QuickBooks 2016 All-in-One For Dummies

Simplify your small business accounting with confidence!

Managing the books for a small business can be a challenging task—just ask any of the countless business owners and managers who have spent hour after hour hunched over multiple spreadsheets. QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies takes the pain out of managing your small business’ finances through one essential reference. This reference covers virtually everything you need to take control of your business and guide your company’s financial processes in the right direction.

QuickBooks is a trusted resource for small businesses because its software is designed to help you handle your financial and business management tasks efficiently and effectively. With QuickBooks, you can establish fundamental accounting practices that help keep your company successful and healthy.

• Cover the basics, including understanding double entry bookkeeping, planning and setting up a QuickBooks accounting system, and loading master file lists
• Create a dynamic accounting environment by adding customer invoices, vendor payments, inventory tracking, cash management, and bank account information
• Establish DIY payroll processes, and prepare essential financial statements and reports
• Manage and balance financial needs through activity-based costing, project and job costing systems, ratio analysis, economic value added analysis, capital budgeting, budget building, business plan forecasts, and more

QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies is the guide you need to take care of your small business’ books with confidence!

Table of Contents

Book I An Accounting Primer
Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting
Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping
Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems

Book II Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks
Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks
Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists
Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks

Book III Bookkeeping Chores
Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers
Chapter 2: Paying Vendors
Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items
Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts
Chapter 5: Paying Employees

Book IV Accounting Chores
Chapter 1: For Accountants Only
Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports
Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget
Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems

Book V Financial Management

Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis
Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis
Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell

Book VI Business Plans
Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis
Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast
Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan

Book VII Care and Maintenance
Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks
Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting

Book VIII Appendixes
Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel
Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses
Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms