Stephen L. Nelson 
QuickBooks 2015 All-in-One For Dummies 

Everything you need to learn about Quick Books and small business
finances in one handy guide!

Quick Books All-in-One For Dummies is the solution small
business owners and managers have been looking for. A compilation
of eight content-rich minibooks in one, this guide provides the
information and tools you need to get the most out of Quick Books.
Get expert advice from a CPA on common accounting tasks, financial
management, business planning, how to protect your financial
information and more. Written in the easy-to-read For
Dummies style, this book provides clear, concise, practical
instruction into taking advantage of everything Quick Books can do
for your business.

This book is your roadmap to complete business finance
management, guiding you through the basics of Quick Books, and then
taking you even further. You’ll start from the beginning and move
into more advanced operations as you learn to:

* Set up, customize, and fine-tune Quick Books for your
business

* Invoice customers, pay vendors and employees, and track
inventory

* Manage accounts, financial statements, reports, budgets, set up
project and job costing, and keep track of payroll

* Analyze your data to create a business forecast or write a
business plan that can help you find your niche

* Discover useful online resources for businesses

More than just a user manual, this guide walks you through
topics that are important to small business success. Quick Books
All-in-One For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to keeping your
business on track.

Зміст

Introduction 1

Book I: An Accounting Primer 7

Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9

Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 27

Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 45

Book II: Getting Ready to Use Quick Books 67

Chapter 1: Setting Up Quick Books 69

Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 87

Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning Quick Books 109

Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 139

Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 141

Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 173

Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 191

Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 217

Chapter 5: Paying Employees 245

Book IV: Accounting Chores 255

Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 257

Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 271

Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 291

Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 303

Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 317

Book V: Financial Management 327

Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 329

Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 347

Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 359

Book VI: Business Plans 375

Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 377

Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 395

Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 429

Book VII: Care and Maintenance 441

Chapter 1: Administering Quick Books 443

Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 461

Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 477

Book VIII: Appendixes 483

Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 485

Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 501

Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 517

Index 549

Про автора

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, business
advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small
businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and is the
author of more than 100 books, including all editions of
Quick Books For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies.