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Your one-stop guide to making the most of Quicken's great financial tools
What's harder — earning money, or managing it? For most of us, that's tough to answer, but this book and Quicken will make the "managing" part a lot easier. Eight convenient minibooks cover things like setting up Quicken, saving money and paying bills automatically, creating and using a budget, safely traversing the tax jungle, and much more.
Discover how to
- Reconcile checking and savings accounts
- Determine the true cost of borrowing money
- Manage property, loans, and investment accounts
- Save money at tax time
- Plan for retirement or a child's education
About the Author
Gail A. Perry is a licensed CPA, financial journalist, author, speaker, and instructor. Gail prides herself on her ability to present technical subjects in plain English and often with a touch of humor. Gail is a contributing editor at Accounting Today magazine, the premiere business newspaper for the tax and accounting community. Gail is a former senior tax accountant with the Big Four accounting firm, Deloitte, where she provided tax planning services and financial advice to individuals and small businesses. She continues to maintain a tax and financial consulting practice for about 50 clients.
An accomplished freelance writer, Gail is the author of 18 books and coauthor of several more on various aspects of personal finance, taxation, and financial software. Some of her titles include Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income, Show Me QuickBooks, TurboTax: The Official Guide, and TurboTax For Dummies. She has also written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, and financial Web sites, and was a weekly tax columnist for five years for the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News daily newspapers.
Gail is a former college accounting instructor and has been teaching adult computer classes (including Quicken) since the mid-1980s. She currently teaches an online personal finance course. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from Indiana University.
An accomplished freelance writer, Gail is the author of 18 books and coauthor of several more on various aspects of personal finance, taxation, and financial software. Some of her titles include Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income, Show Me QuickBooks, TurboTax: The Official Guide, and TurboTax For Dummies. She has also written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, and financial Web sites, and was a weekly tax columnist for five years for the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News daily newspapers.
Gail is a former college accounting instructor and has been teaching adult computer classes (including Quicken) since the mid-1980s. She currently teaches an online personal finance course. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from Indiana University.
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Fanny Price, the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park, knew a m thing or two about income: She said, "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard reports list, savings goal account, split transaction window, open the account list, planner window, scheduled transaction, reconciliation window, depreciation transaction, bank account register, transactions dialog box, particular payee, tax planner, tax alerts, payee information, payment window, net worth report, automatic budget, financial calendar, window tool bar, report window, budget window, tax lines, tax projection, transactions window, customization settings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tax Summary, Watch List, Customize Report Title, Special Purchase Planner, Tax Center, Add Account, Class List, Enter Edit, Scheduled Transaction List, Show Report, Online Center, Create Scheduled Transaction, Placeholder Entry, Customer Invoices, Enter Transaction, Home Purchase Planner, Turbo Tax, Uncle Sam, Enter Edt Skip, Manage Saved Reports, Financial Overview, Forms Designer, Quicken Account Setup, Quicken Preferences, Savings Goal Planner New!
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Fanny Price, the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park, knew a m thing or two about income: She said, "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard reports list, savings goal account, split transaction window, open the account list, planner window, scheduled transaction, reconciliation window, depreciation transaction, bank account register, transactions dialog box, particular payee, tax planner, tax alerts, payee information, payment window, net worth report, automatic budget, financial calendar, window tool bar, report window, budget window, tax lines, tax projection, transactions window, customization settings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tax Summary, Watch List, Customize Report Title, Special Purchase Planner, Tax Center, Add Account, Class List, Enter Edit, Scheduled Transaction List, Show Report, Online Center, Create Scheduled Transaction, Placeholder Entry, Customer Invoices, Enter Transaction, Home Purchase Planner, Turbo Tax, Uncle Sam, Enter Edt Skip, Manage Saved Reports, Financial Overview, Forms Designer, Quicken Account Setup, Quicken Preferences, Savings Goal Planner New!
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- Mansfield Park (Signet Classics) by Jane Austen on page 9
- Investing For Dummies, 4th Edition by Eric Tyson on page 244
- Stock Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) by Paul Mladjenovic on page 26
- Mortgages For Dummies, 2nd Edition by Eric Tyson on page 300
- Mansfield Park (Classic Library) by Jame Austen on page 9
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