QuickBooks 2010 All-in-One For Dummies

Your one-stop guide to managing your business finances

QuickBooks is the leading small-business accounting software, but there's a lot to it. This guide makes it simple, with individual minibooks covering different aspects of QuickBooks, along with some basic business financial management tips and pointers. Put them together, and you will find that the business of running your business just got easier!


Accounting 101 — get a handle on accounting principles and double-entry bookkeeping
Starting out right — set up and fine-tune QuickBooks for your business

Keeping the books — become familiar with the procedures for invoicing customers, paying vendors, tracking inventory, and paying employees

Day-to-day accounting — learn to prepare budgets, financial statements, reports, and job-costing systems

Managing finances — discover ratio analysis, economic value-added analysis, and capital budgeting techniques

Plan for success — get direction for writing a business plan and using profit-volume-cost analysis

Be prepared — protect your vital business data and troubleshoot potential QuickBooks problems

Find support — explore online business resources and learn financial terminology

Open the book and find:


How to read a financial statement
Steps for tracking accounts receivable and payable

Tips for managing cash and bank accounts

How to set up lists of customers, vendors, and payroll items

How to produce common financial statements and reports

What you can learn from ratio analysis

How to create and use a business plan workbook

Ways to simplify tax preparation

Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: For Dummies (December 2, 2009)
Language: English