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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

Managing customized user permissions

QBO Advanced gives you more control over what areas of QuickBooks you can give users access to. In Chapter 4, Migrating to QuickBooks Online, we discussed the five user types available in all subscriptions: standard user, company administrator, reports only, time tracking user, and accountant user. In addition to these user types, QBO Advanced also includes four additional user roles: A/R Manager, Sales and Inventory, Workers and Sales reports, and custom roles.

A brief explanation of these roles follows:

  • A/R Manager: This role allows the user to access the entire sales cycle with the exception of sales and bank deposits. Sales and bank deposits give the user the ability to receive payments in undeposited funds and create bank deposits.
  • Sales and Inventory: This role combines sales and inventory access into a single role so that stock levels can be updated as needed.
  • Workers and Sales reports: This role can be used for sales managers with sales...