QuickBooks 2015: The Best Guide for Small Business

by Bobbi Sandberg, Leslie Capachietti

Overview

Set up QuickBooks 2015 to work the way your business does! QuickBooks ProAdvisors reveal best practices for customizing and using the #1 small business financial software

QuickBooks: The Best Guide for Small Business takes the guesswork out of setting up and running a business with QuickBooks. Our QuickBooks ProAdvisors have worked one-on-one with thousands of small business owners—and they are here to help you!

This book explains what’s new in QuickBooks 2015, how to choose the right edition, best practices from other users, and how to avoid common mistakes. Learn proven methods for managing your business finances, processing invoices, tracking inventory, monitoring sales, and administering payroll. Maximize the software’s capabilities and run your small business efficiently using the time-saving techniques packed inside this practical resource.

• Helps you quickly identify which features you need to know to run your business
• Topics organized logically so you can get to mission critical tasks in the order you need them
• Easy-to-follow examples of best practices employed by other QuickBooks users
• Includes valuable tips on accounting, inventory management, payroll, budgets, business reports, tax preparation, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071850247
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/09/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	32 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Bobbi Sandberg is a consulting accountant and retired CPA who has been a trainer, instructor, and teacher of QuickBooks in the Pacific Northwest for more than 40 years. Specializing in making 'numbers your friend', Bobbi has helped small businesses succeed by both teaching and supporting QuickBooks from installation to complex accounting issues. Through her small business focused community college classes, she helps small business owners understand and utilize the many features in QuickBooks.

Leslie Capachietti is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Intuit Premier Reseller and a member of Intuit’s Accountant Training Network. Her firm, Automated Financial Solutions has been helping small business owners get the most from QuickBooks for over 15 years. As a nationally recognized speaker and trainer she has taught thousands of accounting professionals on best practices to employ when supporting their QuickBooks clients. Her firm, Automated Financial Solutions, has been recognized by Intuit as a Top Performer for outstanding achievement in supporting QuickBooks users.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I: Getting Started

1. Preparing Your QuickBooks Account
2. Inputting Customers and Vendors
3. Creating Items and Other Lists

PART II: Using QuickBooks

4. Invoicing and Managing Accounts Receivable
5. Recording and Paying Your Bills
6. Setting up Bank and Credit Card Accounts
7. Working with Online Transactions

PART III: Payroll

8. Establishing QuickBooks Payroll
9. Paying Employees
10. Compiling Payroll Taxes and Forms

PART IV: Reports, Planning, and Budgets

11. Producing and Modifying Reports
12. Generating Budgets and Using Analysis Tools

PART V: Inventory

13. Using Purchase Orders and Inventory Setup
14. Managing Inventory

PART VI: Additional Tasks

15. Customizing QuickBooks for Your Company
16. Keeping Data Secure
17. Understanding General Journal Entries
18. Posting At Year’s End
19. Sending Year End Accountant Copies
20. Fixing Common Problems