Chapter 6

Managing the Inflow of Money

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Creating invoices, sales receipts, and estimates

Bullet Recording payments from customers

Bullet Entering credit memos for customers

Bullet Checking invoice status

Bullet Recording billable expenses

Bullet Managing projects

This is where the fun starts. “Why?” you ask. Because this chapter covers stuff related to bringing money into the business, which, from any businessperson’s perspective, is the reason you started your business — and therefore the most fun part!

Before diving into preparing various types of forms, you should consider whether you want to take advantage of the Projects feature in QBO, so, I’ll start there.

Managing Projects

If your business is oriented toward completing projects for your customers, exploring QBO’s Projects feature is in your best interest before I dive into using the various sales transactions. QBO’s Projects feature helps you ...

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