Book Image

Mastering QuickBooks 2021 - Second Edition

By : Crystalynn Shelton
Book Image

Mastering QuickBooks 2021 - Second Edition

By: Crystalynn Shelton

Overview of this book

Intuit QuickBooks is an accounting software package that helps small business owners to manage all their bookkeeping tasks independently. This latest edition of Mastering QuickBooks takes you through the range of new features and updates available in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Creating multilingual invoices, tracking mileage, working with a cash flow dashboard that helps you with cash forecasting and planning reports, and uploading a batch of bills and checks are just a few of the new features covered in this edition. As you progress, you’ll learn how to manage sales tax, including how to set up, collect, track, pay, and report sales tax payments. Dedicated sections will also take you through new content focused on the latest features in the QBO line-up, while also showing you the different types of businesses that can benefit from QBO Advanced. In addition to this, you’ll explore how to export reports to Google Sheets, use the custom chart builder, import budgets, perform smart reporting with Fathom, and much more. By the end of this QuickBooks book, you'll be well-versed with the features of QuickBooks and have the confidence to manage all your bookkeeping tasks with ease.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Section 1: Setting Up Your Company File
8
Section 2: Recording Transactions in QuickBooks Online
13
Section 3: Generating Reports in QuickBooks Online
18
Section 4: Managing Employees and Contractors
21
Section 5: Closing the Books and Handling Special Transactions

Recording income using a sales receipt

A sales receipt is used when the sale of a product or service and receipt of the customer payment take place simultaneously. For example, retail businesses such as restaurants or a clothing store will receive payment at the same time they provide their service (for example, serving food to customers) or products (for example, providing clothing items for purchase). You can record a sales receipt in QuickBooks by completing a couple of simple steps.

Follow these steps to record a sales receipt:

  1. From the + New menu, select Sales receipt, as indicated in the following screenshot:

  1. The following screenshot shows a snapshot of a completed sales receipt, along with a brief description of what to include in each field:

There are several fields of information that need to be completed on the Sales Receipt form. In the preceding screenshot, we have highlighted the fields that are mandatory.

The following is a brief description of the information...