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Mastering QuickBooks 2020

You're reading from   Mastering QuickBooks 2020 The ultimate guide to bookkeeping and QuickBooks Online

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955101
Length 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Crystalynn Shelton Crystalynn Shelton
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with QuickBooks Online FREE CHAPTER 2. Company File Setup 3. Migrating to QuickBooks Online 4. Customizing QuickBooks for Your Business 5. Managing Customers, Vendors, Products, and Services 6. Recording Sales Transactions in QuickBooks Online 7. Recording Expenses in QuickBooks Online 8. Managing Downloaded Bank and Credit Card Transactions 9. Report Center Overview 10. Business Overview Reports 11. Customer Sales Reports in QuickBooks Online 12. Vendor and Expenses Reports 13. Managing Payroll in QuickBooks Online 14. Managing 1099 Contractors in QuickBooks Online 15. Closing the Books in QuickBooks Online 16. Handling Special Transactions in QuickBooks Online 17. Shortcuts and Test Drive 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a budget

After you've been in business for a year or two, you may want to take advantage of tools that will help you strategize and plan for the future. You can create a budget in QuickBooks Online from scratch or using existing data from the previous year. When you create a budget, you can keep track of your actual income and expenses to see if you are coming in over or under budget. QuickBooks allows you to create budgets for all income and expense accounts. You can also create a budget for specific customers. We will show you how to create a budget from scratch in this section.

Follow these steps to create a budget:

  1. Click on the gear icon and select Budgeting, as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. The following screen will be displayed; click on the Add Budget button:

  1. On the next screen, you will need to complete the header information for...
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