QuickBooks 2005 For Dummies [Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764576615 | ISBN-13: 978-0764576614 | Publication Date: December 1, 2011 | Edition: 2nd

Here's what you need to become your own accountant! If you love running a business, but despise keeping the books, this is the book for you! Revised throughout to cover the latest updates and enhancements made to QuickBooks, Quickbooks 2005 For Dummies covers the basics, walks you through the software installation, and guides you step-by-step through various accounting functions, including:

• Creating invoices and credit memos
• Tracking accounts receivable and payable
• Paying bills
• Monitoring and managing inventory
• Balancing the books
• Printing checks or paying with plastic
• Doing your banking online
• Processing payroll

Written by Stephen Nelson, the author of more than 100 books, including all editions of QuickBooks For Dummies, Quickbooks 2005 For Dummies takes you beyond everyday accounting tasks and helps you use information to boost your productivity and profits by:

• Generating and sharing financial reports
• Building budgets
• Efficiently estimating, billing, and tracking jobs

To expedite your bookwork and grow your business by the numbers, you don’t have to hire expensive consultants or become a CPA; just become a QBE—a QuickBooks Expert. With this book and your QuickBooks software, everything you need to know is at your fingertips!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Here's what you need to become your own accountant!

Set up QuickBooks to manage the money, do electronic banking, and create reports

If you're a whiz at business but not at bookkeeping, take heart! QuickBooks 2005 is like having a bookkeeper who's always on call and never asks for a raise. And with this guide in hand, you have a top-flight CPA to help you set up QuickBooks, enter the right information, and use every feature your business needs.

Discover how to:

• Track accounts receivable and payable
• Save big on business taxes
• Monitor inventory levels
• Estimate projects and track expenses
• Build the perfect budget
• Simplify tax return preparation

About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, advises a wide assortment of small businesses on accounting, tax planning, and related financial matters. He is also the author of more than 100 books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 2nd edition (December 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764576615
• ISBN-13: 978-0764576614
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #974,854 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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158 of 165 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hints from the Author, February 10, 2005

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Stephen L. Nelson (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2005 For Dummies (Paperback)

People rather commonly write me and ask whether they should get this book, QuickBooks 2005 for Dummies, or the QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies. So let me post my standard answer to this question...

If you want help with tbe basics--say you're brand new to QuickBooks or small business bookkeeping and you just want to get started--I recommend QuickBooks 2005 for Dummies. QuickBooks 2005 for Dummies doesn't delve into every nook and cranny. Rather, it gives you enough information to do reasonable small business bookkeeping for your business ... and with a minimal amount of headache and heartbreak.

If you already know the basics of QuickBooks or want to be as sophisticated as possible in your accounting and financial management, I recommend the QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies. That book covers everyhing the regular "QuickBooks 2005 for Dummies" title does... and then a whole lot more. The QuickBooks All-in-One Reference for Dummies, for example, does delve into every nook and cranny... and it covers related topics, too, such as using QuickBooks data to do financial analysis.

Hope that helps...

Steve Nelson

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turning Dummies into smarties :), May 17, 2007

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L. Collins "irdragonazz" (Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2005 For Dummies (Paperback)

I have had my Quickbooks software for almost two years now. The only part of the whole entire download I could ever figure out how to use was my employees information files, and sending invoices. I own a construction company and have no bookkeeping education, and figured my investment was a very big waste of money. The language was geared towards college graduates in the field. The different catagories did not pertain to my business needs...and without understanding what those catagory titles meant to begin with...I may have well been reading greek. My last resort before scrapping the whole intire software and hiring a firm to do my bookkeeping, was to buy the Dummies book for Quikbooks. Within the first hour of reading a few pages..and scimming over topics of importance to me and my company..I was entering invoices that had been paid, setting up ledgers, writing payroll checks etc. My first dealings with the Dummies books was years ago when I happened across one that was Internet for Dummies. Every Dummies book since then has been nothing short of a blessing to me. They ALL are so brilliantly worded and illistraited, that it is as if someone is standing right in front of you talking to you in every day lamen language. I truly believe that anyone who has a problem with anything where there is a Dummies book to help on that subject...you'd be a fool not to buy it. I look forward to having my own library section of Dummy books and will continue to learn learn learn!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quickbooks 2005 for Dummies - Good for new users!, November 4, 2006

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J. Jacobs "OldPCguy" (Scottville, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2005 For Dummies (Paperback)

The Quickbooks 2005 for Dummies Book worked quite well for me... Well written with plain english explainations it got me going. It is understandable even if you don't understand the accounting lingo. This book does not assume that you are an expert at operating a computer either. It is great for beginners that have to do the accounting for a small business themselves and yet don't have a lot of accounting experience. It explains everything needed to perform the most needed accounting functions of a small business.
The only reason the book I didn't give the book 5 stars was that it doesn't cover some of the more advanced features of Quickbooks 2005 which I still need to learn. But this book was written for the person that needs to computerize their small business accounting quickly.