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The Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2013 for Windows
Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2013 for Windows, and as the program's Official Guide, this Missing Manual puts you firmly in control. 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.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Get started. Set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items quickly.
- Follow the money. Track everything from billable time and expenses to income and profit.
- Keep your company financially fit. Examine budgets and actual spending, income, inventory, assets, and liabilities.
- Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create and reuse bills, invoices, sales receipts, and timesheets.
- Find key info fast. Rely on QuickBooks’ Search and Find features, as well as the Vendor, Customer, Inventory, and Employee Centers.
- Exchange data with other programs. Move data between QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, and other programs.
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Table of contents
- QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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One. Getting Started
- 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. Setting Up Other QuickBooks Lists
- 7. Managing QuickBooks Files
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Two. Bookkeeping
- 8. Tracking Time and Mileage
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9. Paying for Expenses
- When to Pay Expenses
- Entering Bills
- Automating Recurring Bills
- Purchasing Inventory
- Handling Reimbursable Expenses
- Recording Vendor Refunds and Credits
- Paying Your Bills
- Producing Checks
- Writing Checks Without Entering Bills
- Paying with Cash
- Paying with Credit Cards
- Running Expense-Related Reports
- Paying Sales Tax
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10. Invoicing
- Choosing the Right Type of Form
- Sales Forms and Accounts
- Creating Invoices
- Creating Batch Invoices
- Invoicing for Billable Time and Costs
- Invoicing for Backordered Products
- Estimating Jobs
- Creating Progress Invoices
- Handling Refunds and Credits
- Editing Invoices
- Voiding and Deleting Invoices
- 11. Producing Statements
- 12. Transaction Timesavers
- 13. Managing Accounts Receivable
- 14. Doing Payroll
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15. Bank Accounts and Petty Cash
- 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
- Tracking Petty Cash
- 16. Making Journal Entries
- 17. Generating Financial Statements
- 18. Performing End-of-Year Tasks
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Three. Managing Your Business
- 19. Managing Inventory
- 20. Budgeting and Planning
- 21. Working with Reports
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Four. QuickBooks Power
- 22. Online Banking Services
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23. 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
- Spelling
- Tax: 1099
- Time & Expenses
- 24. Integrating QuickBooks with Other Programs
- 25. Customizing QuickBooks
- 26. Keeping Your QuickBooks Data Secure
- Five. Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2012
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449339166
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