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QuickBooks 2008: The Missing Manual

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Do you run a business, track company finances to keep your business running smoothly and generate reports that are required by the IRS, SEC and anyone else you have to answer to? If you do, then this book is for you. Author Bonnie Biafore, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that helps you perform the basic financial tasks, track your financial situation, and manage your business to make it even better.

Biafore, begins by covering everything you have to do to set up QuickBooks, based on your organization's needs. Next, she helps you follow the money from the moment you rack up time and expenses for your customers and add charges to a customer's invoice to the tasks you have to perform at the end of the year to satisfy the IRS and other interested parties. The author also delves into the features that help you make your business a success--or even more successful than it was before. Finally, the author helps you take your copy of QuickBooks to the next level by saving time and avoiding errors by downloading transactions electronically.

This most excellent book was designed to accommodate readers at every technical level. In other words, in this book, you'll find step-by-step instructions for using every QuickBooks Pro feature, including those you might not have quite understood, let alone mastered, like: progress invoicing, making general journal entries, customizing forms, writing off losses, and so on.

This book has been a life saver. It fills in the blanks and gives details in everyday terms. We purchased this book and the Official Guide Book from QuickBooks. We have grabbed this book 3 times as much as the other one when we have questions or can't find the answers. WE LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

Every time I want to check how to do something in Quickbooks I have been able to quickly find the answers in this book. Also the writing is very easy to understand making it very easy to recommend this book. It's a great stress reducer knowing I can turn to an experienced users knowledge whenever needed.

If you are one of the many small business owners out there that use QuickBooks 2008 to run the numbers side of your business, you no doubt find QuickBooks to be an essential tool to track the financial progress and how money is entering/exiting your cash flow. Unless you are an absolute superstar, you probably find QuickBooks to be fantastic for your needs, but confusing at times.

If you are one of these individuals that uses QuickBooks on a daily basis and you want to become a more savvy 'Books user or just want to dig deeper into this application and understand the whys and hows regarding how things work, look no further than 'QuickBooks 2008: The Missing Manual' by Bonnie Biafore!!

With nearly 700 pages of material spanning 23 Chapters and 3 Appendixes, this is a solid bargain for the price. Clear, concise writing, lots of pictures, and a layout that is second to none, if you need additional assistance in learning the QuickBooks way, this is a solid buy from the best publishing line that O'Reilly puts out.

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

A great book for someone just starting a business. I came to a business after they had about 6 months of Quickbook. I needed to learn Quickbooks after it had been used for a while. The main thing I learned was, USE A CPA to start the setup. If your business is bigger than 2 or 3 employees Quickbooks can become quicksand with no knowledgeable oversight. Book goes over the basics of starting up very thoroughly and can be a great help in setting up the books!

I opened Quickbooks and was lost. I had no idea what to do or how to do it. Then I purchased the Missing Manual on the subject. The book is wonderful!!! It explains everything in laymans terms. The book has and is a lifesaver.

This book is great. It's far better than the online QuickBooks "help" that comes with the software. I have been using QuickBooks for personal finances and recently converted the accounting system at work to QuickBooks. The Missing Manual has been a great resource in solving uncommon problems.

I've been using Quickbooks in my job for a few years now, but I knew I was not tapping in to all of the timesavers available. I was immediately able to find a couple of things in this book that I was wondering about. The indexing is good, the instructions are easy to follow, and you don't have to read the whole book to find the areas you are interested in. I would definitely recommend this book to any Quickbooks user. I find it much easier to use than the Help section of the program.

If you're like me, you are considering this book because you don't like sitting through training or the "Help" process. You won't be disappointed. It doesn't answer every question but hey it is Quickbooks we're dealing with. QB is designed to market their add on products and services. I ordered this book as soon as I saw, "Bonnie Biafore." I use her MS Project book with my students and recommend it to others.

This book is as good as any of them. I looked everywhere for a simple Quickbooks workbook with LESS words and MORE simple and directs exercises.