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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Elaine Marmel
February 2016
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
7h 10m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 1

Introducing QBO and QBOA

In This Chapter

arrow Taking a first look at QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant

arrow Considering the cloud

arrow Meeting requirements to use QBO and QBOA

QuickBooks Online (QBO) and QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA) are web-based products you can use to manage your business’s accounting. This chapter introduces these products and discusses whether you should move into the cloud to manage your accounting. It also examines the system requirements for these products.

QBO for the Client and QBOA for the Accountant

QuickBooks Online offers you the ability to manage your business’s accounting in the cloud. The product is divided into two products: one for end users and the other for accountants. Interfaces for both products are available on multiple platforms.

QBO is the cloud-based product for end users who need to perform typical accounting tasks. QBO is based on the same principles as the QuickBooks desktop product — that is, it uses lists to, for example, manage customers and vendors, and it includes transactions similar to the ones found in the QuickBooks desktop product. But, QBO is not simply a “rewrite” of the QuickBooks desktop product for ...

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