For short term courses in Accounting, Microcomputer Accounting or Computerized Accounting in departments of Accounting or Computer Information Systems. Using the popular and user-friendly QuickBooks Pro 2004 accounting package, this hands-on, applications-rich text gives students a basic knowledge of how computerized accounting systems function. It emphasizes QuickBooks' innovative approach to recording accounting transactions based on business forms, rather than the traditional journal format. The author provides firsthand training in working with actual accounting software used in business. Accounting concepts and their relation to QuickBooks are presented throughout. Students develop confidence in recording business transactions using a real commercial program; upon finishing the text, they should be able to use QuickBooks in the "real world."
Will help any small business or financial professional master QuickBooks Pro 2004 or QuickBooks Premier 2004 quickly, and use it effectively. This comprehensive, highly visual course in using QuickBooks covers the full accounting cycle in both merchandising and service businesses. It has been fully updated for the latest versions of QuickBooks. Topics covered include: a basic introduction to computers and QuickBooks Pro (and Premier); sales and receivables; payables and purchases; general accounting and end-of-period procedures; payroll; and more. Readers will also walk step-by-step through computerizing a manual accounting system with QuickBooks. Appendices cover the basics of working with Windows, using QuickBooks' built-in letters, using QuickBooks Pro online, and more. For everyone who wants to learn QuickBooks Pro 2004 or QuickBooks Premier 2004, including millions of small and home office business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, and students. Will also be valuable to QuickBooks users upgrading to the newest release. With over 2.5 million users, QuickBooks is the world's #1 small business accounting package
For Computerized Accounting courses using QuickBooks Pro 2004 QuickBooks Pro 2004 with 2005 Update demonstrates the many transactions that effect the accounting cycle with a true "hands-on" learning approach. Students explore and use the many features of QuickBooks Pro 2004 (with the latest 2005 updates) for service and merchandising businesses. Students are also then given the opportunity to use QuickBooks Pro in a company they create.
According to a recent national survey, more construction contractors use QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks than all other accounting programs combined. And for good reason. QuickBooks Pro excels at all the routine paperwork in a construction office: writing checks, keeping track of your bank balance, sending out invoices and statements, creating up-to-the-minute profit and loss statements for the month, year or by job, writing payroll checks, paying suppliers and subcontractors, tracking job costs, comparing estimated and actual costs for each job, and much more. But there's a lot to learn in QuickBooks Pro. And converting to a new accounting system can be a complex and confusing task, even if you have a strong background in accounting and plenty of time to install the new system. That's why this book was written -- because most construction pros aren't accounting experts and have more important work to do at the job site. Contractor's Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2004 will walk you step-by-step through QuickBooks Pro's detailed setup procedure and then explain item-by-item how you should be using QuickBooks Pro every day. In days, rather than weeks, you'll create a first-rate accounting system that's an asset to your company. Here you'll find simple, well-illustrated instructions for customizing the setup for QuickBooks Pro 2004, including what each screen on your monitor should look like. This manual explains every choice you need to make and every button you need to click on. And it tells you how to get a trial version of QuickBooks Pro if you want to try it before buying, and includes two other programs you'll want to use when estimating costs with QuickBooks Pro. With this book, the CD in the back with the software and data files just described, and QuickBooks Pro 2004, you have at your fingertips all the financial tools needed to keep your books straight, and your company running strong and in the black. Book jacket.
Annotation Helping you select the best fit for your company from Intuit's QuickBooks line of financial management software, this work also shows you how to tweak and tailor it to your company's needs so you can manage your finances more effectively and efficiently than ever before.
This ILT Series course covers the fundamentals of using QuickBooks 2010 to track the finances of a small business. Students will learn how to set up a new company, manage bank account transactions, maintain customer, job, and vendor information, manage inventory, generate reports, and use the Company Snapshot window. Students will also create invoices and credit memos, write and print checks, add custom fields, set up budgets, and learn how to protect and back up their data.
Explains how to use QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro to set-up and manage bookkeeping systems, track invoices, pay bills, manage payroll, generate reports, and determine job costs.
Show Me QuickBooks helps readers learn visually how to perform tasks using the leading accounting software for small businesses. They are able to find answers to their questions quickly and visually with this user-friendly method of training. Each task includes a screen-by-screen visual accompanied by a concise text description that makes performing everyday tasks quick and simple.
Explains how to use QuickBooks to set-up and manage bookkeeping systems, track invoices, pay bills, manage payroll, generate reports, and determine job costs.
Basic engineering principles are offered in non-technical language that the builder can put to use on his jobs. Includes understanding engineering requirements on the plans and how to meet them, sizing of structural members using only preliminary plans, and requirements for steel, concrete, and masonry.
