Quickbooks(R) 2003: The Official Guide [Paperback]

Endorsed by the program's publisher, QuickBooks: The Official Guide is a very good resource for those who use QuickBooks or QuickBooks Pro as a tool for small-business management. As you would expect, this book gives detailed explanations of every last interface feature of both applications. In that sense, this is an excellent supplement to the manuals that come with those programs. The author--a CPA--has packed much more than procedures into this book. You'll find solid business advice, including some very good tax tips.

QuickBooks: The Official Guide doesn't shy away from noting QuickBooks' shortcomings and suggesting workarounds for them. In the area of inventory, for example, Ivens points out that QuickBooks can't "freeze" levels during a physical count and offers a way to simulate such a feature. Similar hints appear for keeping track of petty cash (including that which gets dispensed from ATMs) and many other topics.

This book includes nifty, lifelike scenarios that help untangle potentially difficult situations, such as payroll garnishments for child support and tax payments to multiple states. These brief, very readable features are this book's real gems. --David Wall --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Manage your small business easily and effectively with the ONLY Intuit-authorized guide to QuickBooks! Now you can take charge of your small business finances and learn to use the many helpful and innovative elements of this powerful software with the official guide to QuickBooks 2003.

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Manage your small business with the ONLY Intuit-authorized guide to QuickBooks!

Get started fast with the only Intuit-authorized guide to QuickBooks 2003. Discover all the new updates to the latest version of this invaluable bookkeeping software, and track customers, vendors, and inventory easily. Generate all the reports you need to manage your business. Understand the powerful features, and learn innovative workarounds for special circumstances. Learn to run your business efficiently and easily--even if you're a new business owner with no accounting experience--with the comprehensive coverage and easy-to-understand, expert advice in QuickBooks 2003: The Official Guide.

Inside, learn how to:

• Customize QuickBooks to match your own preferences
• Reconcile bank accounts easily and quickly
• Create reports that tell you exactly what you need to know
• Use job costing to track time and material
• Improve collections
• Manage employees
• Make tax preparation a breeze
• Streamline your bookkeeping tasks

Kathy Ivens (Philadelphia, PA) has authored or co-authored over 30 books. She is one of the top-selling NT authors in the marketplace. Kathy is the author of Osborne's Windows NT Troubleshooting. She recently joined the premier NT publication, Windows NT Magazine as contributing editor.