[Annotatie]: Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series' signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as Tip, Remember, Warning!, Technical Stuff and True Story. Original[Inhoudsopgave]: 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 Chores271 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