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How can you make your bookkeeping workflow smoother and faster? Simple. With this Missing Manual, you’re in control of QuickBooks 2014 for Windows. You get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process. That’s why this book is the Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2014.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Get started. Quickly set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items.
- Learn new features. Get up to speed on the Bank Feed Center, Income Tracker, and other improvements.
- Follow the money. Track everything from billable time and expenses to income and profit.
- Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create and reuse bills, invoices, sales receipts, and timesheets.
- Keep your company financially fit. Examine budgets and actual spending, income, inventory, assets, and liabilities.
- Find key info fast. Rely on QuickBooks’ Search and Find features, as well as the Vendor, Customer, Inventory, and Employee Centers.
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Table of contents
- QuickBooks 2014: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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1. Setting Up QuickBooks
- 1. Creating a Company File
- 2. Getting Around in QuickBooks
- 3. Setting Up a Chart of Accounts
- 4. Setting Up Customers, Jobs, and Vendors
- 5. Setting Up Items
- 6. Data Entry Shortcuts for Lists
- 7. Setting Up Other QuickBooks Lists
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2. Bookkeeping
- 8. Tracking Time and Mileage
- 9. Paying for Expenses
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10. Invoicing
- Choosing the Right Type of Form
- Sales Forms and Accounts
- Creating Invoices
- Creating Batch Invoices
- Deposits, Down Payments, and Retainers
- Invoicing for Billable Time and Costs
- Invoicing for Backordered Products
- Estimating Jobs
- Creating Progress Invoices
- Handling Customer Refunds and Credits
- Modifying Invoices
- 11. Producing Statements
- 12. Transaction Timesavers
- 13. Managing Accounts Receivable
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14. Bank Accounts and Credit Cards
- Entering Transactions in an Account Register
- Handling Bounced Checks
- Transferring Funds
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Reconciling Accounts
- Preparing for the First Reconciliation
- Preparing for Every Reconciliation
- Starting a Reconciliation
- Reconciling Transactions
- Reconciliation Reports
- Modifying Transactions During Reconciliation
- Stopping and Restarting a Reconciliation
- Correcting Discrepancies
- Undoing the Last Reconciliation
- When Your Bank Makes a Mistake
- Managing Loans
- 15. Doing Payroll
- 16. Making Journal Entries
- 17. Performing Year-End Tasks
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3. Managing Your Business
- 18. Keeping Track of Financial Tasks
- 19. Managing QuickBooks Files
- 20. Managing Inventory
- 21. Working with Sales Tax
- 22. Budgeting and Planning
- 23. Tracking Finances with Reports and Graphs
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4. QuickBooks Power
- 24. Banking Online with QuickBooks
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25. Configuring Preferences to Fit Your Company
- Preferences: The Basics
- Accounting
- Bills
- Calendar
- Checking
- Desktop View
- Finance Charge
- General
- Integrated Applications
- Items & Inventory
- Jobs & Estimates
- Multiple Currencies
- Payments
- Payroll & Employees
- Reminders
- Reports and Graphs
- Sales & Customers
- Sales Tax
- Search
- Send Forms
- Service Connection
- Spelling
- Tax: 1099
- Time & Expenses
- 26. Integrating QuickBooks with Other Programs
- 27. Customizing QuickBooks
- 28. Keeping Your QuickBooks Data Secure
- 5. Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: QuickBooks 2014: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2013
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449341756
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