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Mastering QuickBooks 2021 - Second Edition

By : Crystalynn Shelton
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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

Generating a sales by product/service report

The sales by product/service report gives a business owner an insight into which products and services are selling the most, as well as which products and services are not selling. Similar to the sales by customer report, you can use this information to create a marketing plan that will help you to sell slow-moving products and services. This information can also help you determine whether you should add new products and services or eliminate an existing product or service. The sales by product/service report includes the quantity sold (if applicable), the total sales amount, the percentage of sales, the average price, the cost of goods sold, and the gross margin of each item sold. Next, we will show you how to customize and generate the sales by product/service report.

Follow these steps to customize and generate the sales by product/service report:

  1. Navigate to Reports from the left menu bar, as indicated in the following screenshot:

  1. Scroll...