QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)

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Got a business to run? QuickBooks makes small-business accounting easier, and QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies shows you how! Bookkeeping may not be your favorite part of running a small business, so learning to use QuickBooks might pay off in more ways than one.

QuickBooks helps you keep financial records, prepare invoices and record sales, pay bills, settle up at the end of the year, and more. In this guide, a top accounting and tax planning consultant tells you what you need to do to be ready for QuickBooks, then how to install and set up the program for your business. Discover how to:

• Use the latest version of QuickBooks to maintain your accounting records in compliance with tax laws
• Create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, set up inventory items, and monitor your inventory
• Record and pay bills, print checks, and process payroll, including withholding
• Balance accounts and generate financial reports
• Set up a business budget and reconcile your account
• Perform weekly, monthly, and annual record-keeping
• Create job estimates that can be easily converted into invoices or compared with actual costs
• Track accounts receivable and payable
• Produce reports that help you understand your customer list, vendors, job expenses, inventory, payroll, budget, and more
• Use job-costing procedure that help you estimate, bill, and track jobs
• Decide whether to use accrual-basis accounting or cash-basis accounting

Handling the financial chores with QuickBooks can put the fun back into owning your own business. QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies makes it easier!

From the Back Cover

QuickBooks keeps your business books, and this book makes it easy!

Book a little time to make your small-business accounting easier! QuickBooks makes business bookkeeping a breeze, and this guide gives you just what you need to get going. Install and set up QuickBooks for your business, keep financial records, prepare invoices and record sales, pay bills, settle up at the end of the year, and more.

• Quick, get started — discover what you need to do to be ready for QuickBooks, then install and set up the software

• Satisfy the IRS — use QuickBooks to maintain your accounting records to comply with tax laws

• Everyday stuff — prepare customer invoices and credit memos, record sales, pay bills, and monitor inventory

• Regular record-keeping — rely on QuickBooks for the activities you need to perform weekly, monthly, and annually

• Be budget wise — set up a business budget, print checks and manage payroll, and reconcile your account

• It's just business — create job estimates that can be easily converted into invoices or compared with actual costs

• Report it — create reports to help you understand your customer list, vendors, job expenses, inventory, payroll, budget, and more

Open the book and find:

• How to track accounts receivable and payable

• Easy ways to keep track of inventory levels

• Tips for keeping your business checkbook

• How to produce common financial reports

• Job-costing guidance to help you estimate, bill, and track jobs

• Advice on whether to use accrual-basis accounting or cash-basis accounting

• Ways to simplify tax preparation

• How to handle payroll and withholding

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Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; illustrated edition edition (October 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470391812
• ISBN-13: 978-0470391815
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than not having it., March 1, 2009

By	Tad A. (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This is not going to answer all of your ?'s nor will it make you an expert but it is definitely worth having around for the money it costs. Written in as plain of a language as possible but you still need to have a basic financial background; that's just the nature of the software. I don't think the people that wrote Quickbooks can answer all of the questions people have about their software so don't expect this book to do it too!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars QuickBooks 2009 for DUMMIES, June 19, 2009

A Kid's Review

Great overall reference book for the self-trained bookkeeper who owns or works for a small company. I speculate the same for the school-trained accountant working for larger companies.

3.0 out of 5 stars For Real Dummies Only, November 4, 2009

By	Alice Anjo "still learning" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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If you know even some elements of accounting this book will not make be a good buy for you. In almost all cases where I went to it for more details this book fell short. Good for the basics but too much detail in the last two chater on services and reorts that could have been better spent in the earlier chapters on more accounting analysis.