QuickBooks 2004 For Dummies

QuickBooks 2004 For Dummies\n	About the Author\n	Dedication\n	Author’s Acknowledgments\n	Contents at a Glance\n	Table of Contents\n	Introduction\n		About QuickBooks\n		About This Book\n		What You Can Safely Ignore\n		What You Should Not Ignore ( Unless You’re a Masochist)\n		Three Foolish Assumptions\n		How This Book Is Organized\n		Conventions Used in This Book\n		Special Icons\n	Part I: You Gotta Start Someplace\n		Chapter 1: The Big Interview\n			Getting Ready for the Big Interview\n			Doing the EasyStep Interview\n			The Rest of the Story\n		Chapter 2: Lots of Lists\n			The Magic and Mystery of Items\n			Adding Employees to Your Employee List\n			Customers Are Your Business\n			It’s Just a Job\n			Adding Vendors to Your Vendor List\n			The Other Lists\n			Organizing and Printing Lists\n			Exporting List Items to Your Word Processor\n		Chapter 3: Sharing QuickBooks Files\n			Sharing a QuickBooks File on a Network\n			Installing QuickBooks for Network Use\n			Setting Up User Permissions\n			Specifying Multi-User Mode\n			Working in Multi-User Mode\n	Part II: Daily Chores\n		Chapter 4: Invoices and Credit Memos\n			Making Sure That You’re Ready to Invoice Customers\n			Preparing an Invoice\n			Fixing Invoice Mistakes\n			Preparing a Credit Memo\n			Fixing Credit Memo Mistakes\n			Printing Invoices and Credit Memos\n			Sending Invoices and Credit Memos via E-Mail\n			Customizing Your Invoices and Credit Memos\n		Chapter 5: Reeling In the Dough\n			Recording a Sales Receipt\n			Printing a Sales Receipt\n			Special Tips for Retailers\n			Correcting Sales Receipt Mistakes\n			Recording Customer Payments\n			Correcting Mistakes in Customer Payments Entries\n			In the Bank\n			Improving Your Cash Inflow\n		Chapter 6: Paying Bills\n			Pay Now or Pay Later?\n			Recording Your Bills by Writing Checks\n			Recording Your Bills the Accounts Payable Way\n			Paying Your Bills\n			Tracking Vehicle Mileage\n			Paying the Sales Tax\n			A Quick Word on the Vendor Details Window\n		Chapter 7: Inventory Magic\n			Setting Up Inventory Items\n			When You Buy Stuff\n			When You Sell Stuff\n			How Purchase Orders Work\n			Assembling a Product\n			Time for a Reality Check\n			Dealing with Multiple Inventory Locations\n		Chapter 8: Keeping Your Checkbook\n			Writing Checks\n			Depositing Money into a Checking Account\n			Transferring Money between Accounts\n			To Delete or to Void?\n			The Big Register Phenomenon\n		Chapter 9: Paying with Plastic\n			Tracking Business Credit Cards\n			Entering Credit Card Transactions\n			Reconciling Your Credit Card Statement and Paying the Bill\n			So What About Debit Cards?\n	Part III: Stuff You Do Every So Often\n		Chapter 10: Check Printing 101\n			Getting the Printer Ready\n			Printing a Check\n			Printing a Checking Register\n		Chapter 11: Online with QuickBooks\n			Doing the Electronic Banking Thing\n			Using the Online Payroll Service\n			A Quick Review of the Other Online Opportunities\n		Chapter 12: Payroll\n			Getting Ready to Do Payroll without QuickBooks’ Help\n			Getting Ready to Do Payroll with QuickBooks\n			Doing Taxes the Right Way\n			Paying Your Employees\n			Paying Payroll Liabilities\n			Preparing Quarterly Payroll Tax Returns\n			Filing Annual Returns and Wage Statements\n			The State Wants Some Money, Too\n		Chapter 13: The Balancing Act\n			Balancing a Non-Online Bank Account\n			Eleven Things to Do If Your Non-Online Account Doesn’t Balance\n			Balancing an Online Bank Account\n		Chapter 14: Reporting On the State of Affairs\n			What Kinds of Reports Are There, Anyway?