QuickBooks 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470072784 | ISBN-13: 978-0470072783 | Edition: 14

Keep your small business finances in tip-top form

Manage your business accounting and financial management tasks—quickly and accurately

If you're like most small-business people, accounting is the last thing you want to spend lots of time on. That's where this handy guide comes in. Written by a CPA, it quickly walks you through bookkeeping basics -- and shows how QuickBooks can put your accounts in order so you can spend less time with the books and more time on business.

Discover how to

• Build the perfect budget
• Prepare customer invoices and record sales
• Produce common financial statements
• Manage inventory
• Simplify tax return preparation
• Balance accounts

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From the Back Cover

Keep your small business finances in tip-top form

Manage your business accounting and financial management tasks — quickly and accurately

If you're like most small-business people, accounting is the last thing you want to spend lots of time on. That's where this handy guide comes in. Written by a CPA, it quickly walks you through bookkeeping basics — and shows how QuickBooks can put your accounts in order so you can spend less time with the books and more time on business.

Discover how to

• Build the perfect budget
• Prepare customer invoices and record sales
• Produce common financial statements
• Manage inventory
• Simplify tax return preparation
• Balance accounts

About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, CPA, MBA (finance), MS (taxation), 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 experiences mesh nicely with his special purpose. He’s a CPA in Redmond, Washington. He’s an adjunct professor of taxation (S corporations and limited liability companies) at Golden Gate University’s graduate tax school. And, heck, he even 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 2007 For Dummies (Wiley).

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 14 edition (November 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470072784
• ISBN-13: 978-0470072783
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,321 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

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductory book . . ., May 12, 2007

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D. Reddy "REDDY Health & Performance" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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I own a single employee service based business and recently made the jump from Quicken Home & Business to Quickbooks 2007 to prepare for growth, (and to appease my accountant). Quickbooks will take several hours to set up and get running for most people, and nothing beats good old trial and error experience, but this book helped a ton, especially when initially researching and preparing the initial "defining" of my company file. I own several Dummies' books, have always been a fan of the style of writing, and this book is no exception. Presently, it is the only book I have assisting me in running Quickbooks, and so far, it has been sufficient.

37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Latest Revision of the Best Selling Software, February 10, 2007

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickBooks 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

First, if you're running your own business you are required by law to keep accounting records using some sort of common-sense accounting system that clearly reflects income. That's net income, after legitimate expenses. The IRS wants their share, and if you don't have an accounting system, they will do it for you and you won't like the result.

Second, why use QuickBooks? 1. Using a computer is a lot easier than doing it by hand. 2. QuickBooks is cheap (especially on eBay), fast, easy to use, and well accepted by big brother at an audit.

Why use this book to learn QuickBooks? 1. Stephen Hunter has been doing Quickbooks books since at least 2000, he's had lots of practice, lots of time to expand areas that were unclear or to fix errors. 2. For Dummies books are well written, well edited, just a bit of humor in between the dull computer stuff.

Of course being QuickBooks 2007 this book is up to date with the most current version of the software. You just as well stay up to date as it reflects the latest changes in the tax code, and it doesn't cost that much more.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding as always, March 13, 2007

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T. M. Clancy (Lancaster, South Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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Perfect explanation for the basics of Quickbooks although not for specific versions but information applies to all versions.