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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

QuickBooks Online menus

In addition to the left menu bar, there are a couple more menus you can use to navigate QBO.

The first menu is accessible through the gear icon, located in the upper right-hand corner, next to the notifications icon.

The following screenshot shows the menu that will be displayed when you click on the gear icon:

A brief description of the areas of QBO that you can access through the gear icon is as follows:

  • YOUR COMPANY: This section includes global company account settings, which we will explore in detail in the next section. It also allows you to access Manage users, which is where you can give others access to your QuickBooks data. You can launch the chart of accounts from here and QuickBooks labs, which is the testing area for new features that are in beta. 
  • LISTS: The list menu includes all QuickBooks lists, such as customer listing, vendor listing, and products and services listing. Recurring transactions are available here and any files or...