QuickBooks 2004 for Dummies [Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764555251 | ISBN-13: 978-0764555251 | Publication Date: January 13, 2004 | Edition: 11

Build your business, create a budget, and pay your bills

Improve your business processes while making accounting and financial management easy

Drowning in debits and credits? Bogged down in bags of paperwork? It's time to break free of the daily accounting grind and focus on making your business grow! With this book to help, QuickBooks 2004 will get your finances in order so you can get down to business.

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, business advisory, and tax preparation and planning services to small businesses. He is the author of over 100 books on computer and business topics.

The Dummies Way
* 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


Discover how to:
* Balance your books and print checks
* Generate comprehensive financial reports
* Design your own invoices and statements
* Determine which customers owe money
* Estimate projects and track expenses

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Build your business, create a budget, and pay your bills

Improve your business processes while making accounting and financial management easy

Drowning in debits and credits? Bogged down in bags of paperwork? It’s time to break free of the daily accounting grind and focus on making your business grow! With this book to help, QuickBooks 2004 will get your finances in order so you can get down to business.

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, business advisory, and tax preparation and planning services to small businesses. He is the author of over 100 books on computer and business topics.

The Dummies Way

• 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

Discover how to:

• Balance your books and print checks
• Generate comprehensive financial reports
• Design your own invoices and statements
• Determine which customers owe money
• Estimate projects and track expenses

About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, has a simple purpose in life: He wants to help you (and people like you) manage your business finances by using computers. Oh, sure, this personal mandate won’t win him a Nobel Prize or anything, but it’s his own little contribution to the world.
Steve’s education and experiences mesh nicely with his special purpose. He has a B.S. in accounting and an MBA in finance. He’s a CPA in Redmond, Washington. He used to work as a senior consultant and CPA with Arthur Andersen & Co. (er, yeah, that Arthur Andersen — but hey it was 20 years ago). Steve, whose books have sold more than 4 million copies in English and have been translated into 11 other languages, is also the bestselling author of Quicken 2003 For Dummies (from Wiley Publishing, Inc.).

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 11 edition (January 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764555251
• ISBN-13: 978-0764555251
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,217,801 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

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Important information missing..., January 4, 2002

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angie (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quickbooks 2001 For Dummies (Paperback)

While I enjoy the lighthearted style of any "For Dummies" book, perhaps a book focusing on two of the most frustrating topics for small business owners - computers and accounting - might want to concentrate more on useful content, and minimize the space used up by cutesy comments.
I was disappointed with the lack of information on using classes, and customizing billing items and invoice forms.

I use several Intuit products: QuickBooks, Quicken, and QuickTax. The software is generally very good, but it does have it's limitations in "customizability" for special accounting/ bookkkeeping requirements. I had hoped that I might also get some helpful workarounds in those areas from this book. I didn't -- and am now looking to other QB authors in the hope of finding that "not-necessarily-power-user" information. Perhaps the 2002 version will cover different issues.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dog-eared and coffee-stained, for good reason!, July 15, 2003

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ajonez (Round Rock, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quickbooks 2003 for Dummies (Paperback)

I have 4 different books on using QB, including this one. Know what? The book I always finding myself reaching for first is this one!
The chapters 17 thru 21 are an especially nice treat; they are not really QB-specific, (so some might argue that these chapters are "filler"), but they are incredibly interesting ways of looking at your business! Like a said, a nice treat. This is the first book I've found that gave a CLEAR and interesting explanation of double-entry bookkeeping. (It doesn't make sense to learn QB if you don't pick up at least a **little** accounting rules along the way!)

The "style" of this book is very friendly, and you'll find it is a very fast read; maybe it's because the explanations about WHY QB does things the way it does MAKES SENSE!

Keep up the good work, Mr. Nelson, this book is a gem!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Recommended, July 22, 2003

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QuickBooks User (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quickbooks 2003 for Dummies (Paperback)

I am disappointed with this book. The author does not get to the important points, but distracts the readers with unnecessary details. He started off some sections by introducing two methods, recommends one of them and says that he will talk about the other one. But he never did.

Unless you have not used a computer for the last few years, you will not learn much from this book.