Bookkeeping Workbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: general ledger, cash disbursements journal, sales journal, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet (more...)

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Product Description

If you're preparing for The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers' (AIPB) bookkeeping certification test, you need an easy- to-follow test-preparation guide that gets you up to speed quickly in all of the bookkeeping basics, from setting up a company's books and recording transactions to managing employee payroll, handling government paperwork, and closing out the books. You need Bookkeeping Workbook For Dummies.

With demonstration problems, complementary examples, and multiple-choice questions you'll find in this user-friendly primer, you'll sharpen your bookkeeping skills for the real world as you increase your ability to perform well on any test. Chapter quizzes let check your progress as you go, and step-by-step answers show you where you went wrong (or right) each problem. You'll feel your confidence —and competence—growing as you learn how to:

• Perform a wide variety of financial transactions
• Use key concepts and skills with real-world bookkeeping problems
• Design a bookkeeping system
• Track day-to-day business operations
• Keep journals for active accounts
• Use blank working papers and spread sheets
• Handle cash entries and develop internal controls
• Calculate and pay employee withholding taxes
• Depreciate assets
• Prove out your books at year's end
• Prepare tax returns as set up for a new year

Complete with Top Ten lists for managing cash, monitoring accounts, and finding additional helpful resources, Bookkeeping Workbook For Dummies is the test-prep guide you need to help you ace the certification test and speed your way into a successful and rewarding career.

From the Back Cover

From the general ledger to the balance sheet — solve bookkeeping problems with ease

In order to become a certified bookkeeper, you need to pass the test recently introduced by The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers. No worries with this easy-to-follow guide! This hands-on workbook gets you up to speed in all the basics of bookkeeping, from setting up a company's books and recording transactions to managing employee payroll, handling government paperwork, and closing out the books. With the featured demonstration problems, complementary examples, and multiple-choice questions, you'll sharpen your bookkeeping skills for the real world and improve your performance on any test.

• Practice key concepts and skills through real-world bookkeeping problems

• Know where you went wrong (or right) with a problem through step-by-step answers

• Track day-to-day business operations, handle cash, and develop internal controls

• Prove out your books, do your taxes, and get ready for a new bookkeeping year

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (October 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470169834
• ISBN-13: 978-0470169834
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #164,615 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Stinko Product, February 19, 2008

By	Donald L. Smathers "eager student" (Delaware USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am extremely sorry I purchased this 'book.' Im my opinion, it is an excreasance in the book market. It has little or no correspondence with the parent book; it has highly misleading inaccuracies. My son-in-law, who is an accountant with 30 years experience could not explain some of the examples presented. In short -- save your bux --

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this book., October 26, 2008

By	Jacquelyn Johnson (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you really want to learn bookkeeping, this is not the book for you. First, it is error-filled. Second, the book provides questions in proceeding chapters about areas that have not been covered. Third, the questions are beyond description. Let's just say, based on the poorly-written sections, you will not be able to understand what is being asked. Last and worst, the concepts are not tied together so that the reader can get a complete picture of the entire process. I cannot emphasize this enough: DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. If I could have, I would have given this book a zero.

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor writting and explanation skills, September 25, 2009

By	Leonardo G. V. Ochoa "LGVO" (Houston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The accounting principles on this book are old-fashioned and poorly explained. I was expecting a more concise approach and better examples. The book is basically made up of overly simplistic questions and a ridiculous amount of space in between those questions.