Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Book 1: An Accounting Primer 5
CHAPTER 1: Principles of Accounting 7
CHAPTER 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 27
CHAPTER 3: Special Accounting Problems 47
Book 2: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 69
CHAPTER 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 71
CHAPTER 2: Loading the Master File Lists 89
CHAPTER 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 113
Book 3: Bookkeeping Chores 143
CHAPTER 1: Invoicing Customers .145
CHAPTER 2: Paying Vendors 179
CHAPTER 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 199
CHAPTER 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 229
CHAPTER 5: Paying Employees 259
Book 4: Accounting Chores 271
CHAPTER 1: For Accountants Only 273
CHAPTER 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 289
CHAPTER 3: Preparing a Budget 309
CHAPTER 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 321
CHAPTER 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 337
Book 5: Financial Management 349
CHAPTER 1: Ratio Analysis 351
CHAPTER 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 369
CHAPTER 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 383
Book 6: Business Plans 399
CHAPTER 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 401
CHAPTER 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 421
CHAPTER 3: Writing a Business Plan 457
Book 7: Care and Maintenance 471
CHAPTER 1: Administering QuickBooks 473
CHAPTER 2: Protecting Your Data 491
CHAPTER 3: Troubleshooting 507
Book 8: Appendixes 513
APPENDIX A: A Crash Course in Excel 515
APPENDIX B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 531
APPENDIX C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 549
Index 579