\n			Creating and Printing a Report\n			Reports Made to Order\n			Processing Multiple Reports\n			Last but Not Least: The QuickReport\n		Chapter 15: QuickBooks Dirty Work\n			Backing Up Is ( Not That) Hard to Do\n			Accountant’s Review\n			Shrinking Files That Are Too Big for Their Own Good\n			Using an Audit Trail\n			Using a Closing Password\n		Chapter 16: Building the Perfect Budget\n			Is This a Game You Want to Play?\n			All Joking Aside: Some Basic Budgeting Tips\n			A Budgeting Secret You Won’t Learn in College\n			Setting Up a Secret Plan\n			Adjusting a Secret Plan\n			Working with Forecasts\n			Projecting Cash Flows\n			Using the Formal Business Planner Tool\n			Using the Expert Analysis Tool\n			Using the Decision Tools\n	Part IV: The Part of Tens\n		Chapter 17: ( Almost) Ten Knowledge Nuggets about Web-ifying Your Business\n			The Mechanics Are Simple\n			Web Publishing Is Relatively Cheap\n			Why the Web Is Better Than Paper\n			Mom, Don’t Read This\n			The Web’s Information-Sharing Risk\n			About Those Content Costs, Dude\n			A Scary Thought I Shouldn’t Share\n		Chapter 18: ( Almost) Ten Tips for Business Owners\n			Sign All Your Own Checks\n			Don’t Sign a Check the Wrong Way\n			Review Canceled Checks Before Your Bookkeeper Does\n			Choose a Bookkeeper Who Is Familiar with Computers and Knows How to Do Payroll\n			Choose an Appropriate Accounting System\n			If QuickBooks Doesn’t Work for Your Business\n			Keep Things Simple\n		Chapter 19: Tips for Handling ( Almost) Ten Tricky Situations\n			Selling an Asset\n			Selling a Depreciable Asset\n			Owner’s Equity in a Sole Proprietorship\n			Owner’s Equity in a Partnership\n			Owner’s Equity in a Corporation\n			Multiple-State Accounting\n			Getting a Loan\n			Repaying a Loan\n		Chapter 20: ( Almost) Ten Little Ideas for Saving Big on Business Taxes\n			Trick 1: Benefit from the Appropriate Pension Device\n			Trick 2: Don’t Take Any More Personal Vacations\n			Trick 3: Don’t Depreciate — Expense\n			Trick 4: Incorporate\n			Trick 5: Consider the Sub S Election\n			Trick 6: Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds\n			Trick 7: Create Some Legitimate Job for Your Kids\n			Trick 8: Relocate Your Business\n		Chapter 21: ( Almost) Ten Secret Business Formulas\n			The First “ Most Expensive Money You Can Borrow” Formula\n			The Second “ Most Expensive Money You Can Borrow” Formula\n			The “ How Do I Break Even?” Formula\n			The “ You Can Grow Too Fast” Formula\n			The First “ What Happens if . . .” Formula\n			The Second “ What Happens if . . .” Formula\n			The Economic Order Quantity ( a. k. a. Isaac Newton) Formula\n			The Rule of 72\n	Part V: Appendixes\n		Appendix A: Installing QuickBooks in Ten Easy Steps\n		Appendix B: If Numbers Are Your Friends\n			Keying In on Profit\n			In the Old Days, Things Were Different\n			What Does an Italian Monk Have to Do with Anything?\n			Two Dark Shadows in the World of Accounting\n			The Danger of Shell Games\n		Appendix C: Project Estimating, Billing, and Tracking\n			Turning On Job and Project Costing\n			Setting Up a Job\n			Creating a Job Estimate\n			Revising an Estimate\n			Turning an Estimate into an Invoice\n			Charging for Actual Time and Costs\n			Tracking Costs\n	Index