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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

Batch-creating invoices in QuickBooks Online

Batch-creating invoices is an alternative to importing invoices into QBO. It's ideal for businesses that need to create several invoices that will include the same (or similar) services. For example, a property owner may need to bill its tenants for their monthly rent. If you have 10 tenants that pay $1,000 a month, you can quickly generate 10 invoices using batch-create.

Follow these steps to generate a batch of invoices:

  1.  Click the +New button.
  2. Select Batch transactions as indicated in the following screenshot:

  1. The Batch Transactions screen displays as follows:

This screen resembles and works like an Excel spreadsheet. First, you will select the transaction type you are importing. There are six to choose from: Invoices, Bank Deposits, Sales Receipts, Checks, Expenses, and Bills. Next, you will select the action you wish to take: create, modify, or delete. To complete the spreadsheet, you will put your cursor in each...