Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Book I: An Accounting Primer 7
Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9
Chapter 2: Double‐Entry Bookkeeping 29
Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49
Book II: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 71
Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 73
Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 91
Chapter 3: Fine‐Tuning QuickBooks 115
Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 147
Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 149
Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 183
Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 203
Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 233
Chapter 5: Paying Employees 263
Book IV: Accounting Chores 273
Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 275
Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 291
Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 311
Chapter 4: Using Activity‐Based Costing 323
Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 339
Book V: Financial Management 349
Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 351
Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 369
Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 383
Book VI: Business Plans 399
Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 401
Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 419
Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 455
Book VII: Care and Maintenance 469
Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 471
Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 489
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 505
Book VIII: Appendixes 511
Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 513
Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 531
Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 547
Index 583
