QuickBooks 2006: The Official Guide [Paperback]

Kathy Ivens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2005 | ISBN-10: 007226232X | ISBN-13: 978-0072262322 | Edition: 1

The only official guide to QuickBooks— the #1 small business management software

Fully reviewed and authorized by Intuit, this book shows you how to create a comprehensive small business financial management system using Quick- Books. All the new and updated features are covered in detail. You’ll learn to customize QuickBooks for your specific business needs, enter transactions quickly and accurately, track funds, manage payroll, process invoices, monitor inventory, create budgets, develop fiscal reports, streamline bookkeeping tasks, and much more. Designed for easy reference, the book’s chapter topics are organized the same way as the software. With coverage of QuickBooks Basic and QuickBooks Pro, this is the ideal guide for learning about this powerful software.

“Intuit-approved and loaded with secrets, Quicken Press books provide you with recipes for financial success.” –Scott Cook, cofounder, Intuit, Inc.

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From the Back Cover

Manage your small-business finances with help from this Intuit-authorized guide!

Easily set up and streamline your small business financial system with QuickBooks 2006 and this official guide. Learn to handle routine business tasks as well as the needs of your growing business. Track funds, manage payroll, process invoices, monitor inventory, manage budgets, create a business plan, develop fiscal reports, analyze performance, and much more. Run your business easily and efficiently--no matter what your industry or growth level is--using the expert advice in the only Intuit-authorized guide to QuickBooks 2006.

Inside, learn how to:

• Customize QuickBooks for your own business needs
• Enter transactions quickly and accurately
• Analyze and manage finances
• Create customized financial reports
• Develop a business plan
• Track sales and manage customers
• Track expenses and manage vendors
• Process payroll and track employee time
• Monitor inventory
• Streamline your bookkeeping tasks
• Analyze business performance

Kathy Ivens is the author of more than 50 computer books and is a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. She uses QuickBooks to manage her own small-business finances.

About the Author

Kathy Ivens is the author of more than 50 computer books, including the previous editions of this title, and is a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (November 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007226232X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072262322
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #976,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathy Ivens is the author of more than 50 computer books. She is a senior contributing editor forWindows IT Pro Magazine.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good intro, January 29, 2006

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AgJeff "AgJeff" (College Station, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: QuickBooks 2006: The Official Guide (Paperback)

This book has good information for setting up and getting familiar with the basics of quickbooks. If you are an experience quickbook user at any level other than a rank beginner this book will not be particularly helpful. The style is clear and concise and contains some real-world examples and caveats. Recommended for those getting starting with Quickbooks 2006

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written, Informative, Up to Date, January 21, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2006: The Official Guide (Paperback)

As you might expect given the title, this is a complete and total guide to installing, setting up, and then running QuickBooks. Also, you just might guess that this particular book covers the 2006 version of the software. And finally you can be pretty sure that a book 672 pages long covers just about everything there is to do with QuickBooks. There's even a section on recording charges for bounced checks -- that's bad checks that your customers give you, because you would never do that

So, since you know all about the contents of the book, what's so special about the book that would make you want to buy this particular book?

1. This is the official book, put out by Quicken Press. It's almost straight from the horse's mouth.

2. Ms. Ivens has written a lot of computer books and she's a very good writer. The book is clear and easy to understand, well illustrated to show what you should be seeing on the screen.

3. This is a quick and easy to see if the new features in QuickBooks 2006 are worth it to you.

One last comment. Should you get audited by the IRS, taking in a bunch of printed reports from QuickBooks makes the auditor think that you at least have some idea about what you're doing. Giving him page after page of printed reports makes him (at least in my audit) not go back to looking over all the bits and pieces of paper I took in with me.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson plan for customization, March 17, 2006

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D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: QuickBooks 2006: The Official Guide (Paperback)

Easily learn Quickbooks features, from basic to more advanced business asks, and tailor Quickbooks 2006 for different uses with QUICKBOOKS 2006: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE. Here's a lesson plan geared to quick customization of forms and purposes, from running payroll and tracking accounts receivable to using budget tools and online banking. Black and white screen shots on every page lend to a format which can be used for either methodical course study or quick browsing reference.