Book IV

ccounting Chores

Contents at a Glance

Chapter 1: For Accountants Only

Working with QuickBooks Journal Entries

Updating Company Information

Working with Memorized Transactions

Reviewing the Accountant & Taxes Reports

Creating an Accountant’s Copy of the QuickBooks Data File

Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports

Some Wise Words Up Front

Producing a Report

Working with the Report Window

Modifying a Report

Processing Multiple Reports

A Few Words about Document Retention

Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget

Reviewing Common Budgeting Tactics

Practical Approaches to Budgeting

Using the Set Up Budgets Window

Managing with a Budget

Some Wrap-Up Comments on Budgeting

Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing

Revealing Traditional Overhead Allocation

How ABC Works

Implementing a Simple ABC System

How QuickBooks Supports ABC

Turning On Class Tracking

Using Classes for ABC

Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems

Setting Up a QuickBooks Job

Tracking Job or Project Costs

Job Cost Reporting

Using Job Estimates

Progress Billing