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Take control of the books and keep your finances in the black with QuickBooks and *For Dummies*

With over four million of his books in print, CPA and perennial bestselling For Dummies author Stephen L. Nelson knows how to make QuickBooks and basic accounting easy for the rest of us. Small business owners, managers, and employees: if you want to use QuickBooks for your business, the new edition of this annual bestseller is the best place to start. From setting up the software to creating invoices, recording and paying bills, tracking inventory, getting reports, and crunching numbers for tax prep, you'll discover how to do it, why to do it, and get way more organized in the process.

• Gives small business owners the power to manage their own business accounting and financial management tasks using QuickBooks 2014
• Helps you build the perfect budget, process payroll, create invoices, manage inventory, track costs, generate financial reports, balance accounts, and simplify your tax return prep
• Walks you through basic bookkeeping concepts, data management fundamentals, and need-to-know accounting guidelines to help you track your finances with ease

Keep your business finances on track, on budget, and in control with QuickBooks 2014 and QuickBooks 2014 For Dummies.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Organize all your business finances in one place
• Create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, and pay the bills
• Track inventory, figure job costs, and monitor your business with reports
• Make tax time easier

Keep a close eye on your business accounts with QuickBooks

Running or working for a small business can be exciting. Tracking all the bills and invoices, accounts and tax forms, not so fun. That's why businesspeople like you rely on QuickBooks. Written by a bestselling CPA and QuickBooks expert, this friendly guide makes it easy to use QuickBooks to manage your financial records, track sales, pay bills, balance your books, and keep your business in the black.

• Start off on the right foot — get ready for the QuickBooks setup, populate QuickBooks lists, and customize QuickBooks for your business needs
• Your daily do's — build good data entry habits, create professional-looking invoices, pay bills, and record sales
• Good housekeeping — write checks, set up payment reminders, and keep the payroll rolling
• Balancing act — effectively keep track of your checkbook, credit and debit card accounts, inventory, payroll, and budgets
• Know what's where when — track inventory, fill out purchase orders, and deal with multiple inventory locations
• The state of your affairs — create financial reports and track every dollar coming in and going out
• A 411 for the taxman — organize your data as you go and get reliable records for tax time

Open the book and find:

• Steps to setting up and succeeding with QuickBooks
• Tips for processing invoices
• How to build the perfect budget
• Ways to handle payroll and withholding
• Details about downloading transactions and paying bills online
• Steps for tracking sales and customer payments
• Advice on developing a business plan forecast
• How to maintain records for tax time

About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and holds an MBA in Finance and a Masters in Taxation. His 100-plus books, including QuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies, have sold more than four million copies.