Mastering Quicken 99 [Mass Market Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782123597 | ISBN-13: 978-0782123593 | Publication Date: October 12, 1998 | Edition: 1st

This text covers: Quicken Deluxe CD version; online banking; connecting to the Internet with Quicken; and Quicken Financial Network.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Mastering Quicken 99 shows you how to use the latest version of the most popular personal-finance program on the market. It's a sort of super-manual that thoroughly explains how to use every single feature of Quicken 99.

Like the program itself, this book focuses on "registers" for checking accounts, consumer loans, assets, and credit cards. Nelson explains how to set up and maintain these accounts, and then shows how to convert their contents to tax-form entries at the end of the year.

If you want to learn how to store options transactions--something Quicken can do if you follow a special procedure--Mastering Quicken 99 can't tell you what you need to know. However, there's a solid amount of information in these pages about using Quicken to track business finances, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll (but most people who need to track business finances do so with a different program).

Coverage of securities transactions is good, but somewhat narrowly focused. If you want to know how to record stock, bond, and mutual fund transactions, this book has the information you need. It also explains obscure transactions--like capital-gains distributions from mutual funds--in some detail. --David Wall

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 718 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 1st edition (October 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782123597
• ISBN-13: 978-0782123593
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,331,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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 a prolific author.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for the basics., December 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Quicken 99 (Mass Market Paperback)

I recently purchase Mastering Quicken 99 expecting to find some of the complicated techniques of debiting and crediting multiple accounts in one transaction. For the price, I didn't get what I needed. The book does go into good detail to explain the basics of using Quicken. I have been using Quicken since the beginning and really like the product; however, I need examples and explainations relative to long term loans made to other people. The book doesn't include information on using the new Invoice feature and Mr. Nelson advises that they were working with a bata version of Quicken 99. It's a shame, I'd like to receipt an invoice that will credit a loan account using a split transaction to account for P&I. Maybe next time I go to the book store, I'll have more time to read for the detail I need. I would enjoy sharing my circumstances with Stephen Nelson or Cathy Kenney.