QuickBooks 2018 For Dummies

The perennial bestseller--now in a new edition for QuickBooks 2018

QuickBooks 2018 For Dummies is here to make it easier than ever to familiarize yourself with the latest version of the software. It shows you step by step how to build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and financial reports, and every other accounting-related task that crosses your desk at work.

Written by highly qualified CPA Stephen L. Nelson, this trusted bestseller shows you how to get the most out of the software that helps over six million small businesses manage their finances. Removing the need to hire expensive financial professionals, it empowers you to take your small business' finances into your own hands.

• Handle your financial and business management tasks more effectively

• Implement QuickBooks and get the most out of its features

• Create invoices and credit memos with ease

• Pay bills, prepare payroll, and record sales receipts

If you're a small business owner, manager, or employee who utilizes QuickBooks at work, this bestselling guide has answers for all of your business accounting needs.

Auteur

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS in Taxation holds an MBA in finance and an MS in taxation. He has been an adjunct professor of taxation at Golden Gate University's graduate tax school, and today he is the managing member of a CPA firm. Steve's books on QuickBooks and Quicken have sold more than five million copies and have been translated into 11 languages.

Résumé
The perennial bestsellernow in a new edition for QuickBooks 2018 QuickBooks 2018 For Dummies is here to make it easier than ever to familiarize yourself with the latest version of the software. It shows you step by step how to build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and financial reports, and every other accounting-related task that crosses your desk at work. Written by highly qualified CPA Stephen L. Nelson, this trusted bestseller shows you how to get the most out of the software that helps over six million small businesses manage their finances. Removing the need to hire expensive financial professionals, it empowers you to take your small business' finances into your own hands.

• Handle your financial and business management tasks more effectively
• Implement QuickBooks and get the most out of its features
• Create invoices and credit memos with ease
• Pay bills, prepare payroll, and record sales receipts If you're a small business owner, manager, or employee who utilizes QuickBooks at work, this bestselling guide has answers for all of your business accounting needs.

Contenu
Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Quickly into QuickBooks 5

Chapter 1: QuickBooks: The Heart of Your Business 7

Why QuickBooks? 7

Why you need an accounting system 8

What QuickBooks does 9

Why not QuickBooks online? 10

What Explains QuickBooks' Popularity? 11

What's Next, Dude? 12

How to Succeed with QuickBooks 13

Budget wisely, Grasshopper 13

Don't focus on features 14

Outsource payroll 15

Get professional help 16

Use both the profit and loss statement and the balance sheet 16

Chapter 2: The Big Setup 17

Getting Ready for QuickBooks Setup 17

The big decision 18

The trial balance of the century 19

The mother of all scavenger hunts 22

Stepping through QuickBooks Setup 23

Starting QuickBooks 23

Using the Express Setup 25

The Rest of the Story 32

Should You Get Your Accountant's Help? 33

Chapter 3: Populating QuickBooks Lists 35

The Magic and Mystery of Items 35

Adding items you might include on invoices 37

Creating other wacky items for invoices 45

Editing items 48

Adding Employees to Your Employee List 49

Customers Are Your Business 51

It's Just a Job 55

Adding Vendors to Your Vendor List 58

The Other Lists 62

The Fixed Asset Item list 63

The Price Level list 64

The Billing Rate Levels list 64

The Sales Tax Code list 64

The Class list 64

The Other Names list 65

The Sales Rep list 65

Customer, Vendor, and Job Types list 66

The Terms list 66

The Customer Message list 66

The Payment Method list 67

The Ship Via list 67

The Vehicle list 67

The Memorized Transaction list 67

The Reminders list 68

Organizing Lists 68

Printing Lists 68

Exporting List Items to Your Word Processor 69

Dealing with the Chart of Accounts List 69

Describing customer balances 70

Describing vendor balances 70

Camouflaging some accounting goofiness 70

Supplying the missing numbers 77

Checking your work one more time 79

Part 2: Daily Entry Tasks 81

Chapter 4: Creating Invoices and Credit Memos 83

Making Sure That You're Ready to Invoice Customers 84

Preparing an Invoice 84

Fixing Invoice Mistakes 91

If the invoice is still displayed onscreen 91

If the invoice isn't displayed onscreen 91

If you need to delete an invoice 92

Preparing a Credit Memo 92

Fixing Credit Memo Mistakes 96

Taking Lessons from History 96

Printing Invoices and Credit Memos 97

Loading the forms into the printer 97

Setting up the invoice printer 97

Printing invoices and credit memos as you create them 100

Printing invoices in a batch 101

Printing credit memos in a batch 103

Sending Invoices and Credit Memos via Email 104

Customizing Your Invoices and Credit Memos 105

Chapter 5: Reeling in the Dough 107

Recording a Sales Receipt 108

Printing a Sales Receipt 112

Special Tips for Retailers 114

Correcting Sales Receipt Mistakes 115

Recording Customer Payments 116

Correcting Mistakes in Customer Payments Entries 120

Making Bank Deposits 121 Improving Your Cash Inflow 124</p&gt...