately, there is a mighty weapon at your disposal that can help you subdue the beast—QuickBooks. QuickBooks automates many of the accounting tasks involved in running a business while saving you a bundle on accountant’s fees. It also offers you powerful business planning and management tools that can help you grow you business and keep it on track. Your one-stop guide to small business financial management, QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies brings together eight self-contained minibooks, including: Accounting Primer Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks Bookkeeping Chores Financial Management Business Plans Care and Maintenance Additional Business Resources Each book features step-by-step instructions, expert tips, and examples that help you practice and fine-tune your skills. From the ABCs of accounting to using all of QuickBooks’ advanced features, QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies shows you how to set your company up in QuickBooks and how to use that software’s features to the max. In plain English it tells you what you need to know to: Streamline your business accounting Automate most daily bookkeeping and accounting chores Effortlessly keep track of all your credits and debits Eliminate tax-time headaches Write and print checks Manage general ledger tasks Keep track of inventory Create budget and balance sheets Develop bang-up business plans Automate payroll functions Keep your financial information safe from prying eyes Keep track of your company’s financial performance With QuickBooks and QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference in your corner you’ll have the business accounting beast eating out of your hand in no time.