QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies [Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076450892X | ISBN-13: 978-0764508929 | Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | Edition: 9

Get up to speed fast and streamline your business bookkeeping with QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies.

This book shows you how simple it is to use QuickBooks and customize it for your business. You'll find out how to easily access reports, graphs, accounts and inventory. QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies shows you how to quickly track who owes you money, and what you owe to others. Designed to efficiently teach QuickBooks complete financial management capabilities for small business owners who might not know a lot about accounting jargon or debit/credit accounting.

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Relieve payroll headaches and minimize your business taxes

Covers online backups, multiple job estimates, and other new features

Take control of your small business finances right away If you're like most small-business people, accounting is the last thing you want to spend lots of time on. With this easy guide you can find QuickBooks tips, tricks, and shortcuts to stay on top of your business finances - even if you don't know anything about accounting. For more plain-English advice, see:

The Dummies Way(r) Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun

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About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, is the bestselling author of more than 100 books on computer and business topics, including Quicken 2002 For Dummies. The Wall Street Journal calls him "the Louis L'Amour of computer book writers."

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 9 edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076450892X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764508929
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,863 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.

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, could have been better, October 10, 2002

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A. McFadden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies (Paperback)

This is a pretty good introduction to QuickBooks for somebody already familiar with business accounting. It tells you how to do all of the typical things you'd want to do for a small business, often giving alternate approaches that are either faster or more useful that the obvious ones.

It has an introduction to accounting mechanics in Appendix B, but that just explains a few basic facts about double-entry accounting systems, and tells you to memorize a table of credit vs. debit effects (e.g. debits increase asset accounts and decrease liability accounts). The book fails to explain why debits sometimes make things go up and sometimes down, something that would've been much more helpful than simple memorization.

I would've liked to see a chapter explaining what sorts of accounts a typical company of a specific type would set up, and how they would be used. I like to know *why* I'm doing something as well as *how* I should do it.

Perhaps such things are better handled in a general book on business accounting, but a short chapter would've been enough.

The tone of the book is generally light-hearted. Occasionally it gets a little thick, e.g. on page 61: "Now this will be a big surprise. (I'm just kidding.) QuickBooks provides descriptions [...] When you choose the command, QuickBooks displays the lost city of Atlantis. Okay, not really. QuickBooks actually displays [...]". It's not usually that silly, but the author's sense of humor does pervade the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Book, August 8, 2010

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D. Schramm (Key Largo, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies (Paperback)

This was purchased for a our local library. Can't comment on the book itself, as I haven't read it. But shipping was fast and book was in the condition promised.