QuickBooks 2001: The Official Guide

by Kathy Ivens (Conducted by)

Overview

-- QuickBooks 2001: The Official Guide shows readers how to use each component of QuickBooks to manage their business -- from creating and tracking invoices, to paying bills and reporting payroll elements to the government, to tracking inventory and reconciling bank statements and includes details on new electronic invoicing features.-- Officially endorsed by Intuit. Marketing support from Intuit will promote exposure and awareness of this title.-- Comprehensive coverage. Our book covers both the QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro products.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072130959
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	QuickBooks: The Official Guide
Pages:	529
Product dimensions:	7.47(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.22(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xxii
	Introduction	xxiii
Part I	Getting Started
1	Using QuickBooks for the First Time	3
	Launching the Software	4
	Starting the Setup Interview	6
	Deciding Whether to Continue the Interview	9
	Performing a Manual Setup	21
	The QuickBooks Software Window	25
2	Setting Up Your Lists	31
	Creating a Full Chart of Accounts	32
	Entering Your Customer List	38
	Entering Your Vendor List	44
	Entering the Payroll Lists	47
	Entering Items	54
	Entering Jobs	58
	Entering Other Lists	59
	Using Custom Fields	64
Part II	Bookkeeping
3	Invoicing	71
	Creating Standard Invoices	72
	Creating Progress Billing Invoices	77
	Editing Invoices	80
	Issuing Credits and Refunds	84
	Sending Invoices and Credit Memos	86
	Creating Sales Orders	96
	Creating Backorders	98
	Customizing Forms	98
	Using Memorized Invoices	105
	Creating Estimates	106
4	Receiving Payments	109
	Receiving Invoice Payments	110
	Handling Cash Sales	118
	Depositing Cash Receipts	126
	Handling the Over and Short Problem	130
5	Tracking Accounts Receivable	133
	Using Finance Charges	134
	Sending Statements	138
	Running Aging Reports	144
	Running Customer and Job Reports	151
6	Entering Accounts Payable Bills	155
	Recording Vendor Bills	156
	Entering Reimbursable Expenses	158
	Entering Inventory Item Bills	163
	Recording Vendor Credits	170
	Entering Recurring Bills	171
7	Paying Bills	179
	Choosing What to Pay	180
	Writing Manual Checks	188
	Printing Checks	188
	Using Direct Disbursements	194
	Remitting Sales Tax	197
8	Running Payroll	205
	Fine-Tuning Your Setup	206
	Signing Up for Payroll Services	210
	Entering Historical Data	213
	Running Payroll	216
9	Government Payroll Reporting	225
	Making Federal Payroll Tax Deposits	226
	Remitting State and Local Liabilities	229
	Remitting Other Payroll Liabilities	230
	Preparing Your 941 Form	231
	Preparing Annual Returns	232
	Printing W-2 Forms	233
10	Configuring and Tracking Inventory	235
	Creating Inventory Items	236
	Running Inventory Reports	241
	Counting Inventory	244
	Creating Pre-Builds	253
	Handling Backorders	257
11	Making Checkbook Adjustments	265
	Making a Deposit	266
	Transferring Funds Between Accounts	268
	Handling Bounced Checks	270
	Voiding Disbursements	273
	Tracking Petty Cash Transactions	274
	Working with Credit Cards	277
12	Reconciling Bank Accounts	287
	Entering Data from the Statement	288
	Reconciling the Difference	292
	Printing the Reconciliation Report	294
13	Using Budgets	297
	Budgeting Income and Expenses	298
	Comparing Your Budget with Reality	301
	Budgeting by Customer or Job	304
	Copying Budgets	305
14	Using Journal Entrles	309
	Using the General Journal Entry Window	310
	Opening Trial Balance	312
	Making Adjusting Entries	314
	Journalizing Outside Payroll Services	318
15	Running General Ledger Reports	327
	Reporting the Trial Balance	328
	Creating a Balance Sheet	332
	Creating a Profit & Loss Statement	335
	Creating an Accountant's Review	339
16	Using Online Banking Services	345
	Setting Up a Connection	346
	Setting Up Online Accounts	348
	Performing Online Transactions	355
	Receiving Customer Payments Online	359
17	Year-End Procedures	361
	Running Year-End Financial Reports	362
	Printing 1099 Forms	364
	Making Year-End Journal Entries	367
	Running Tax Reports	367
	Closing Your Books	370
Part III	Using Time and Billing
18	Using Time Tracking	377
	Configuring Time Tracking	378
	Using Timesheets	382
	Reporting Timesheet Information	385
	Creating Invoices with Timesheets Data	389
19	Using Timesheets for Payroll and Job Costing	395
	Setting Up Timesheet Data	396
	Running Payroll with Timesheets Data	397
	Running Payroll Reports for Cost Information	398
20	Using the Onscreen Timer	403
	Installing Timer	404
	Using Timer	408
	Exporting Your Time Files	413
	Importing Timer Files into QuickBooks Pro	416
Part IV	Managing QuickBooks
21	Customizing QuickBooks	423
	Changing Preferences	424
	Working with Multiple Users	439
	Configuring Classes	443
	Using QuickBooks on a Network	447
	Customizing the Icon Bar	450
	Using the Navigators List	453
	Using and Customizing the Shortcut List	454
22	Managing Your QuickBooks Files	459
	Creating Companies in QuickBooks	460
	Backing Up and Restoring Files	462
	Condensing Data	465
	Updating QuickBooks	467
Part V	Appendices
A	Do This First!	475
	Deciding on the Start Date	476
	Gathering the Information You Need	477
	Opening Trial Balance	480
B	Installing QuickBooks	483
	Start the Installation Program	484
	Begin QuickBooks Setup	484
	Registering QuickBooks	486
C	Integrating QuickBooks Pro with Other Programs	489
	Automated Integration with Excel	490
	Mail Merge with Word	491
	Synchronizing Contacts	495
D	Using QuickBooks Extras	499
	QuickBooks Site Builder	500
	QuickBooks Merchant Card Account Services	502
	Other QuickBooks Business Services	503
	Index	504