• An Accounting Primer that covers basic principles, double-entry bookkeeping, and special accounting problems
• Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks with information on setting up QuickBooks, loading the master file lists, and fine-tuning QuickBooks
• Bookkeeping Chores, covering invoicing customers, paying vendors, tracking inventory, and more
• Accounting Chores including financial statements, reports, and budgets, using activity-based costing, and setting up project and job costing systems
• Financial Management such as ratio analysis, economic value-added analysis, and capital budgeting
• Business Plans, featuring profit-volume-cost analysis, forecasting, and writing a business plan
• Care and Maintenance, with information on protecting data, troubleshooting, and more
• Additional Business Resources including a crash course in Excel, a glossary, and more

Written by veteran Dummies author Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, and author of more than 100 books with more than four million copies in print, QuickBooks All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies goes beyond the basics of how to use QuickBooks and provides expert advice on accounting chores, financial management, business planning, and much more. With a comprehensive index, it’s your instant, at-your-fingertips reference for everything from how to handle everyday accounting tasks to long-term planning for your business.

• Fine-tune QuickBooks for your business and your accounting systems
• Calculate breakeven points
• Budget for capital expenditures
• Take advantage of online banking

There’s even a companion Web site where you can take advantage of a sample business plan workbook and download a profit-volume cost analysis workbook. You won’t find a more comprehensive, authoritative, yet understandable guide to QuickBooks.