QuickBooks 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Introduction. 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: Housekeeping 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: Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Network. Chapter 2: Administering QuickBooks. Chapter 3: Protecting Your Data. Chapter 4: 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. Index.

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