QuickBooks 2008

Overview

Maximize the power of the leading small business financial software

Set up a comprehensive small business financial management system with QuickBooks 2008 and the expert advice in this official guide. Filled with practical information, this book explains how to perform essential business tasks and customize QuickBooks for your needs. Track finances, manage payroll, process invoices, monitor inventory, manage sales and expenses, and much more. Run your small business easily and efficiently--regardless of your industry or growth level--using the real-world tips, techniques, and shortcuts in this authoritative guide to QuickBooks 2008.

• Configure and customize QuickBooks for your business
• Log transactions quickly and accurately
• Manage accounts payable and receivable
• Manage customers and vendors
• Monitor inventory
• Track employee hours and manage payroll
• Reconcile bank accounts
• Set up and manage budgets
• Create standard or customized business reports
• Analyze business performance

Table of contents

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1. Using QuickBooks for the First Time
Chapter 2. The Chart of Accounts
Chapter 3. Configuring Customers and Jobs
Chapter 4. Configuring Vendors
Chapter 5. Creating Other Lists You Need
Chapter 6. Creating Items
Chapter 7. Setting Up Inventory
Chapter 8. Entering Historical Data
Part II: Bookkeeping with QuickBooks
Chapter 9. Invoicing Customers
Chapter 10. Receiving and Tracking Customer Payments
Chapter 11. Managing Vendor Bills
Chapter 12. Paying Vendors
Chapter 13. Managing Bank and Credit Card Accounts
Chapter 14. Reconciling Bank Accounts
Chapter 15. Using Online Banking Services
Chapter 16. Tracking Time and Mileage
Chapter 17. Running Payroll
Chapter 18. Payroll Reports and Remittances
Chapter 19. Journal Entries
Part III: Financial Planning and Reporting
Chapter 20. Accountant's Copy
Chapter 21. Creating Reports
Chapter 22. Customizing Reports
Chapter 23. Budgets and Planning Tools
Chapter 24. Year-End Procedures
Part IV: Managing QuickBooks
Chapter 25. Printing and E-mailing in QuickBooks
Chapter 26. Managing Users and Permissions
Chapter 27. Managing Your QuickBooks Files
Chapter 28. Customizing QuickBooks Components
Index

Biographical note

Kathy Ivens is the author of more than 50 computer books, including the previous editions of this title. She is a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine.

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Maximize the power of the leading small business financial softwareSet up a comprehensive small business financial management system with QuickBooks 2008 and the expert advice in this official guide. Filled with practical information, this book explains how to perform essential business tasks and customize QuickBooks for your needs. Track finances, manage payroll, process invoices, monitor inventory, manage sales and expenses, and much more. Run your small business easily and efficiently--regardless of your industry or growth level--using the real-world tips, techniques, and shortcuts in this authoritative guide to QuickBooks 2008.Configure and customize QuickBooks for your businessLog transactions quickly and accuratelyManage accounts payable and receivableManage customers and vendorsMonitor inventoryTrack employee hours and manage payrollReconcile bank accountsSet up and manage budgetsCreate standard or customized business reportsAnalyze business performance