You're reading from Mastering QuickBooks 2024 Bookkeeping with US QuickBooks Online for small businesses

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835469958

Length 570 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Tools

QuickBooks

Concepts

Business Management

Author (1):

Crystalynn Shelton

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Setting Up Your Company File FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with QuickBooks Online

3. Company File Setup

4. Migrating to QuickBooks Online

5. Customizing QuickBooks for Your Business

6. Managing Customer, Vendor, and Products and Services Lists

7. Section 2: Recording Transactions in QuickBooks Online

8. Managing Sales Tax

9. Recording Sales Transactions in QuickBooks Online

10. Recording Expenses in QuickBooks Online

11. Reconciling Uploaded Bank and Credit Card Transactions

12. Section 3: Generating Reports in QuickBooks Online

13. Reports Center Overview

14. Business Overview and Cash Flow Reports

15. Customer Sales Reports in QuickBooks Online

16. Vendor and Expenses Reports

17. Section 4: Managing Employees and Contractors

18. Managing Employees and 1099 Contractors in QuickBooks Online

19. Section 5: Closing the Books and Handling Special Transactions

20. Closing the Books in QuickBooks Online

21. Handling Special Transactions in QuickBooks Online

22. QuickBooks Online Advanced

23. Shortcuts and Test Drive

24. Intuit QuickBooks Online Certified User Exam Objectives

25. Other Books You May Enjoy

26. Index

Getting Started with QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks is the most popular accounting software for small businesses. The desktop version has been around for more than 25 years, and the online version for more than 10 years. It is affordable, easily accessible, and ideal for non-accountants. Before diving into the nuts and bolts of setting up QuickBooks for your business, you should understand what QuickBooks is and what your options are when it comes to using it. Once you know what your options are, you will be in a better position to choose the version of QuickBooks that will best suit your business needs. We will then show you how to create a QuickBooks Online (QBO) account and how to navigate in QBO.

If you don’t have previous experience as a bookkeeper, then you will need to know a few bookkeeping basics before you get started. In the Small-business bookkeeping 101 section, we will cover five key areas in terms of recording transactions in your business: money coming in...